3. Joint Warfighter Flashcards
i. Security, Prosperity, and Values, are the fundamental national goals established in pursuit of our national security.
Area of Consensus
ii. A document approved by the President of the United States that expresses vision, what the U.S. stands for, and a sensing of how the instruments of national power will be arrayed.
National Security Strategy
iii. A document approved by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) for distributing and applying military power to attain National Security Strategy (NSS) and National Defense Strategy (NDS) objectives.
National Military Strategy
iv. Originates in policy and addresses broad objectives, along with the designs and plans for achieving them.
Strategy
v. Fundamental principles by which the military forces or elements thereof guide their actions in support of national objectives - It is authoritative but requires judgment in application.
Doctrine
vi. A document that may change due to changes in national leadership, political considerations, or for fiscal reasons.
Policy
vii. Fundamental principles that guide the employment of U.S. military forces in coordinated action toward a common objective.
Joint Doctrine
viii. Outlines the Department of Defense (DOD) approach to implement the President‘s National Security Strategy (NSS).
National Defense Strategy
L1- 2. Sometimes commanders use their knowledge, experience, and skills to respond with actions to assist during operations. Commanders have to consider certain elements they have little or no control over, but must nonetheless take into account when devising Strategy.
This scenario BEST illustrates the differences between ___________.
a. Operational Art and Contextual Elements
b. Operational Art and Operational Design
c. Contextual Elements and Operational Design
a. Operational Art and Contextual Elements
CORRECT: According to Operational Art, it uses the application of creative imagination by commanders and staffs—supported by their knowledge and experience, and skills— to design strategies, campaigns, and major operations and organize and employ military forces. Contextual Elements such as ours and the enemy’s Political Systems, the physical environment and the enemy’s/our national leadership to name just a few are elements the Commander has little or no control over, but must nonetheless take into account when devising Strategy. See rationale for correct response for additional information.
Engaging other states, countries or foreign groups
Credible threat of force=deterrence and enables the democratic process
Diplomatic
U.S. government facilitates production, distribution and consumption of worldwide goods and services
Drives general welfare and assists in a strong national defense. USG financial management ways and means support this
Economic
Media is conduit
We support via IO, PA and Defense Support to Public Diplomacy
Informational
Used both domestically and internationally
We fight and win our Nation’s wars
Military
L1- 4. Both a science and an art, these actions are coordinated in time and place, to achieve strategic or operational objectives. Some practices have not changed since the dawn of warfare while others change constantly due to technology and the sociology of combatants. Leaders must understand these changes, act within their understanding of those changes, and continually assess and adapt to the situation to ensure success in joint environments.
This paragraph BEST illustrates the effects of _________ on mission accomplishment in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) environment.
a. tactical actions
b. irregular warfare
c. traditional warfare
a. tactical actions
CORRECT: This paragraph best illustrates the effects of tactical actions. According to the Joint Warfighter chapter, tactical actions are battles, engagements, and/or strikes conducted by combat forces of a single service or a JIIM, coordinated in time and place, to achieve strategic or operational objectives in an operational area. Tactics are at once both a science and an art and some practices have not changed since the dawn of warfare while other practices change constantly due to technology and the sociology of combatants. The current JIIM environment demands leaders understand the context of the factors influencing the military situation, act within that understanding, continually assess and adapt those actions to be able to operate successfully in JIIM environments.
L1- 5. MSgt Lopez returned from the unit weekly staff meeting and briefed his people about new strategies that will affect how his defenders protect the peninsula of their Forward Operating Base. A few people began to express frustration arguing that it will take more time than the current process. MSgt Lopez explained the reasoning behind the change; his justifications were disputed with statements that support why the change will fail.
This scenario BEST illustrates how _________ and _________ levels of warfare impact strategies.
a. Strategic and Operational
b. Tactical and Strategic
c. Operational and Tactical
c. Operational and Tactical
CORRECT: This paragraph best illustrates the effects of Strategy on Operational and Tactical levels of warfare. According to the Joint Warfighter chapter, Tactical Actions are battles, engagements, and/or strikes conducted by combat forces of a single service or a JIIM, coordinated in time and place, to achieve strategic or operational objectives in an operational area. The current JIIM environment demands leaders understand the context of the factors influencing the military situation, act within that understanding, continually assess and adapt those actions to be able to operate successfully in JIIM environments