C502 Operational Art and Design Exam Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) US Army Command and General Staff School Command General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) Common Core C500: Operational Art and Joint Planning C502 Operational Art & Design Exam Purpose The purpose of this exam is to assess your understanding of Operational Art and Design. Each of your six essay style responses answers should be no longer than 250 words in length (double-spaced, 11-point type). The exceptions are the CoG (center of gravity) matrices whose justifications may be on separate sheets. Upload your exam answers in the C502 test area on Blackboard at the end of C500. General Instructions •. Safety and protection of the lives of American citizens abroad. Which one of the four national strategic objectives listed above best establish the military (Operational) end state during Operation Desert Shield? Justify your selection. 2. (20 pts) Using the information provided in the case study, what was General Schwarzkopf’s primary military problem or obstacle that had to be overcome to reach the military endstate during Operation Desert Storm? Explain your answer. 3. (20 pts) 3a. Justify the selection of the Republican Guard Force Command (RGFC) as an Iraqi operational COG during Operation Desert Storm. 3b. Conduct the critical factor analysis to support your justification. Include two critical capabilities, two Critical Requirements, and two Critical Vulnerabilities in your justification. Explain your answer. OP Desert Storm CoG Analysis Iraqi Operational Level Forces Critical Capabilities (Minimum of 2) • • Center of Gravity (Maximum of 1) CoG: Republican Guard Force Command Critical Requirements (Minimum of 2) Critical Vulnerabilities (Minimum of 2) • • • • Justification: 4. (15 pts) USCENTCOM planners identified the deployment and reception of US forces into theater as a key concern. Describe three specific challenges with the deployment and reception of US forces into theater, using information from the case study. 5. (15 pts) An Element of Operational Design is “Arranging Operations.” JP 5-0 states that this arrangement often combines simultaneous and sequential operations to reach the end state conditions in Operation Desert Storm. Describe and explain how “Arranging Operations” was applied in the campaign design from the case study. 6. (10 pts) Select two additional elements of operational design, (not described in previous answers) and explain how they were applied in the campaign design from the case study. I have attached 1. The Instruction 2. Case study 3. References Let me know if have any questions
