Day 5: Joint Ops & Joint Staff

Question 1

The primary way the Department of Defense (DOD) employs two or more Services (from at least two Military Departments) in a single operation is through what?

Answer 1

joint operations

Question 2

A joint force operates under a single what?

Answer 2

joint force commander (JFC)

Question 3

The capacity of our Armed Forces to operate as a cohesive joint team is a key advantage in any _____________

Answer 3

operational environment (OE)

Question 4

How many groups are there in joint functions?

Answer 4

7

Question 5

What are the groups in joint functions?

Answer 5

• C2 (Command & Control)
• Information
• Intelligence
• Fires
• Movement and maneuver
• Protection
• Sustainment

Question 6

The exercise of authority and direction by a commander over assigned and attached forces to accomplish the mission

Answer 6

Command and Control (C2)

Question 7

What are the JFC command authorities?

Answer 7

• Combatant Command (COCOM)
• Administrative Control (ADCON)
• Operational Control (OPCON)
• Tactical Control (TACON)

Question 8

Identify

• Warfighting Authority
• Can not be delegated

Joint Functions

Answer 8

Command Authority

Command Relationships (COMREL)

Question 9

Identify

Death / Discipline / Decorations

Joint Functions

Answer 9

Administrative Control (ADCON)

Command Relationships (COMREL)

Question 10

Identify

Alignment of forces to strategic objectives

Joint Functions

Answer 10

Operational Control (OPCON)

Command Relationships (COMREL)

Question 11

Identify

“Boots on the ground”
Execution of tactical tasks to support operational and strategic objective

Joint Functions

Answer 11

Tactical Control (TACON)

Command Relationships (COMREL)

Question 12

Identify

The management and application of information and its deliberate integration with other joint functions to change or maintain perceptions, attitudes, and other elements that drive desired behaviors and to support human and automated decision making

Joint Functions

Answer 12

Information

Question 13

Identify

• Providing integrated, evaluated, analyzed, and interpreted information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations
• Tells JFCs what the enemy is doing, is capable of doing, and may do in the future

Joint Functions

Answer 13

Intelligence

Question 14

Identify

Use available weapons and other systems to create a specific effect on a target

Joint Functions

Answer 14

Fires

Question 15

Identify

Encompasses the disposition of joint forces to conduct operations by securing positional advantages before or during combat operations and by exploiting tactical success to achieve operational and strategic objectives

Joint Functions

Answer 15

Movement and maneuver

Question 16

Identify

Force protection, force health protection (FHP), and other protection activities

Joint Functions

Answer 16

Protection

Question 17

Identify

The provision of logistics and personnel services to maintain operations through mission accomplishment and redeployment of the force

Joint Functions

Answer 17

Sustainment

Question 18

Identify

A classified document that provides operational instructions to all branches of the U.S. armed forces and serves as the organizational directive to the eleven COCOMs

Answer 18

Unified Command Plan (UCP)

Question 19

What is established by the Unified Command Plan (UCP)?

Answer 19

Areas of Responsibilities (AORs)

Question 20

Areas of Responsibilities (AORs) define what?

Answer 20

Geographic responsibilities for a Geographic Combatant Command (GCC)

Question 21

Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) and Joint Force Commands (JFCs) designate smaller ____________ on temporary basis

Answer 21

area of operations (OAs)

Question 22

Area of operations (OAs) have a physical dimension comprised with a combination of what?

Answer 22

• Air
• Land
• Maritime
• Space Domains

Question 23

What are some physical factors of the Operational Environment (OE)?

Answer 23

• Information Environment
• Cyberspace
• EMS (electromagnetic spectrum)

Question 24

List

Geographic Combatant Commands

Answer 24

• USCENTCOM (U.S. Central Command)
• USAFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command)
• USEUCOM (U.S. European Command)
• USNORTHCOM (U.S. Northern Command)
• USINDOPACOM (U.S. Indo-Pacific Command)
• USSOUTHCOM (U.S. Southern Command)
• USSPACECOM (U.S. Space Command)

Question 25

List

Functional Combatant Commands

Answer 25

• USSOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command)
• USTRANSCOM (U.S. Transportation Command)
• USSTRATCOM (U.S. Strategic Command)
• USCYBERCOM (U.S. Cyber Command)

Question 26

The use of cross-functional staff integration elements are what?

Answer 26

• Boards
• Bureaus
• Centers
• Cells
• Working Groups

Question 27

What is a mnemonic to remember the Command Relationship Offices?

Joint Staff

Answer 27

Penguins In Our Little Polar Cove

Question 28

What is the Office/Prefix of J1?

Joint Staff

Answer 28

Personnel & Manpower

Question 29

What is the Office/Prefix of J2?

Joint Staff

Answer 29

Intelligence

Question 30

What is the Office/Prefix of J3?

Joint Staff

Answer 30

Operations

Question 31

What is the Office/Prefix of J4?

Joint Staff

Answer 31

Logistics

Question 32

What is the Office/Prefix of J5?

Joint Staff

Answer 32

Strategy Plans & Policy

Question 33

What is the Office/Prefix of J6?

Joint Staff

Answer 33

C4 (C2, Comm, Cyber)

Question 34

What is the Office/Prefix of J7?

Joint Staff

Answer 34

Joint Force Development (Training)

Question 35

What is the Office/Prefix of J8?

Joint Staff

Answer 35

Force Structure & Resources

Question 36

What is the Office/Prefix of J9?

Joint Staff

Answer 36

IO, Joint Fires, STO, etc

Question 37

Identify

A

Joint Staff

Answer 37

Airforce

Question 38

Identify

N

Joint Staff

Answer 38

Navy

Question 39

Identify

S

Joint Staff

Answer 39

Space, Army Marines

Question 40

Identify

G

Joint Staff

Answer 40

General

Question 41

Identify

J

Joint Staff

Answer 41

Joint