#5 C2 Flashcards
Officially sanctioned beliefs, war fighting principles, and terminology that describes and guides the proper use of air, space, and cyberspace power in military operations
Doctrine
A common frame of reference on the best way to prepare and employee Air Force forces
Doctrine
As doctrine is the commanders intent but should not be blindly followed we must strive above all else to be doctrinally sound, not doctrinally
Bound
What are the different levels and depth of detail in Air Force AirPower doctrine
Basic, operational, and tactical
This doctrine describes the elemental properties of air power and provides the Airmans perspective
Basic doctrine
Applies the principles of basic doctrine to military actions. Provides the focus for developing the missions and tasks that must be executed through tactical doctrine
Operational doctrine
Air Force doctrine that is codified as tactics, techniques, and procedures in 3-series manuals
Tactical doctrine
Unity of command, objective, mass, maneuver, economy of force, Security, surprise, simplicity are all
Principles of war
Ensures concentration of effort for every objective under one responsible commander
Unity of command
Principal to direct military operations toward a defined and attainable objective that contributes to strategic, operational, and tactical aims
Objective
Concentrate the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to achieve decisive results
Mass
Places the enemy in a position of disadvantage through the flexible application of combat power in a multidimensional combat space
Maneuver
The judicious employment and distribution of forces
Economy of force
Purpose is never to permit the enemy to acquire unexpected advantage
Security
Leverages the Security principal by attacking the enemy at a time, place, or in a manner for which they are not prepared
Surprise
Calls for avoiding unnecessary complexity in organizing, preparing, planning, and conducting military operations
Simplicity
Centralized control and decentralized execution, flexibility and versatility, synergistic affects, persistence, concentration, priority, and balance are all
Tenets of AirPower
Fundamental guiding truths that refine the application of AirPower
Tenets of AirPower
Strategic attack, counter air, land, and sea, air space control, space operations, air mobility, special operations, homeland operations, nuclear operations, irregular warfare, foreign internal defense, targeting, information operations, electronic warfare, and personnel recovery are all
Air Force operations
Air parity, air superiority, and air supremacy are all components of which Air Force operation
Counter air
Airlift, Air Refueling, air mobility support, and aeromedical evacuation are all components of which Air Force operation
Air mobility
A collection of beliefs, distilled through experience and passed on from one generation of Airmen to the next that guide how we operate
AEF doctrine
Readily available force, in place support, enabler force, institutional force, and AEF battle rhythm are all
Expeditionary Capabilities
Although these organizations do not represent a war fighting capability, the individuals assigned to these organizations are deployable
Institutional force
The AEF operates on a ___ month lifecycle
24 month
The process the secretary defense and the chairman of the joint Chiefs of staff use to assign forces to combatant commanders for mission accomplishment and allocate additional forces in the event of contingency operations
Global force management
How frequently is a new 24 month AEF schedule established
Every 12 months
The posturing code that indicates the minimum number of unit type codes required to accomplish the units assigned missions deployable or in place
DP
The posturing code which represents the minimum number of unit type codes required to support critical home station operations
DX
The posturing code which indicates the maximum number of unit type code requirements available to support combatant commanders rotational mission
DW
Within how many days of arriving on station will and airman receive their AEF indicator
15 days
System of joint policies, procedures, and reporting structure supported by communications and computer systems
JOPES
System which consists of five volumes and associated databases and is the air forces supporting document to the joint strategic capabilities plan
War and mobilization plan
The air forces war planning system that provides an Air Force feed to joint operations planning and execution systems
Deliberate and crisis action planning and execution segment
Document prepared by parent Major command that outlines each measured units capabilities and contains the units identification, mission tasking narrative, mission specifics, and measurable resources
Designed operational capabilities statement
A short paragraph describing the mission capabilities that higher headquarters planners expect of a specific unit type code
Mission capability statement
Time phased force and deployment data is used when developing or executing plans to
coordinate the movement of forces into their operational locations
Centralized function aligned under the LRS commander responsible for identifying, validating, and distributing deployment tasking‘s and information.
Installation deployment readiness cell
The chain of command from the president to the secretary of defense to the secretaries of the military departments to the service Chiefs, exercises what
Administrative control Authority
The chain of command from the president through the secretary of defense to the combatant commander exercises what 3 types of command authorities
Operational control
Tactical control
Support relationship
Includes authoritative direction over all aspects of military operations and joint training necessary to accomplish missions assigned to the command
Operational control
This is inherent in operational control and may be delegated to and exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant command
Tactical control
These are established at three levels: unified command, subordinate unified command, and joint task forces
Joint forces
This transformers national strategic objectives into activities by development of operational products that include mobilization, deployment, employment, sustainment, redeployment, and demobilization of joint forces
Joint operation planning
This is normally published by the chairman of the joint Chiefs of staff during planning which establishes command relationships and provides the mission, objectives, and known constraints
The warning order
What can the chairman of the joint Chiefs of staff send to supported commanders to direct execution planning before a course of action is formally approved by the secretary of defense and the President
The planning order
When does the headquarters commander prepare a time phased force deployment plan in deliberate and crisis action planning and execution segment for the Air Force portion of the supported commanders joint operations planning and execution system
When a planning order is issued
What is approved and transmitted by the secretary of defense to the supporting commander and joint planning and execution community announcing the selected course of action
The alert order
This is issued by the authority and direction of the secretary of defense and directs the deployment and or employment of forces
Execute order
This was a good example of joint and combined operations providing one of the greatest uses of joint and Coalition capabilities in recent history
Operation odyssey dawn over Libya in 2011
Represents The minimum level of code of conduct understanding needed for all members of the Armed Forces
Level A- entry level training