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PRACTICE EXERCISE 2
ANSWER KEY AND FEEDBACK

 

SITUATION:

 You are a battalion task force commander conducting a defensive operation against an enemy force. The present tactical situation requires that you begin planning for and conducting retrograde operations for your task force.
1. In planning a delay operation, you should assign sectors of responsibility down to the
     
  A. squad level.
  B. platoon level.
  C. company team level.
  D. battalion level.
     
2. In planning a delay on alternate positions, you develop the plan so that one element occupies the initial delay position. You task the other element to
     
  A. stand in reserve as reinforcements.
  B. prepare and occupy a second delay position.
  C. move to the rear and man critical chokepoints.
  D. act as the security force.
     
3. During a delay operation, an element under your control has become decisively engaged. It is necessary to increase the combat power of the unit. To do this in the most rapid and responsive way, you
     
  A. allocate priority of all indirect supporting fires to the threatened element.
  B. direct adjacent units to engage enemy targets forward of the threatened element.
  C. reposition combat and combat support units to reinforce the threatened element.
  D. conduct a rapid yet cautious counterattack to disengage the threatened element.
     
4. You are developing plans for the reconstitution of forces for a delay operation. In planning the chain of command, you
     
  A. ensure that the chain of command is more than two deep.
  B. ascertain that a replacement for each command officer is available in reserve.
  C. verify that all officers are prepared to assume a command position in another unit, as required.
     
5. In planning a withdrawal, you must plan for three phases. The three phases of a withdrawal are the
     
  A. planning phase, movement phase, and the recovery phase.
  B. disengagement phase, retrograde phase, and the reorganization phase.
  C. planning phase, operational phase, and the reorganization phase.
  D. preparatory phase, disengagement phase, and the security phase.
     
6. You are conducting a withdrawal not under enemy pressure. You must ensure effective command and control measures during the withdrawal. To do this, you
     
  A. advise each company to conduct its own reconnaissance with its key leaders.
  B. must maintain air reconnaissance of the withdrawal route at all times.
  C. give specific, detailed operational instructions to each subordinate commander.
  D. establish a detachment left in contact (DLIC) command post to provide control against enemy pursuit.
     
7. As the commander, you should prescribe specific control measures to maintain order during a withdrawal under pressure. The control measures you could use are: (Any of the following would be correct).

  • Sectors.
  • Battle Positions.
  • Phase lines.
  • Routes.
  • Passage lanes.
  • Contact points.
     
8. You are conducting a retirement operation. Your unit has disengaged from the enemy. You should now
     
  A. inform all personnel to advance toward the marshaling area by individual routes.
  B. form into tactical march columns and continue movement.
  C. establish security positions for the security of the withdrawing DLIC.
  D. release all security forces to their parent unit.
     

Questions 9 through 15: You are preparing an operation order (OPORD) for a retrograde operation. It is important that you place the required data in the proper paragraph of the OPORD.

MATCH THE REQUIRED DATA WITH THE PROPER PARAGRAPH OR SECTION OF THE OPORD.

A. Heading
B. Situation (Para 1)
C. Mission (Para 2)
 		 D. Execution (Para 3)
E. Service Support (Para 4)
F. Command and Signal (Para 5)
G. Ending
9.   F   Contains communications-electronic operating instruction index of the operation.
     
10.   G   Contains the S3's authentication of the order.
     
11.   A   Contains the message reference number.
   
12.   C   Contains the statement of the tasks to be accomplished by the issuing unit.
   
13.   B   Contains units which are supporting or reinforcing the next higher headquarters.
   
14.   E   May contain data on medical evacuation and hospitalization.
   
15.   D   Contains the commander's scheme of maneuver.
   

 

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