Chapter 3 Flashcards
What establishes the basic principle of civilian control of the armed forces
The US Constitution
As CINC the president has the final command authority. How is this authority limited
As head of the executive branch, he or she is subject to the Checks and balances of the legislative and judicial branches
What did the National Security Act of 1947 establish
The DOD
What is the DoDs function
To maintain and employ the armed forces
What departments form the DOD
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Joint Staff
- Departments of the Army, navy and Air Force
- Unified COCOM and Forces dedicated to combined commands, deserve agencies and DoD filed Activities
Who is the head of the DoD
The Sec Def
To whom does the Sec Def provide written policy guidance
The DoD component Chief, Chairman, joint chiefs of Staff, a Secretaries of the Military departments and commanders of the COCOMS
Who formulates general defense policy and executes approved policy as the principle defense policy advisor to the president
The Sec Def
The operational chain of command runs from the President to the SecDef to the ______.
Combatant Commanders (CCDR)
In what areas does the Armed forces Policy Council Assist the SecDef
Matters requiring long range view and formulating broad defense policy
name the Five Under Secretaries of Defense
- Policy
- Comptroller
- Personnel and readiness
- Acquisition , technology and logistics
- Intelligence
Name three special agencies that provide staff assistance to the SecDef
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Security service
- Defense Logistics Agency
Who is the principal military advisor to the president, National Security Council and the Sec Def
The Chairman Joint chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
How is the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Selected
The president appoints the CJCS from the officers of the regular components of the armed forces (by and with the advice and consent of the senate)
The CJCS holds the grade of general or admiral and outranks all other officers of the armed forces while serving T/F
True
Does the CJCS exercise military command over either the joint Chiefs of the Staff or any of the armed forces
NO
What allows the President to authorize communication through the chairman, CJCS
A provision of the Goldwater Nichols DoD reorganization Act of 1986
Who do the JCDS advise
The president, Sedef and National Security council (NSC)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff provide strategic direction for the armed forces, review major material and personnel requirements and establish joint doctrine. What are their other responsibilities
Assigning logistic responsibilities to the military services, formulating joint training policies and coordinating military education
Who are the members of the Joint chiefs of Staff
- Chairman joint chiefs of Staff
- Vice Chairmen Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Chief of Staff, US Army
- Chief of Naval Operations
- Chief of staff the usaf
- Commandant of the Marine Corps
Who serves as member of as well as presides over the Joint chiefs of Staff
The Chairman Joint chiefs of Staff
Why do the service chiefs delegate many of their joitn chiefs of staff duties to their vice chiefs of staff while retaining overall responsibilities
Because their JCS duties take precedence over all other duties
Who assists members of the Joint chiefs of staff with strategic direction, unified operation of commandant commands and integration of all land naval and air forces
The Joint Staff ()over 1500 military and civilian personnel composed of equal numbers of officers drawn from the army navy and air force
Direction fo the joint staff rests exclusively with ____
The chairman joint chiefs of staff
Who establishes unified combatant commands.
The president assisted by the chairman joint chiefs of staff through the Sec Def
Who deploys directs controls and coordinates the action of the unified combatant commands forces, conducts joint training exercises, and controls certain support functions
The combatant Commanders (Responsible to both the Sec Def and President
A unified COCOM has a broad, continuing mission with forces drawn from two or more military departments. How are they organized
On a geographical and function al basis
Name the eight Unified commands
- US European Command (USEUCOM)
- US Pacific Command (USPACOM)
- US Northern Command (US NORTHCOM)
- US Southern Command (USSOUTH COM
- US Central Command (USCENTCOM)
- US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
- US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM
- US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
Once each force is assigned to a unified command who ahs the authority to transfer it
The Sec Def
What type of command consists of forces from more than one allied nation
Combined Commands
Under what terms does ta combined command normally operate
Terms of a treaty, alliance or bilateral agreement between or among the nations concerned
Give three examples of Multinational commands
- The North American Aerospace Dense Command
- Combined Forces Command Korea
- Allied Command Operations
What are the three military departments
The AF, Army and Navy
To who do the service secretaries provide efficiently organized, trained and equipped forces
Combatant Commanders
Who helps the Sedef Manage the administrative training and logistic functions of the military deparmtents
The service Secretaries
The traditional roles and mission of each branch of device are called
Function
What agreement between the SecDef and joint chiefs of staff established the functions for each branch of the armed forces
The Key West Agreement of 1948 (Revised in 1953 and 1958)
Identify the three general functions of the armed forces
- Support and defend the US constitution
- Ensure the security of the US, its possessions and areas vital it tis interest
- Uphold and advance US national policies an interests
Name several specific functions the military departments share
- Preparing forces and establishing reserves of personnel, equipment and supplies
- Planning for expansion of peacetime components to meet wartime needs
- Maintaining mobile reserve forces
- Preparing and submitting budgets to the SecDef
- Administering funds
- Helping each other accomplish their respective functions
The department of the AF consists of what divisions
Headquarters AF and its filed units
The AF prepares the air an space forces necessary for what actions
- Effective prosecution of war
- Military operations short of war
- Expanding peacetimes components to meet the needs of war
The AF organizes, trains, equips and provides forces for what six primary functions
- Air and space combat operations
- Strategic Air and missile warfare
- Joint amphibious, space and airborne operations
- Close Air Support and air logistic support for the army and other forces
- operating air and space lines of communications a
- supporting and conducting psychological operations
The AF also has a primary function to provide equipment, forces, procedures, and doctrine necessary for effective ____ warfare operations
Electronic
How is the SECAF selected
Civilian appointed by the president (with advice and consent of senate)
As head of the department of the AF, the SECAF recruits, organized, supplies, equips, trains, services, mobilizes, demobilizes, and administers personnel. name several more responsibilities
- Maintains, constructs, outfits and repairs military equipment
- Constructs, maintains and repairs buildings, structures and utilities
- Acquires real property and interest sin real property
Who has authority , control and direction of their SECAF
The Sec Def
How is the CSAF selected
The president appoints the CSAF from the general officers of the AF (By and with advice and consent of the Senate)
The CSAF serves for a ____ year period
4 year
Who exercises authority, direction and control over the CSAF
The SECAF
Name at least two of the CSAF respoiinsiblites
- Presides over the Air Staff
- Carries out recommendations or plans approved by the SECAF
- Exercises supervision of the AF, as determined by the SECAF
- As a joint chiefs of Staff member, informs the SECAF on matters affecting the Department of the AF
Headquarters US includes what two major entities
- Secretariat (The SECAF and his other principal Staff
2. Air Staff headed by the Chief of Staff
What is the Air Staffs function
To help the SECAF carry out his or her responsibilities
Name at least five of the Air Staff that assist the SECAF
- Chief of Staff
- Vice chief of Staff
- Deputy Chiefs of Staff
- Assistant Chiefs of Staff
- Surgeon General of the AF
- Judge advocate General of the AF
- Chief of the AF reserve
- Other members of the AF assigned or detailed to the Air Staff
9 Civilian employees in the Department of the AF assigned or detailed to the Air Staff
The ANG is a MAJCOM t/f
False
Who administers the ANG
The national Guard Bureau located in the pentagon Washington DC
What is the ANGs federal mission
To maintain well trained and well equipped units for prompt mobilization during war and to assist during national emergencies
What is the ANGs federal mission during peacetime
Its combat ready and support units are assigned to most air force JACOMs to carry out missions compatible with the ranging mobilization readiness and humanitarian and contingency operations
What is the ANGs state Mission
The protection of life and property and the preservation of peace order and public safety
Who do ANG units report to when not mobilized or under federal control
The governor of their respective state, territory or the commanding general of the district of Columbia national guard
How does the ANG accomplish its state mission to protect life and property and preserve peace, order and public safety
- Emergency relief support during natural disasters
- Search and rescue operations
- Supporting civil defense authorities
- maintaining vital public services
- Counterdrug operations
The ANG has more than _____ officers and enlisted personnel who serve in 89 Flying units and 579 mission support units
106,000
Who are the primary sources of full time support for ANG units
Dual Status military technicians and guardsmen on active duty
Dual Status military technicians are civil service employees of the federal government who must be military members of the unit that employs them T/F
True
List eth department of the AF filed units
MAJCOMs, FOAs and DRUs
The AF is organized _____ in the US and _____ overseas
Functionally, geographically
_____ ar major AF subdivisions, directly subordinate to HQ USAF
MAJCOMAS
What kind of command consists of strategic, tactical, space or defense forces or of flying forces that directly support such forces
Operational Commands
Identify the Ten AF MAJCOMs
- ACC
- AMC
- AFSPC
- PACAF
- USAFE
6 AETC - AFMC
8 AFSO
9 AFGSC
10 AFRC
Which MAJCOM was created 1 June 1992 and is headquartered in Langley AFB VA
Air Combat Command
What is the ACC mission
To prepare assigned forces for air combat in a theater of pertains; to organize, training and equipping forces for joint or combined operations in the roles of aerospace control and force application, enhancement and support
Name three of the ACC respoiinsiblites
- Organizing, training and equipping combat ready force
- providing AF for US Strategic Command
- Supporting the DEA
- Testing and acquiring new or improved combat systems
- providing combat ready forces to unified commands
- Providing Air defense forces to US Element North American Air Defense Command
- Providing air mobility mission support to TRANSCOM
8 Serving and training gaining MAJCOM for assigned AFR and ANG forces
More than ____ active duty members and 13,500 civilians make up ACC workforce
67,000
ACC and ACC gained units fly more than _____ Aircraft
1800