| Term | Definition |
|---|
| The UN Security Council consist of how many nations? | 20 |
| The main focus of NATO during the Cold War. | a. Developement and maintenance of collective defenses b.b. Overcomming fundamental political issues dividing Europe |
| The use of subversion, terrorism or guerrilla tactics is considered what? | LOW level of intensity |
| Principle of MOOTW that could take years equals what? | PERSERVERANCE |
| What is the definition of Perseverance? | The patient, resolute, and persistent pursuit of national goals and objectives, for as long as necessary to achieve them, is often the requirement for success |
| COMBAT | Enforce Sanctions/Maritime Intercept Ops/Enforce Exclusion Zones/Protect Shipping/Strikes and Raids |
| OVERLAPPING | Combat Terrorism/Counter Drug Ops/Freedom of Navigation/Overflight/Noncombatant Evac Ops/Peace Ops/Recovery Ops |
| NON-COMBAT | Arms Control/Humanitarian Assist/Civil Authority Assist/Domestic Support/Nation Assistance/Support Counter-Insurgency/Show of Force Ops/Support to Insurgency |
| Peace Enforcement | three actions: Diplomatic, economic, humanitarian (Choose the one with humanitarian in the answer |
| DESERT STORM | successful example of centralized control-decentralized execution |
| Fundamentals Specific to Joint Warfare | Agility, the ability to move quickly and easily |
| Provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 | JCS became principal military advisers to President and Secretary of Devense |
| What can be delegated? | OPCON |
| What is the result of formal agreements between 2 or more nations for broad, long-term objectives? | An alliance |
| Who is the single commander in charge of Air Force Forces and is responsible for providing air and space capabilities to the Joint Force Commander? | The COMAFFOR |
| What happens when an in-place NAF is tasked as the Air Force component of a joint force? | The NAF commander will be designated the COMAFFOR and the tasked NAF A-staff becomes the core of the COMAFFOR's staff. |
| Who coordinates and directs the daily management of the AFFOR staff (manages the staff)? | DIRECTOR OF STAFF |
| Define Strategy Division | Develops, refines, disseminates, and assesses the progress of the air and space strategy. This division concentrates on the long-range planning of air and space operations for theater activities and the input of assessment results into the daily planning process. |
| The Information Warfare Team | deploys with the JAOC and provides a forward presence with additional reach-back capability |
| Crisis Action Planning (CAP) | Is based on current events and is conducted in time-sensitive situations and emergencies |
| Joint Air Estimate Process | may be employed during deliberate planning to produce JAOPs that support OPLANs or CONPLANs/It may also be used during crisis action planning in concert with other theater operations planning |
| Principles of War and Special Ops (SOF) | sometimes have different emphasis in the conduct of special operations. This is primarily because special operations are conducted by small units that seldom work with large formations or sizable reserves. Conducting covert operations. |
| Characteristics of SOF | 1. SOF are inherently joint. 2. SOF are distinct from conventional forces. 3. SOF are not a substitute for conventional forces, but a necessary adjunct to existing conventional capabilities. |
| Special Operations Liaison Element (SOLE) | Liaison between Special Ops Force and JFACC and JAOC. It is the JFSOCC's liaison to the joint force air component commander (JFACC) that ensures that SOF air and surface operations are integrated with all joint air operations. |
| FULL DIMENSIONAL PROTECTION | – protects personnel and other assets required to decisively execute assigned tasks across the range of military operations with acceptable level of risk (ensures we can do our stuff while degrading enemy's capabilities) |
| Global Strike Concept | The Global Strike Concept is the first of a one-two punch the Air Force will use to counter and neutralize adversary anti-access systems and provide for persistent follow-on operations. (Don't remember the question, but answer is GSC) |
| Standing Joint Force Headquarters | The SJFHQ is not a standing joint task force in and of itself. The intent is to be a standing element that focuses on a combatant commander's operational trouble spots. |
| Limitation Prevalent in 18th Century Warfare | Where limitations of necessity are concerned, the state of eighteenth-century European economies was an important restrictive factor. Even with virtually everyone working in productive activities such as farming and essential crafts, nations barely produced enough materials to take care of the basic needs of their people. This meant that countries could support only a small portion of their populations in the militaries at any one time (couldn't support large standing armies). |
| A factor which complicates the strategy process | It tends to flow from national objectives to battlefield tactics. |
| Members (statutory) of the National Security Council | Secretary of State |
| Statutory Advisors to the National Security Council | Director of CIA |
| Functions of the CJCS | • Develop joint doctrine, training, and education |
| Instruments of Power | Informational |
| Objectives presented in the National Security Strategy center around preserving peaceful relations with other states and what else? | political and economic freedom; and respect for human dignity |
| What type of political objectives can be or is morally ambiguous? | LIMITED |
| What two forms of sabotage or terrorism are possible? | 1. Traditional disruption of order using violence 2. Electronic or information-based. |
| What is the phase of antiterrorism is the planning/preventing/prep stage? | PROACTIVE |
| What is one type of terrorist objective? | Attracting publicity for the group's cause |
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