BDOC Prep Unit 1 Flashcards
Condition 1 of a ship
General Quarters. All hands at battle stations and all weapon systems maned. Threat is imminent. Combat ship’s primary mission area threat/multiple threats.
Condition 2 of a ship
Damage Control, Anti-sub warfare, STRIKE. A modified GQ watch, readiness requirements are heightened for specific missions or conditions.
Condition 3 of a ship
Wartime, heightened readiness. Requires sufficient personnel to man a limited number of weapon systems to combat a single warfare area threat. Must be able to repel an urgent attack while the ship mans GQ.
Condition 4 of a ship
Requires adequate personnel for the safe and efficient operation of the ship.
CENTCOM
Location: MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), FL
Established January 1, 1983
Area of Responsibility (AOR): Middle East, Central Asia, Egypt
Formed to strengthen US interest in the area due to hostage situations in Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Began as Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF)
Established under President Carter in March 1980
Became a permanent unified command under President Reagan
CENTCOM Mission
Work with national and international partners to:
- Promote development and cooperation
- Respond to crises (Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief)
- Deter and defeat state and transnational aggression
- Establish regional security and stability
AFRICOM
Location: Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
Established October 1, 2007
AOR: All of Africa except Egypt
Mission is to work with African nations and organizations to build regional security and crisis-response capability in service of US government efforts in Africa.
CENTCOM maintains its traditional relationship with Egypt, but AFRICOM coordinates with Egypt on issues relating to the security of the African continent.
EUCOM
Location: Stuttgart, Germany Established 1947, origins in WWII AOR: Europe, Russia, Greenland, Israel Mission is to conduct military operations, international military partnering, and interagency partnering to enhance transatlantic security Mil-to-Mil Engagement Ballistic Missile Defense NATO Support
NORTHCOM
Location: Peterson AFB, CO
Established: October 1, 2002
AOR: US, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico
Origins in attacks on September 11, 2001
NORTHCOM partners to conduct homeland defense, civil support and security cooperation to defend and secure the United States and its interests.
PACOM
Location: Honolulu, HI
Established 1947, origins in WWII
AOR: Indo-Asia-Pacific Region
PACOM, with its partners and allies, work to enhance stability in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression, and fighting to win.
SOUTHCOM
Location: Miami, FL Established 1947 as CARIBCOM, re-designated in 1963 AOR: Central and South America, Caribbean Mission includes: Humanitarian assistance/disaster relief Countering transnational organized crime Support peacekeeping operations Multinational training and exercises Human Rights
US Special Operations Command
Location: MacDill AFB, FL
Established 1987 to revitalize special operations forces
Mission:
Providing combat-ready special operations forces to other Combatant Commanders
Developing strategy, doctrine and tactics
Training special forces
Exercising command of selected special operations missions, if directed by POTUS or SECDEF
US Strategic Command
ocation: Omaha, NE
Established 1992, absorbed SPACECOM in 2002
Unified Navy and Air Force strategic forces under one command
Mission includes:
Global Strike (conventional and nuclear)
Integrated Missile Defense
DOD Information Ops
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)
Computer Network Attack (CNA) / Computer Network Defense (CND)
Plan for and develop requirements for space operations
US Transportation Command
Location: Scott AFB, Ill
Established 1987
Mission is to provide transportation, sustainment and distribution in support of DOD assets through a seamless and synchronized deployment and distribution system
In an average week, TRANSCOM conducts over 1,900 air missions, with 25 ships underway and 10,000 ground shipments operating in 75% of the world’s countries
US Cyber Command
Location: Fort Meade, Md.
Established 2010, made COCOM in 2017
USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries
US Fleet Forces (task force 80)
Western half of the Atlantic ocean. (Formerly 2nd fleet)
4th Fleet
The Caribbean, and surrounding waters of Central and South America
Effective July 1, 2008
3rd Fleet
Eastern half of the Pacific Ocean
7th Fleet
Western half of the Pacific Ocean and most of the Indian Ocean
5th Fleet
Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, and part of the Indian Ocean
6th Fleet
Eastern half of the Atlantic Ocean and the Adriatic, Baltic, Barents, Black, Caspian, Mediterranean, and North Seas