CH 111 MOOTW Flashcards

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What is war

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When instruments of national power are unable to achieve national objectives or protect national interests any other way. goal is to win as quickly as possible with as few casualties as possible

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What are MOOTW

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Focus on deterring war, resolving conflict, promoting peace, and supporting civil authority in response to domestic crisis.

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Arms control

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Any plan, arrangement, or process resting upon explicit or implicit international agreement. Governs any aspect of: numbers, types, performance characteristics

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Combating terrorism

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Actions taken to oppose terrorism from wherever the threat

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antiterrorism

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Defensive measures taken to reduce vulnerability to terrorist attacks

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counterterrorism

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Offensive measures taken to prevent, deter and respond to terrorism

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Enforcement of sanctions/maritime intercept ops

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Operations which employ coercive measures to interdict the movement of certain types of designated items into or out of a nation or specific area

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Enforcing exclusion zones

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Established by sanctioning body to prohibit specified activities in a specific geographical area

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Example of Enforcement of sanctions/maritime intercept ops

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OPERATION SUPPORT DEMOCRACY, HAITI 1993

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Example of enforcing exclusion zones

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OPERATION SOUTHER WATCH, IRAQ 1992

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Enforcing freedom of navigation and overflight

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Operations conducted to demonstrate US or international rights to navigate sea or air routes

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Example of enforcing freedom of navigation and overflight

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ATTAIN DOCUMENT series of operations, LYBIA, 1986

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Humanitarian assistance

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Operations to reduce or relieve the result of natural or manmade disaster or other endemic conditions such as human pain, disease, hunger, or privation in countries or regions outside the US

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Example of HA

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SEA ANGEL ONE (1991) AND SEA ANGEL II (1992), BANGLADESH

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Military support of civil authorities

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Provide temporary support to domestic civil authorities when permitted by law.

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Example of military support to civil authority

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Hurricane Andrew in Florida in 1992

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Nation assistance/support to counterinsurgency

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Civil or military assistance (other than HA) rendered to nation by US forces within that nation’s territory during peacetime, crises, or emergencies, or war based on agreements mutually concluded between the US and that nation

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Example of Nation assistance/support to counterinsurgency

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Foreign military sales

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Noncombatants evacuation operations

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Normally relocate threatened noncombatants from foreign country

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Example of noncombatants evacuation operations

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OPERATION EASTER EXIT, SOMALIA, 1991

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Example of Arms Control

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Vienna Document of 1992

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Peace Operations

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Military operations to support diplomatic efforts to reach long-term political settlement. Categorized as peace keeping operations and peace enforcement operations

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Example of Peace opertions

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operation Power Pack, Dominican Republic 1965

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Protection of shipping

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When necessary, US forces provide protection of US flag vessels, US citizens, and their property against unlawful violence in and over international waters.

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Example of protection of shipping

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Operation Eastern Will, 1987: reflagging of Kuwait ships

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Recovery Operations

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Search for, locate, identify and rescue and return personnel or human remains.

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Example of Recovery Operations

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Operation Full Accounting

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Show of force operations

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Designed to demonstrate US resolve, incolve increased visibility of US deployed forces. Defuse specific situation that if allowed to continue may be detrimental to US interests or national objectives.

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Example of Show of force operations

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Operation JTF-Philippines 1989 during coup attempt

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Strikes and raids

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Strikes are offensive operations conducted to inflict damage on, seize, or destroy objectives for political purposes

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Example of strikes and raids

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Operation El Dorado Canyon, Lybia 1986