What Is The 1/8 ABCT Attacks To Prevent Enemy Forces To The Army Command?
1. Based on the situation and sketch, write the 1/8 ABCT’s mission statement. (5 Points). [Remember to address the who, what, when, where, and why in your answer.]
H+4 the 1/8 ABCT attacks to defeat enemy forces to the northern flank and around town BRIDGEPORT to protect the 8th Infantry division’s main effort (seize OBJ BRAVO).1
Notes: 2
Who: 1/8 ABCT
What: defeat REDLAND enemy forces
When: H+4
Where: northern flank of town BRIDGEPORT
Why: to protect the 8th Infantry Division’s main effort (seize OBJ BRAVO)
Reference:
1 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Lesson C410, Doctrine Foundations, Doctrinal Concepts: A Demonstration, slide 1 (2015)
2 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Lesson C410, Doctrine Foundations, …show more content…
Army Command and General Staff College, Lesson C413, Decisive Action: Offense, Primary Offensive Tasks, slide 1,2 (2015)
2 Department of the Army, FM 3-90-1, Offense and Defense Volume 1, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. March 2013), para. 1-82, page 1-18.
e. Depict the location of the fires battalion on the sketch. (2 points)
See Sketch: (Fires battalion located southwest of CAB #2)
f. State the task and purpose of the fires battalion. (2 points)
Task: Movement to contact support with suppressive fire, during main attack provide disruptive fire.1
Purpose: Destroy REDLAND forces counter fire, enable ABCT freedom of movement capabilities while minimizing freedom of movement for enemy forces.
Reference:
1 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Lesson C413, Decisive Action: Offense, Primary Offensive Tasks, slide 1,2 (2015)
g. Depict the boundaries of the combined arms battalions’ and the armed reconnaissance squadron’s area of operations on the sketch. (4 points)
See Sketch.
h. Depict the locations for the main command post and the tactical command post on the sketch. (4 points)
See Sketch.
i. Explain your decision for locating the main command post and the tactical command post. (4
H+4 the 1/8 ABCT attacks to defeat enemy forces to the northern flank and around town BRIDGEPORT to protect the 8th Infantry division’s main effort (seize OBJ BRAVO).1
Notes: 2
Who: 1/8 ABCT
What: defeat REDLAND enemy forces
When: H+4
Where: northern flank of town BRIDGEPORT
Why: to protect the 8th Infantry Division’s main effort (seize OBJ BRAVO)
Reference:
1 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Lesson C410, Doctrine Foundations, Doctrinal Concepts: A Demonstration, slide 1 (2015)
2 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Lesson C410, Doctrine Foundations, …show more content…
Army Command and General Staff College, Lesson C413, Decisive Action: Offense, Primary Offensive Tasks, slide 1,2 (2015)
2 Department of the Army, FM 3-90-1, Offense and Defense Volume 1, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. March 2013), para. 1-82, page 1-18.
e. Depict the location of the fires battalion on the sketch. (2 points)
See Sketch: (Fires battalion located southwest of CAB #2)
f. State the task and purpose of the fires battalion. (2 points)
Task: Movement to contact support with suppressive fire, during main attack provide disruptive fire.1
Purpose: Destroy REDLAND forces counter fire, enable ABCT freedom of movement capabilities while minimizing freedom of movement for enemy forces.
Reference:
1 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Lesson C413, Decisive Action: Offense, Primary Offensive Tasks, slide 1,2 (2015)
g. Depict the boundaries of the combined arms battalions’ and the armed reconnaissance squadron’s area of operations on the sketch. (4 points)
See Sketch.
h. Depict the locations for the main command post and the tactical command post on the sketch. (4 points)
See Sketch.
i. Explain your decision for locating the main command post and the tactical command post. (4