MSII Final
Code of Conduct
6 articles, how you are to conduct yourself as a POW
Hopset
A group of frequencies that the radio hops on during FH mode of operation
Ridge
A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains
Hoor
A matter of carrying out, acting, and living out other core values, such as respect, duty, loyalty, selfless service, integrity, and personal courage
Situational Leadership
A theory based on how people respond to working and being led in groups, proposes the environment and readiness of followers helps leader identify what style of leadership should be applied
R4
Able and willing or confident
R3
Able but unwilling or insecure
Saddle
Area between two hills
Draw
Area of low ground formed by surrounding spurs
Character
Army values, empathy, warrior ethos/service ethos, discipline, humility
Discrimination
Attacks directed at military targets/combatants - not civilians
Back Azimuth
Azimuth +/- 180 degrees
Army Leadership Requirements Model
Character, Presence, Intellect, Achieves, Develops, Leads
Colors on a Military Map: Red
Classifies cultural features, such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries, on older maps
Prepare
Collect materials needed, prepare first draft, revise first draft and edit, plan use of visual aids, practice
Colors on a Military Map: Red-Brown
Colors combined to identify cultural features, all relief features, non-surveyed spot elevations, and elevation such as contour lines
Internal Team
Comprised of leaders, Soldiers, and Department of the Army Civilians assigned to a specific unit or organization
Assess
Conducting a follow up after the briefing and preparing a memorandum for record
Army Team Building
Continuous process of enabling a group of people to reach their goals and improve their effectiveness through leadership and various exercises, activities, and techniques
Two Supplemental Terrain Features
Cut, Fill
Cipher Text (CT)
Data or audio net that is secure
Plain Text (PT)
Data or audio net that is unsecure
Execute
Deliver the briefing
Information Briefing
Delivers information in a form the audience can use
Plan
Determines the audience, purpose and type of briefing, subject, classification, support needed, timeline
Transformational Leader
Develops and sells a compelling vision, develops relationships with follows, acts as a teacher, mentor, and coach
Who created the code of conduct and how?
Dwight D. Eisenhower in an executive order
Sheet Name
FORT KNOX MILITARY INSTALLATION MAP
Sheet Number
FTKNOXSPEC
Mission Briefing Format
Five paragraph operation order, movement order, combat service support order, reconnaissance
DOD Authorized Communication (Terrorist)
Follow ID process but don't lie, humanize yourself, discuss no substantive topics, listen actively but never debate the terrorist
Three Stages of Team Development
Formation, Enrichment, Sustainment
Achieves
Gets results: anticipates, integrates tasks, roles, resources, and priorities; improves performance; gives feedback; executes; adapts
Strategic Leadership
Global/regional national/societal perspective
Mission Briefing
Goal is to secure a unified or coordinated effort toward accomplishing the mission
S2: Coaching
High directive and high supportive behavior
S1: Directing
High directive and low supporting behavior
S3: Supporting
High supportive and low directive behavior
5 Major Terrain Features
Hill, Valley, Ridge, Saddle, Depression
Break
I hereby indicate the separation of the text from other portions of the message
Warrior Ethos
I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.
Colors on a Military Map: Brown
Identifies all relief features and elevation such as contours on older edition maps and cultivated land on red-light readable maps
Colors on a Military Map: Blue
Identifies hydrography or water features such as lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage
Colors on a Military Map: Green
Identifies vegetation with military significance such as woods, orchards, and vineyards
Three Stages of Team Development: Sustainment
Identify with "their team", cohesion, standards
NOKEY
If you power-up your radio in CT when there are no COMSEC keys loaded, a 'NOKEY' message will be displayed and a COMSEC alarm will be heard. Setting COMSEC to PT or loading a COMSEC key will clear the alarm
Depression
Indentation in the ground, hole
3 Types of Contour Lines
Index, supplementary, intermediate
Colors on a Military Map: Black
Indicated cultural (man-made) features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels
Direct Leadership
Individual/Small Group, task oriented, perspective
Decision Briefing Format
Introduction, Main Body, Closing
Information Briefing Format
Introduction, Main Body, Closing
Proportionality
Is the attack excessive in incidental loss in relation to the military advantage gained by the attack
Is escape recommended during government captivity?
It is not recommended during peacetime, but is authorized if the risk of a captive's life or well-being from an escape attempt is less than the risk of remaining captive
Three Stages of Team Development: Enrichment
Leaders and team members get to know each other, trust is developed, training molds individuals into teams
Leads
Leads others, builds trust, extends influence, leads by example, communicates
6 articles of the code of conduct
Live and die as an American, never surrender, resist by all means, keep faith in fellow prisoners, recite information (Name, ranks, DOD #, DOB), never forget fighting for freedom/America, responsible for your own actions
Intersection
Locating an unknown point by at least two known points
Resection
Locating one's position on a map determining the grid azimuth to at least two well-defined locations that can be pinpointed on a map
Modified Resection
Locating one's position on the map when the person is located on a linear feature on the ground, such as a road, canal, or stream.
Line 1 of the Nine Line
Location of the pick-up site
S4: Delegating
Low supportive and low directive behavior
Army Values
Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage
Cut
Man made feature made by cutting through raised ground
Fill
Man made feature resulting from filling a low area
Communications Security (COMSEC)
Measures and controls taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from telecommunications systems and ensure authenticity of such communications
Military Necessity
Measures not forbidden by international law
Intellect
Mental agility, sound judgement, innovation, interpersonal tact and expertise
Line 7 of the Nine Line
Method of marking pick up sight
Presence
Military bearing/professional bearing, fitness, confidence, resilience
What are the two scales used on a protractor?
Mils and degrees
Which type of briefing comes in the form of an OPORD, WARNO, or FRAGO?
Mission briefing
Single Channel (SC)
Mode of communication using one designated frequency
Line 9 of the Nine Line
NBC contamination (wartime) or terrain (peacetime)
Line 5 of the Nine Line
No. of patients by type
Purpose of the Law of Armed Conflict
Not inflict unnecessary suffering, treat prisoners of war humanely, not to obey orders whose executions are in violation of the laws of war, responsible for our unlawful acts, humane treatment if captured
Line 3 of the Nine Line
Number of patients by precedence
Decision Briefing
Obtains an answer to a question or results in a decision on a course of action
Colors on a Military Map: Other
Occasionally, other colors may be used to show special information. These are indicated in the marginal information as a rule
Organizational Leadership
Organizational/Systems & processes perspective
Line 8 of the Nine Line
Patient nationality and status
Transformational Leadership
People focused, applies the premise that people will follow leaders that inspire and motivate them, focused on long term goals, molds organization into a cohesive team
Group
Performance, success, accountability are held at the individual level
Team
Performance, success, accountability are shared by the team
4 Steps to an Effective Briefing
Plan, Prepare, Execute, Assess
Develops
Prepares self, creates a positive environment, develops others, stewards the profession
Prowords
Procedure words, used to aid the radio operator and cut down transmission time
Transactional Leader
Provides guidance and oversight, oversees productivity in detail, is more managing than leading, and is common in many organizations
Line 2 of the Nine Line
Radio frequency, call sign, and suffix
Acknowledge
Received and understood
Three Stages of Team Development: Formation
Reception, orientation
Ethical Processing Model
Recognize the conflict, evaluate the options, commit to a decision, act
Medical Protected
Red cross, red crescent, star of David (in Israel), red crystal, red lion and sun on white background
Say Again
Repeat all, or the following part, of your last transmission
Readback
Repeat all, or the specified part, of this message back to me exactly as received
Line 6 of the Nine Line
Security of pickup site (wartime) or number of patients and type of wound (peacetime)
Spur
Short, continuous sloping line of higher ground
SINCGAR
Single Channel Ground Air Radio
Line 4 of the Nine Line
Special equipment required
3 Minor Terrain Features
Spur, Draw, Cliff
Transactional Leadership
Task focused, motivated by rewards and punishment, focus is on short term tasks
External Team
Team whose members are from different organizations, cultures, agencies, or backgrounds and who bring specific knowledge, skills, and attributes to the team
Management-by-Exception Active
The leader arranges to actively monitor deviations from standards, mistakes and errors in the follower's assignments and to take corrective action as necessary
Management-by-Exception Passive
The leader waits for deviations, mistakes, and errors to occur and then takes corrective action
Lassiez-Faire Leadership
The near-avoidance or absence of leadership and is, by definition, the most inactive, as well as the most ineffective style of leadership
Staff Briefing Format
The person who convenes the staff briefing sets the format and agenda
Frequency Hopping (FH)
The radio's ability to hop 100 frequencies per second
Correction
There is an error in this transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly transmitted.
Over
This is the end of my transmission to you and a response is necessary. Go ahead, transmit
Out
This is the end of my transmission to you and no answer is required or expected
Three Types of North
True, magnetic, grid
Two Key Attributes of Effective Teams
Trust and Commitment
R1
Unable and unwilling or insecure
R2
Unable but willing or confident
Humanity
Unnecessary suffering/collateral damage - considered before attack/operation
Call signs
Used by units to identify each station on the radio
Are you allowed to communicate with the outside world?
You are allowed to communicate with the enemy for public welfare issues and send letters home to family
Hill
a rounded, elevated area of land smaller than a mountain
Valley
an area of low land between hills or mountains
Staff Briefing
coordinates unit efforts by informing commander and staff of the current situation
Declination Diagram
located in the lower margin of large scale maps and indicates the angular relationships of true north, grid north, and magnetic north
Cliff
steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice
What created the law of land warfare?
the Hague and Geneva Conventions
The Army Ethic
the set of enduring moral principles, values, beliefs, and laws that guide the Army profession and create the culture of trust essential to Army professionals in the conduct of missions, performance of duty, and all aspects of life