Military

In briefing your platoon prior to combat operations, you tell them that you intend to employ the AirLand Battle doctrine imperative of conserving strength for decisive action. To employ this imperative, you

a.   study the enemy, learn his strengths and weaknesses, and know how to create new vulnerabilities which can be exploited to decisive effect.
b.   must know the enemy, know your unit's capabilities, anticipate what is possible and prepare for it, and sense the flow of the battle and be able to react accordingly.
c.   keep troops secure, protected, healthy, disciplined, in a high state of morale, and maintained in a high state of training.
d.   must be alert for indicators of fatigue, fear, loss of discipline, reduced morale, and take measures to deal with these problems.

Commanders must conserve the strength of their forces to be stronger at a decisive time and place, especially where the effects of soldier load and physical strain are visible. In a nuclear environment, commanders must disperse their units to preclude them from becoming a lucrative nuclear target. They must then be able to mass at the critical time and place, and again disperse.

In preparing for combat, you must understand that as a light infantry battalion you have certain capabilities and limitations. As one of your most important capabilities, you

a.   have the ability to easily withstand the effects of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) attacks.
b.   have an advantage due to the great amount of redundancy that is built into a light infantry battalion.
c.   can deploy into a hostile environment without requiring local air superiority or naval gunfire support.
d.   are rapidly deployable and easily sustained by an austere support structure.

Light infantry battalions, primarily composed of footmobile fighters with lightweight weapon systems, are rapidly deployable and easily sustained by an austere support structure. Their training capitalizes on fighting in rough, restrictive terrain such as dense forests, jungles, mountains, and urban areas.

You have been assigned to the antiarmor platoon of your light infantry company. Determine which of the following organizations represents that of your platoon.

a.
b.
c.
d.

The antiarmor platoon consists of four tubelaunched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) weapon systems mounted on HMMWV vehicles with two additional HMMWVs used for command and control. The platoon is designed to operate as two sections with each section consisting of two TOW vehicles and a command and control vehicle.

Prior to conducting reconnaissance operations, you must be briefed on the reconnaissance plan for your mission. You are to receive your briefing in the battalion information coordination center (BICC). Upon arriving at the BICC, you would contact the

a.   assistant S3.
b.   battalion signal officer.
c.   fire support officer.
d.   tactical intelligence officer.

The tactical intelligence officer is part of the two-man battalion information coordination center (BICC). The BICC's primary responsibility is to effectively manage the unit intelligence collecting, processing, and disseminating effort for the S2.

You have been ordered to report to the landing zone (LZ)/pickup zone (PZ) control officer of your light infantry company. To carry out your mission, you

a.   report to the air liaison officer.
b.   find your attached fire support officer.
c.   report to the company executive officer.
d.   seek out the company first sergeant.

In addition to his other responsibilities, the executive officer may be assigned the tactical mission of landing zone (LZ)/pickup zone (PZ) control officer. This may include straggler control or casualty evacuations and resupply operations as well as air/ground liaison.

In your light infantry platoon, the organization and control of the platoon command post is the responsibility of the

a.   platoon leader.
b.   platoon sergeant.
c.   headquarters platoon squad leader.
d.   senior fire team leader.

The platoon sergeant is the second in the chain of command of the platoon. Among his other responsibilities, he oversees the organization and control of the platoon command post according to the principles in FM 7-70; unit SOP; platoon leader guidance; and mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available (METT-T) considerations.

The battalion operational system which is responsible for mortars and artillery is the

a.   fire support system.
b.   air defense system.
c.   command and control system.
d.   maneuver system.

The battalion fire support system consists of the battalion's own mortars and normally artillery in direct support. Tactical air and naval gunfire may also be available.

The brigade commander has decided to form a tank-heavy task force. Your rifle platoon has been assigned to this task force. Determine which of the organizations shown below represents the tank-heavy task force.

a.
b.
c.
d.

A battalion task force is formed at the direction of the brigade commander. He will also determine the appropriate mix of combat, combat support, and combat service support elements required to accomplish the mission, and which units will provide particular assets to the task force being formed. A tank-heavy task force will have more tank companies than mechanized infantry companies and will normally be formed under a tank battalion headquarters.

Figure 1.

Figure 1 shows the personnel seating in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV). Identify the position in the BFV which would be occupied by the driver.

a.   Position A.
b.   Position B.
c.   Position C.
d.   Position D.

The BFV driver drives the vehicle under the Bradley commander's control. He follows correct terrain-driving procedures and tries to select hull-down positions. He also aids in detecting targets and observing rounds fired. He assists in navigation by monitoring odometer readings.