Final Flashcards
18-1 State the mission of ACC, AMC, AFSPC, AETC, AFMC, AFSOC, AFRC, PACAF, USAFE, and AFGSC
ACC- Air Combat Command is the primary force provider of combat airpower to America’s warfighting commands. To support global implementation of national security strategy, ACC operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle management, and electronic-combat aircraft. It also provides command, control, communications and intelligence systems, and conducts global information operations.
AMC- Air Mobility Command’s mission is to provide global air mobility … right effects, right place, right time
AFSPC- Provide Resilient and Cost-Effective Space and Cyberspace Capabilities for the Joint Force and the Nation
AETC- Recruit, train and educate Airmen to deliver airpower for America.
AFMC- Equip the Air Force for World-Dominant Airpower.
AFSOC- “Present Combat Ready Air Force Special Operations Forces to Conduct and Support Global Special Operations Missions”
AFRC- “The mission of the Air Force Reserve Command is to fly, fight and win … in air, space and cyberspace.”
PACAF- “to provide US Pacific Command integrated expeditionary Air Force capabilities to defend the Homeland, promote stability, dissuade/deter aggression, and swiftly defeat enemies. “
USAFE- “As the air component for both USEUCOM and USAFRICOM, USAFEAFAFRICA executes the Air Force, USEUCOM and USAFRICOM missions with forward-based airpower and infrastructure to conduct and enable theater and global operations. USAFE-AFAFRICA directs air operations in a theater spanning three continents, covering more than 15 million square miles, containing 104 independent states, and possessing more than one-fifth of the world’s population and more than a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product. ”
AFGSC- Develop and provide combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations … safe – secure – effective … to support the President of the United States and combatant commanders.
20-1 Describe joint operations
- The integrated and synchronized application of all appropriate capabilities to achieve a unified effort
- contains 2 or more services
20-2 describe the joint functions
- related capabilities and activities grouped together to help the joint forces commander JFC integrate, synchronize, and direct joint ops.
- include command and control, intelligence, fires, movement and maneuver, protection, and sustainment
20-4 identify the joint warfare values
- integrity
- competence
- physical courage
- moral courage
- teamwork
21-1 state the army mission
-The mission of the United States Army is to fight and win the Nation’s wars through prompt and sustained land combat, as part of the joint force.
21-2 list the major components of the department of the army
- Regular army
- Army reserve
- Army national guard
22-1 state the navy’s mission
- The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression, and maintaining freedom of the seas.
22-2 know the principal components of the department of the navy
- Navy department
- operating forces (marines, coast guard, navy reserves)
- Shore establishment
23-1 list the missions of the marines
- Organize, train, and equip to provide Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases, and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign;
• Furnish security detachments and organizations for service on naval vessels of the Navy;
• Furnish security detachments for protection of naval property at naval stations and bases; • Perform other duties as the President may direct; and
• Develop in coordination with the Army and Air Force, those phases of amphibious operations that pertain to the tactics, techniques, and equipment used by landing forces.
23-2 describe the marines’ operational concepts of maneuver and combined arms
- Maneuver warfare is defined in Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1 as a warfighting philosophy that seeks to shatter the enemy’s cohesion through a series of rapid, violent, and unexpected actions which create a turbulent and rapidly deteriorating situation with which he cannot cope.
- Combined arms is defined as the full integration of arms in such a way that in order to counteract one attack, the enemy must make themselves more vulnerable to another.
24-1 state the USCG’s three core missions
- Maritime Safety: enforcing safe, secure, and environmentally sound operations of US flagged vessels throughout the world and foreign vessels operating in US waters, issuing licenses and documents to qualified mariners, conducting inspections of US and foreign vessels, and developing and monitoring vessel construction and performance.
- Maritime Security: suppressing violations of US drug, immigration, and fisheries law, as well as securing the nation from terrorist threats.
- Maritime Stewardship: enforcement of US fisheries law and marine protected species regulations; stopping unauthorized hazardous materials dumping and responding to any hazardous materials incidents; protecting marine mammals; regulating introduction of invasive species to waterways; developing environmental regulations; aiding navigation services and maintaining safe passageways through US waters; and enforcing foreign vessel laws and regulations.
26-1 identify the goal of the Air Force Complaints resolution program (CRP)
- to create an atmosphere of trust in which issues can be objectively and fully resolved without retaliation or the fear of reprisal, identify where commander involvement is needed to correct systemic, programmatic, or procedural weaknesses, resolve issues affecting the Air Force mission promptly and objectively, and ensure resources are used effectively and efficiently
26-4 identify who is responsible for reporting fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA)
- Air Force military and civilian employees have a duty to promptly report fraud, waste, and abuse or gross mismanagement
27-1 state the department of defense policy on substance abuse
- to deter and identify drug and alcohol abuse and dependence that exist on installations and facilities under DOD control; not access military personnel or hire civilian employees who are drug dependent or active drug abusers; periodically assess the extent of drug and alcohol abuse in the DOD; provide education and training on DOD policies for drug and alcohol abuse and/or dependency; prohibit DOD personnel from possessing, selling, or using drugs or alcohol other than in accordance with laws, regulations, and policy; prohibit military members and DOD civilian from possessing, selling, or using drug abuse paraphernalia; and prohibit the possession or sale of drug abuse paraphernalia on DOD installations
28-1 state the air force policy on sexual harassment
- zero tolerance
