MS4 Midterm

What are the tenets of ULO?

Simultaneity, Depth, Synchronization, and Flexibility

Where do you inject the antidote treatment nerve agent auto injector?

The Antidote Treatment Nerve Agent Auto-Injector (ATNAA) Administered into your lateral thigh muscle or buttocks

Describe the JFO and dual command structure.

The joint field office (JFO) is a temporary, multiagency coordination center established at the incident site to provide a central location for coordination of federal, state, local, tribal, nongovernmental, and private-sector organizations. These organizations have primary responsibility for incident oversight, direction, or assistance to effectively coordinate protection, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery actions.

What is the difference between a battle and an engagement?

- A battle is a set of related engagements that lasts longer and involves larger forces than an engagement. Battles affect the course of a campaign or major operation, as they determine the outcome of a division or corps echelon achieving one or more significant objectives. The outcomes of battles determine strategic and operational success and contribute to the overall operation or campaign achieving a strategic purpose. The outcomes of engagements determine tactical success and contribute to friendly forces winning a battle. -An engagement is a tactical conflict, usually between opposing lower echelon maneuver forces (JP 3-0). Brigades and lower echelon units generally conduct engagements. Engagements result from deliberate closure with or chance encounters between two opponents.

What is the difference between DSCA and Stability Operations?

- Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) There are critical differences among homeland defense operations, DSCA, and operations conducted outside the United States (US). Principally, these differences are the roles of civilian organizations; the relationship of military forces to federal, state, tribal, and local agencies; and the legal authorities under which military forces operate. US military personnel must understand the domestic environment so they can legally employ military capabilities efficiently and effectively. -A stability operation is an operation conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to establish or maintain a secure environment and provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief. A stability operation occurs as part of decisive action in a joint operation or as an activity (often in peacetime). stability operations tasks are those tasks executed by an army commander to successfully accomplish stability operations. East tasks may be the focus of the operations mission, be performed as tasks (specified or implied) in an operation focus on combat, or be performed as activities (often in peacetime).

What are the different Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) Levels?

0- Field Gear 1- Field Gear, Overgarment 2- Field Gear, Overgarment, Footwear 3- Field Gear, Overgarment, Footwear, Mask/Hood 4- Field Gear, Overgarment, Footwear, Mask/Hood, Footwear

How long does a Soldier have to don, clear, and check his or her protective mask once contaminated?

9 seconds

What is the purpose of the defense?

A defensive operation is an operation to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability operations. - Deter or defeat enemy offense; gain time; achieve economy of force; retain key terrain; protect the population, critical assets, and infrastructure; refine intelligence -Saves lives; restore essential services; maintain or restore law and order; protect infrastructure and property; support maintenance or restoration of local government; shape the environment for intergovernmental success.

What is the purpose of the offense?

An offensive operation is an operation to defeat or destroy enemy forces and gain control of terrain, resources, and population centers. - Dislocate, isolate, disrupt, and destroy enemy forces; seize key terrain; deprive the enemy of resources; refine intelligence; deceive and divert the enemy; provide a secure environment for stability tasks. -Provide a secure environment; secure land areas; meet the critical needs of the population; gain support for host-nation government; shape the environment for interagency and host-nation success; promote security, build partner capacity, and provide access; refine intelligence.

The United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)

Area of Responsibility (AOR) encompasses about half the earth's surface, stretching from the waters off the west coast of the U.S. to the western border of India, and from Antarctica to the North Pole. There are few regions as culturally, socially, economically, and geo-politically diverse as the Asia-Pacific. The 36 nations that comprising the Asia-Pacific region are home to more than 50% of the world's population, 3,000 different languages, several of the world's largest militaries, and five nations allied with the U.S. through mutual defense treaties. Two of the three largest economies are located in the Asia-Pacific along with 10 of the 14th smallest. The AOR includes the most populous nation in the world, the largest democracy, and the largest Muslim-majority nation. More than one third of Asia-Pacific nations are smaller, island nations that include the smallest republic in the world and the smallest nation in Asia.

What is the desired outcome of BOLC B?

Army Leadership & Profession (values/ethics); Professional Competence (Tech/Tac skills, warrior tasks); Human Dimension (communication); Mission Command; Battle Drills

What is the purpose of BOLC B?

BOLC-B officer and warrant officer branch specific/technical certification. Provide newly commissioned Army officers and appointed warrant officers with continued progressive and sequential training at branch schools to produce adaptive officers with the character, technical certification and tactical competence; committed to successfully lead upon arrival at their FUA. - Technical branch skills; re-enforce tactical training; re-enforce leadership training; re-enforce values/ethics training;

What are the Army Stability Operations tasks?

Establish civil security; establish civil control; restore essential services; support to governance; support to economic and infrastructure development; conduct security cooperation

What do you do if M9 paper changes color?

If color changes: mask on, give the alarm, decon (as necessary), assume MOPP4

How do you conduct buddy aid for nerve agents?

Mask the casualty, if necessary. Do not fasten the hood. • If self-aid (one ATNAA) has been administered, administer in rapid succession two (2) additional ATNAAs into the casualty's lateral thigh muscle or buttocks. Note: Use the casualty's own ATNAAs when providing aid. Do not use your own injectors on a casualty. If you do, you may not have any antidote available when needed for self- aid. • If self-aid (one ATNAA) has not been administered, administer in rapid succession three (3) ATNAAs into the casualty's lateral thigh muscle or buttocks.

What are the three types of defensive operations?

Mobile defense, Area defense, Retrograde

What are the characteristics of the defense?

Normally the defense cannot achieve a decisive victory. However, it sets conditions for a counteroffensive or a counterattack that enables forces to regain the initiative. Defensive operations are a counter to an enemy offensive action, and they seek to destroy as much of the attacking enemy forces as possible. They preserve control over land, resources, and populations, and retain key terrain, protect lines of communications, and protect critical capabilities against attack. Commanders can conduct defensive operations in one area to free forces for offensive operations elsewhere.

What are the characteristics of the offense?

Offensive operations impose the commander's will on an enemy. The offense is the most direct means of seizing, retaining, and exploiting the initiative to gain a physical and psychological advantage. In the offense, the decisive operation is a sudden action directed toward enemy weaknesses and capitalizing on speed, surprise, and shock. If that operation fails to destroy an enemy, operations continue until the enemy forces are defeated. The offense compels an enemy to react, creating new or larger weaknesses the attacking force can exploit.

U.S.Central Command (CENTCOM)

is one of nine unified commands in the United States military. Six of these commands, including CENTCOM, have an area of responsibility (AOR), which is a specific geographic region of the world where the combatant commanders may plan and conduct operations as defined under the Unified Command Plan. Located between the European, African and Pacific combatant commands, U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility covers the "central" area of the globe and consists of 20 countries -- Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. Mission: With national and international partners, U.S. Central Command promotes cooperation among nations, responds to crises, and deters or defeats state and non-state aggression, and supports development and, when necessary, reconstruction in order to establish the conditions for regional security, stability, and prosperity.

United States Africa Command, (U.S. AFRICOM)

is one of six of the U.S. Defense Department's geographic combatant commands and is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for military relations with African nations, the African Union, and African regional security organizations. A full-spectrum combatant command, U.S. AFRICOM is responsible for all U.S. Department of Defense operations, exercises, and security cooperation on the African continent, its island nations, and surrounding waters. AFRICOM began initial operations on Oct. 1, 2007, and officially became an independent command on Oct. 1, 2008. U.S. Africa Command partners with 53 African countries, including the Islands of Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe, and the Indian Ocean islands of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles. U.S. Central Command maintains its traditional relationship with Egypt, but AFRICOM coordinates with Egypt on issues relating to Africa security. AFRICOM's area of responsibility (AOR) includes an area that includes about 35 percent of the world's land mass and 25 percent of its population. Mission: United States Africa Command, in concert with interagency and international partners, builds defense capabilities, responds to crisis, and deters and defeats transnational threats in order to advance U.S. national interests and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity.

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)

located in Doral, Florida, is one of nine unified Combatant Commands (COCOMs) in the Department of Defense. SOUTHCOM is responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation in its assigned Area of Responsibility which includes: Central America South America The Caribbean (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions) The command is also responsible for the force protection of U.S. military resources at these locations. SOUTHCOM is also responsible for ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal. Under the leadership of a four-star commander, SOUTHCOM's staff is organized into directorates, component commands and Security Cooperation Organizations that represent SOUTHCOM in the region. SOUTHCOM is a joint command comprised of more than 1,200 military and civilian personnel representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and several other federal agencies. The services provide SOUTHCOM with component commands which, along with our Joint Special Operations component, two Joint Task Forces, one Joint Interagency Task Force, and Security Cooperation Organizations, perform SOUTHCOM missions and security cooperation activities. SOUTHCOM exercises its Combatant Command authority through the commanders of its components, Joint Task Forces/Joint Interagency Task Force, and Security Cooperation Organizations.

USNORTHCOM

partners to conduct homeland defense, civil support and security cooperation to defend and secure the United States and its interests. USNORTHCOM's AOR includes air, land and sea approaches and encompasses the continental United States, Alaska, Canada, Mexico and the surrounding water out to approximately 500 nautical miles. It also includes the Gulf of Mexico, the Straits of Florida, portions of the Caribbean region to include The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The commander of USNORTHCOM is responsible for theater security cooperation with Canada, Mexico, and The Bahamas. USNORTHCOM consolidates under a single unified command existing missions that were previously executed by other DOD organizations. This provides unity of command, which is critical to mission accomplishment

The United States European Command [USEUCOM]

primary mission in support of NATO is to provide combat-ready forces to support U.S. commitments to the NATO alliance. Although planning for NATO conflict is first priority at USEUCOM, consideration is also given to unilateral and multilateral contingency planning. This includes providing forces to other unified commands, and ranges from humanitarian relief to support of friendly governments with supplies. The area of responsibility (AOR) of the United States European Command includes 51 countries and territories. This territory extends from the North Cape of Norway, through the waters of the Baltic and Mediterranean seas, most of Europe, and parts of the Middle East. The Mission: The mission of the U.S. European Command is to conduct military operations, international military partnering, and interagency partnering to enhance transatlantic security and defend the United States forward. The mission is accomplished by establishing an agile security organization able to conduct full spectrum activities as part of whole of government solutions to secure enduring stability in Europe and Eurasia.