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