AOCIQT - Block 1
Identify the two fundamental elements of Command - correct answer ✔✔- Responsibility
- Authority
Identify the principle of unity of command - correct answer ✔✔- All forces operate under a single
commander with the requisite authority to direct all forces employed in pursuit of a common purpose
Describe the authority of the Joint Force Commander staffs - correct answer ✔✔- Authority is delegated
to it by the commander Higher Headquarters staff officers exercise no independent authority over
subordinate HQ staffs.
The command authority over assigned forces vested only in Combatant Commanders by title 10 USC or
as directed by the President in the Unified Command Plan. It cannot be delegated or transferred. It is the
authority to perform those functions of command involving organizing and employing commands and
forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction over all aspects of
military operations, joint training, and logistics necessary to accomplish the missions assigned to the
command. - correct answer ✔✔- COCOM
Transferable command authority, inherent in COCOM, in order to organize, and employ command forces,
assign tasks, designate objectives, and give authoritative direction over all aspects of military operation
and joint training. - correct answer ✔✔- OPCON
transferable command authority, inherent to OPCON, over assigned or attached forces or commands or
military capability or forces made available for tasking. Limited to detailed direction and control over
movements or maneuvers within the operational Area necessary to accomplish assigned missions or
tasks typically exercised by functional component commanders - correct answer ✔✔- TACON
authority established by a superior commander between subordinate commanders when on
organization should aid, protect, complement, or sustain another force. - correct answer ✔✔- Support
,authority over subordinate or other organizations with respect to administration and support including
organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel management. - correct
answer ✔✔- ADCON
Authority delegated to a commander for coordinating specific functions and activities involving forces of
two or more services, two or more joint forces components, or two or more forces of the same Services.
- correct answer ✔✔- Coordination Authority
authority granted by a commander to a subordinate to directly consult or coordinate an action with a
command or agency within or outside the granting command. Coordination relationship, not an
authority through which command can be exercised - correct answer ✔✔- DIRLAUTH
Identify the levels of authority normally exercised by the COMAFFOR - correct answer ✔✔- OPCON
- ADCON
Identify the level of authority normally exercised by a JFACC - correct answer ✔✔- TACON
Identify the characteristics of the standard echelons of the Army tactical organizations - correct answer
✔✔Army Service Component Command (ASCC) or theater Army - provides support to Army, joint,
interagency, intergovernmental, and Multinational Forces (MNF) operating across the area of
responsibility
Corps - OPCON of multiple
Divisions, primary candidate HQ for Joint ops
Divisions - army primary tactical warfighting HQ
Brigade/Regiment - Brigade
Combat Team - , (the basic building block of Army Tactical formation, principle means of executing
engagements, can be functional or modular support)
, Modular Support Brigades - the battlefield surveillance brigade, fires brigade, combat aviation brigade,
maneuver enhancement brigade, and sustainment brigade
Functional Brigades - Engineers; Military Police; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN);
Air and Missile Defense (AMD); Signal; Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD); Medical; and Intelligence
Battalion/Squadron
Company/Battery/Troop
Platoon
Squad
Identify the three standard designs of Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) - correct answer ✔✔Heavy
Infantry
Stryker
6 fundamental and enduring roles of US Navy - correct answer ✔✔Powerful forward presence
Strategic Deterrence
Power Projection
Sea Control and Maritime Supremacy
Strategic Sealift
Humanitarian Assistance
Basic building blocks of forward deployed naval warfighting groups - correct answer ✔✔CSGs (Carrier
Strike Groups) , with versatile, multipurpose CAWs, Surface Combatants, and Submarines; and
Expeditionary Strike Groups (ESG), with special operations capable Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU-
SOC)