Offensive Operations - CPT Kim CFD-IC

What is the main purpose of Offensive Operations

• Defeat, destroy, and gain control of terrain, resources, and population centers

• To gain an advantage by attacking first

• Better than being on the defense

• The Commander says so

What is not a characteristic of Offensive Operations

• Audacity

• Concentration

• Key Terrain Features

• Surprise

What is Audacity?

• Massing the effects of combat power in time and space at the decisive point to achieve a single purpose

• Willingness to take bold risks

• Attacking at a time or place or in a manner for which enemy forces did not prepare or expect

• The relative speed and rhythm of military operations over time with respect to the enemy

What is an Attack?

• An Offensive Operation designed to develop the situation and to establish or regain contact

• An Offensive Operation that usually follows the conduct of a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the endmy

• An Offensive Operation that destroys or defeats an enemy force, seizes and secures terrain, or both

• An Offensive Operation designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escapte

Which of the following is NOT one of the four types of Offensive Operations

• Movement to Contact

• Exploitation

• Attack

• Raid