F100 Flashcards
What is Force Managment?
the process the Army uses to manage change while balancing needs with resource constraints
What does JCIDS do?
Determines requirements and approaches solutions
What does PPBE do?
Resources requirements and solutions
What does DAS do?
Develops and acquires materiel solutions
One power that Congress has over DOD?
Oversight, ability to request hearings
HQDA does/does not command Army units in combat?
Does not.
Title 10 lists 12 functions SECARMY must perform
- Recruiting
- Organizing
- Sustaining
- Equipping
HQDA has four types of ORGS that help them to meet their Title 10 functions
- Army Commands
- Army Service Component Command
- Direct Repoting Units
- Field Operating Agencies
The army retains ____ over Army units assigned or allocated to a combatant commander. This is the realtionship that allows it to meet its Title 10 responsibiliites.
ADCON
(T/F) ASCCs are heavily engaged in Title 10 management of units working for a combatant command
True
(T/F) ASCC can further delegate ADCON to the senior Army HQ operating in a particular area.
True
(T/F) ADCON is a command relationship
False
______is the four-part Army document that refines national strategy and combatant command requirements into an executable plan.
Army Strategic Planning System
The four parts of The Army Strategic Planning System (ASPS) are:
- Army Strategy
- Army Campaign Plan
- Army Planning Guidance
- Army Programming Guidance Memorandum
The Defense Acquisition System has ___ phases and ___ milestone decisions.
5 Phases and 3 Milestones
______ is the entry point into the acquisition process for all defense acquisiton products.
The Materiel Development Decision (MDD)
The purpose of the ______ phase is to reduce technology, engineering, integration and life-cycle cost risk to the point that a decision to contract for engineering and manufacturing development can be made with confidence in successful program execution for development, productionn and sustainment.
Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR)
The objective of the ____ phase is the execution of a support program that meets materiel readiness and operational support performance requirements and sustains the system in the most cost-effective manner over its total life cycle.
Operations and Sustainment (O&S)
The ___ is the balance of risk between cost, schedule, and performance agreed to between the program manger (PM), the program executive office (PEO), and the milestone decision authority (MDA).
Acquistion Program Baseline (APB)
The ____ is responsible for programmatics (materiel acquistion cost, schedule, and total system performance) and for the PPBE necessary to guide assigned programs through each Defense Acquisiton System milestone.
Program Executive Officer (PEO)
The capability development document contains a required number of _________that capture the minimum operational effectiveness and suitability attributes (testable or measurable characteristics) needed to achieve the overall desired capabiliies for the system during the applicalbe increment.
Key Performance Parameters (KPPs)
The ____ designation determines the level of review, and who will make the milestone decisions.
Acquisition Category (ACAT)
The ____ validates all documents for JCIDS prior to submission to the Joint Staff, J8 Deputy Director for Requirements for review and approval of joint requirements and ASA (AL&T) for materiel development.
Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC)
The Joint Staff ___ is the gatekeeper of the JCIDS process at the joint level.
J-8 Deputy Director for Requirements.
Where can you find Army guidnace on the percentage of personnel a COMPO1 unit should receive?
Active Component Manning Guidance (ACMG)
What is one reason that the Army cannot fully man units to MTOE even when it ahs enought personnel in rank and MOS?
Soldiers contained in Transfers, Trainees, Holdovers, Student (TTHS)
Who manages the Army’s equipment (re)distribution?
Army Material Command is responsible for (re) distributing equipment across the force.
-G3/5/7 establishes priorities
-G8 funds the equipment
-AFC guides the solution development
What is an example of the Army considering Force Integration early in the development of a new capability?
Force Integration Funcational Area (FIFA) analysis before approving a Force Design Update (FDU)
What is the model used to generate readiness to meet global demand?
Regionally Aligned Readiness and Modernization Model (ReARMM)
HQDA G8 aligning resources to requirements approved by the SA and CSA happens in which part of PPBE?
Programming
Identifying DOTMLPF-P solutions is which part of PPBE?
Planning
The publication of the ARSTRUC at the end of TAA could be considered the transition from?
Planning to Programming
What needs to occur for DoD to be able to fund operations at the beginning of FY?
Congress pass and POTUS signs both the Defense Appropriations Bill and the Defense Authorizations Bill
The Army’s Program Objective Memorandum (POM) is finalized during?
Programming
What are the minimal operation effectiveness and suitability attriubutes that are testable and mesaurable to developing an effective military capability?
KSA and ASA are evaluation criteria
-KPPs are the minimum requirement for the piece of equipment
Which three methods does the Defense Acquisiton System (DAS) use for materiel development based on immediacy of need?
Urgent-ongoing operations
Emergent-near future changes
Deliberate*-preferred, most effective
The Army processes urgent acquitions requirements through Operations Needs Statements (ONS). The Joint Community uses?
Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUONS)
What did Army Futures Command establish to streamline modernization and bring all stakeholders into the conversation?
Program Executive Offices (PEO)s
The two most important organizations in Army acquistion are?
- ASA(ALT) is the Army Acquitisiton Executive (decision-maker)
- Army Futures Command provides military leadership (advice)
What is a Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE)?
Requirements document.
What is a Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE)?
Authorizations documents.
How do Force Integration Functional Area (FIFA) differ from DOTMLPF-P?
FIFAs assess friction points in integrating organizational change. DOTMLPF-P identifies options to solve capabilitiy gaps.
What does a Table of Organizational Equipment contain?
Narrative and listings of the organization’s required equipment and personnel.
What is the Force Design Update?
The process through which the Army develops and approves new or modifed organizational designs.
What is required to replace HMMWVs with JLTVs on TOES?
BOIP Change.
What line of authority is used to accomplish the Title 10 requirements for the Secretary of the Army?
Administrative Control
What is Force Management?
Develops and fields capabilities that Combatant Commanders require to meet demands of the contemporary operating environment.
What organizations does HQDA use to accomplish it Title 10 mission?
-Army Commands
-Army Service Component Command
-Direct Reporting Units (DRU)
-Field Operating Agencies (FOA)
What’s an example of Congress excercising its authority to organize the military?
Goldwater-Nichols Act formed Combatant Commands
Who is responsible for the NSS?
POTUS
Who is responsible for the NDS?
SecDef
Who is responsible for the NMS?
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
What does JCIDS use to identify needs, gaps, and solutions?
Capabilities Based Assesments (CBA)s
What is a Needs Analysis?
Identifes the problem.
What is a Gap Analysis?
Assesses the unmet requirement.
What is a Solutions Analysis?
Proposes a range of DOTMLPF-P solution approaches.
What is a Capabilities Based Assessment?
Has three analyses and ends with a proposed solution to an identifies requirement not currently met by the joint force.
What organization is responsible for guiding Army modernization and capability development?
Army Futures Command (AFC)
How does the joint community want to operate in future conflicts?
Joint Concept
JCIDS considers all domains of DOTMLPF-P, but ultimately classifies solutions into two categories?
Material and Non-Material
Within Total Army Analysis (TAA) the Quantitative Analysis does what?
Use computer modeling to determine the total force requirements resulting from DoD planning scenarios.
Who is the primary uniformed decision-maker in the Total Army Analysis?
The Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA)
What do capabilities developers use to document MTOE/TDA after the TAA Process?
Program Objective Memorandum
What does Qualitative Analysis do within Total Army Analysis (TAA)?
Provides a human to apply operational experice and professional military judgment to the finaly Army force structure decisions.
What is the authorization document for the generating force?
TDA
What is the authorization document for the operating force?
(M)TOES
