Day 5: Joint Ops & Joint Staff Flashcards
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?
joint operations
A joint force operates under a single what?
joint force commander (JFC)
The capacity of our Armed Forces to operate as a cohesive joint team is a key advantage in any _____________
operational environment (OE)
How many groups are there in joint functions?
7
What are the groups in joint functions?
- C2 (Command & Control)
- Information
- Intelligence
- Fires
- Movement and maneuver
- Protection
- Sustainment
The exercise of authority and direction by a commander over assigned and attached forces to accomplish the mission
Command and Control (C2)
What are the JFC command authorities?
- Combatant Command (COCOM)
- Administrative Control (ADCON)
- Operational Control (OPCON)
- Tactical Control (TACON)
Identify
- Warfighting Authority
- Can not be delegated
Joint Functions
Command Authority
Command Relationships (COMREL)
Identify
Death / Discipline / Decorations
Joint Functions
Administrative Control (ADCON)
Command Relationships (COMREL)
Identify
Alignment of forces to strategic objectives
Joint Functions
Operational Control (OPCON)
Command Relationships (COMREL)
Identify
“Boots on the ground”
Execution of tactical tasks to support operational and strategic objective
Joint Functions
Tactical Control (TACON)
Command Relationships (COMREL)
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
Information
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
Intelligence
Identify
Use available weapons and other systems to create a specific effect on a target
Joint Functions
Fires
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
Movement and maneuver
Identify
Force protection, force health protection (FHP), and other protection activities
Joint Functions
Protection
Identify
The provision of logistics and personnel services to maintain operations through mission accomplishment and redeployment of the force
Joint Functions
Sustainment
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
Unified Command Plan (UCP)
What is established by the Unified Command Plan (UCP)?
Areas of Responsibilities (AORs)
Areas of Responsibilities (AORs) define what?
Geographic responsibilities for a Geographic Combatant Command (GCC)
Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) and Joint Force Commands (JFCs) designate smaller ____________ on temporary basis
area of operations (OAs)
Area of operations (OAs) have a physical dimension comprised with a combination of what?
- Air
- Land
- Maritime
- Space Domains
What are some physical factors of the Operational Environment (OE)?
- Information Environment
- Cyberspace
- EMS (electromagnetic spectrum)
List
Geographic Combatant Commands
- 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)
