Joint operations Flashcards
Describe joint operations
Integrated and synchronized application of all appropriate capabilities for a unified effort
List the six joint functions
Command and control Intelligence Fires Movement and maneuver Protection Sustainment
Describe command and control as a joint function
Exercise of authority and direction by a JFC commander over assigned and attached joint and multinational forces in the accomplishment of the mission
Describe intelligence as a joint function
Understanding the operational environment
Define fires as a joint function
Use available lethal and nonlethal weapons against an enemy or adversary
Define movement and maneuver as a joint function
Disposing joint forces to conduct campaigns
Define protection as a joint function
Conserving joint force’s fighting potential
Four primary ways of protection by joint force
Active offensive and defensive measures
Passive measures that make friendly forces
Applying technology to reduce fratricide
Emergency response and management
Define sustainment as a joint force function
Provision of personnel, logistics, and other support required to maintain and prolong operations until successful mission accomplishment
State the range of military operations
Sliding scale that starts with peace and can slide all the way through to full war. Relative intensity and level of commitment on the left; relative frequency of occurrence on the bottom
Outline the operational joint chain of command from the president to the individual components
President to SECDEF to Unified combatant commander; direct oversight over component command.
President to SECDEF to CJCS to military departments to forces
Identify the five joint warfare values
Integrity, competence, physical courage, moral courage, and teamwork
Joint doctrine
National Security Act of 1947
Reorganization act of 1958
Goldwater-Nichols Reorganization Act of 1986
