Mil Flashcards
intention of joint publications
most should be followed b/c the guidance is authoritative
exception: judgment of the commander deems exceptional circumstance
what happens if there is conflict between JP and service publications
JP takes precedence unless the CJGS says otherwise
JP 1
Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States
9 principles of war
objective, offensive
mass, maneuver
economy of forcfes
unity of commadn
security, surprise, simplicyt
12 principles of war
restraint
perserverence
legitimacy
O’s of the 9 principles of war
offensive
objective
M’s of the 9 Principles of War
mass
mneuver
S’s of the 9 Principles of War
surprise
security
simplicty
why is the strategic environment flid
changing alliances
threats
partnerships
emergign challenges
traditional war versus cyber, WMD terror, info op campaign, proliferation of adversaries, antiaccess/area denial capability
using the instruments of national power
national=led means our leaders can apply to achieve strategic objectives (ends)
- vareitis of purpose, scale, risk,c ombat intensity
GEF
guidance for employment of the force
GFMIG
global force managemetn implementation guidance
JSCP
Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
UCP
Unified Campaign Plan
principle sources of guidance for CCMD
GEF
GFMIG
JSCP
UCP
Defense Planning Guidance
establishes DOD force development plannign and resource priorities in order to prevail in the Nation’s curernt operations and to develop a balanced fjoint force to meet future contigencies
unified action
coordinate/cooperate of US mil/others towards common objectives eve in participation with part of thsame command/org
3 levels of warfare
strategic, op, tactical
operational level of warfare
links tactical employment of the force to national strategic objectives
art of command
ability to use leadership to maximize peformaance
command
lawful authority over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment
what should happen if commander loses relaible communciation
“mission command” enables mil operations via decentralization execution based on mission-type orders
operational art
cognitive approach
-skill/knowledge, experience/creativity, jusgmetn broad vision
ability anticipate
skill to plan/preaper/create/execute
INTEGRATE ENDS, WAYS, MEANS
operational design
framework of an operational plan/execution
- supports operatioanl art w/a methodology designed to enhance udnerstanding of the situation and problem
elements: objective, LOO, LOE, termination criteria
assessment
helps ID risks and opportunities
7 basic joint functions
C2
information
intelligence
fires
movement and maneuver
force protection
sustainment
C2
exercises of authority and direction by a commander to accept a mission
control gives the means for command to maintain freedom of action, delegate authority, direct ops from any location, direct ops from any location, integration activity of OA
EMS
electromagnetic spectrum
maneuver
employment of force in the OA in combination with fires to achieve a position of advantage with respect to the enemy
joint fires
use weapons system to have a specific effect on a target = objectives
JIPOE
joint intelligence preparation of the OE
intelligence
information about adversary capabilities, COG, vulnerabilities, future costs to udnerstand friendlyt, netural, adversary
information
changes/maintains behaviors, attitudes, and other elements that drive desired behaviors and to support human/automated decision-making
what establishes an AOR
area established by the UCP taht defines geographical responsibilities fo a GCC
what do OA’s have
physical dimensions of air, land, maritime, and space domains
evacuate embassy
NEO
MARO
mass atrocityD
DSCA
defense suport of civil authority
operation in Somalia
Operation Restore Hope.
crisis response that needed combat
operations in the War in Afghanistan
2001-2021
operation anaconda
Tora Bora
cave complex in eastern afghanistan. mission attempt to capture Osamba Bin Laden 3 months after 9/11
phases of military operation
shape
deter
seize initiative
dominate
stabilize
enable civil authorities
phase
definitive stage/period wher a large portion of force/capabilities are involved in similar/mutual supporting activitiees
- phasing lets you visualize/plan/execute defined requirment
(force, resources, time, space, purpose)
difference between linear and nonlinear objectives
linear ops - commit direct/sustaining combat power towarerds enemy focused. foreard line of own troops. put friendly troops next to each otehr to enhance security and mass forces
nonlinear ops - forces orient on objectives but aren’t geographically related to each other. simultaneously alogn multiple LOO. goal is to overwhelm opposing C2 and let JFC retain teh initaitive
goal of mil engagement/cooperation/deterrence
prevent conflict by keeping adverary actions within a desired staet of cooperation and
military engagemetn
routine contact to build trust/confidence, maintain inflence, coordiante
deterrance
prevents adveray action throg presentation of a crdible threat unaceptable counteractin and belief that the cost of an action outweights perceivedbenefits
military responses in US
DSCA
homeland defense
what are FHA ops
ops to reduce/relieve human suffering, disease, hugner, privation
* difference from foreign assitancest
strike
attacks conducted to damage or destory an objectie or capability
raid
seize area to secure informatoin, confuse enemy, capture personnel/equpment, destory an objective or capability
USC that lets SecDef send in the National Guard
USC Title 32
DOD in DSCA
in DSCA, DOD supports but doesn’t’ supplant civil authorities
FDO
flexible deterrent option
shoreline
littoral
purpose of the US military
“the US military’s purpose is to protect our nation and win wars. we do this through military operations to defend the homeland, build security globally, project power, and win decisively”
what is needed for deterrance
capability: means to influence behavior
credibility: believe that proposed actions will be employed
- the effectiveness of deterrence must be viewed from the perspective of the actor to be deterred
9 Principles of War + 3 __
12 Principles of Joint Operations
TMM
Transregional, multidomain, multi
- describes threats in the military OE
what is integrating joint capabilities meant to be
complementary not just additative
*avoid combining capabilities when doing so would add more complexity w/o compnsating advantege
what type of targets do terrorists want
avoid hard (secure) targets and go soft
DODIN
DOD Information Network
- set of information capabilities/process for collecting, processing, sorting, disseminating, and managing information on all DOD missions and operations
- part of Cyber Command
ultimate purpose of the US military
win nation’s wars
APEX
adaptive planning and execution
termination criteria to end a campaign/occupation
approved by pres/secdef
- defines the desired military end state which normally represents a point in time/set of conditions where the president doesn’t need the military instrument of power as the primary means to
–signals a transition of mil-civ
JIACG
joint interagency coordination gruop
CMOC
civil-mil op center
NRF
national response framework
NIMS
national incident managemntC
CMO
civil-mil ops
National strategies
security, military, defense
JPP
joint planning process
KLE
key leader engagement
importance of commander’s intent
must be understood at every level of a command. essential to mission command
what does command invovle
responsibility for health, morale, discipline
art of command
leader’s ability to maximize performance
4 Q’s a CCDR must ask when he thinks creatively (operational art)
- what are the objectives and desired mil end state? (ends)
- what sequence of events to get there (ways)
- what resources are needed to accomplish that series of actions? (means)
- what is the likelihood of failure/unacceptable COA
what does APEX do
assists joint planign proces
CCIR
commander critical information requriement
CONOPS
explains how forces will accomplish the mission
inextricably
in a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate
JEMS
joint electromagnetic spectrum opertions
operational reach
distance/duration of access what a joint force can successfully employ military strategies
Anti-access/areal denial
mil strategy to control access to/within an OE.
A2: affects movement TO a theatre
AD: affects movment WITHIN a theatre
no-fly zone
a type of A2/AD that prohibits access to an airspace
staff estimate
wval that factor in staff section functional areas (intel/logistics) and complement overa
what does MOE answer
“Are we creating the effect/condition in the OE that we desire?
what does MOP answer
“Are we accomplishing the task”
CSA
combat supoprt agency
JSA
joint security area
tasks of C2
estab/org/operation Joint force HQ
command subordinates
prepare/modify/publish plans/orders/guidance
assign tasksA
priroritize/allocate
manage risk and information speed
coordiante
flow of information up and down
COCOM
nontransferrabal authority via USC Title 10 section 164
- cannot delegate
DAFL
Direct Authority for Logistics
- authority given to a military leader to direct logistics operations under their command to perform specific missions
- like reallocating resources, modifying current processes, overseeing logistical operations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness
TACON
authority over forces made available for tasking
JFLCC
joint force land combat center
LNO
liaison officer
importance of CCIR
critical to CDR timely/effectively decisions
PIR and FFIR
battle rhythm
daily ops of briefs, meetings…
data to wisedom
date
information
knowledge
shared understanding
wisdom
importance of commadner’s intent
knowledge based product to share CCDR insight/direction of forces
what must you know in order to affect behavior
perceptions
attitudes
decision-making
relevant actors
humans/automatic systems a JFC wants to affect
LREC
language, regional expertise, culture
MISO
military infomration support ops
use of psychological warfare
decrease opponent morale. shoc
Israel military
IDF
OPSEC
control/protect crime information to decrease visibility
PA photos
Comabt Camera /COCAM
MIPOZ
medical intelligence preparation of OE
PNT
positioning, naigation, and timing
military term to an action intended to avoid accidents, incidents, potential for conflict
deconflict
aka equal
parity
parity
equal
needed as a prerequisite for land ops
control of the air
- prerequisite for land ops.
- prevents enemy air and missile threat from interfernece
0- allows for freedom of movementinterdiction
interdiction
divet/disrupt/delay/destory enemy military land
rules on collateral damage
causing collateral damage is not in violation ofhtelaw of war as long as the damage is not excessive
- law of wary says balancing military necessity in relation to colleteral damage = joint warfare (12 principle) concept “proportionality”
Yom Kippur War
Golan Heights, Sinani Penninsuli, suaz cannel
commander in Israel army during Yom Kippur War
Moshe Dayan
female PM of Israelq
Golda Meir
c-IED
counter IED
antiterrorism
decrease vulnerability to actspu
purpose of OPSEC
decrease vulnerabilities
DLA
defense logistics agency
core functions of logistics
supply
maintence
deployment/distribution
logistic
engineer
health services
importance of displosal in logistical plannign
must be considered in planning, execution, redeployment
- inadequate understandign =- violate public/international law, confusion over roles/request, increased costs, inefficient ops, decreasd health
JSOA
joitn special ops area
EMS
range of all frequencies of electromagnetic radiation (by frequency/wavelength)
radio
microwave
infared
visible
UV, …
OE
composite of conditoins, circumstances, and inflences that affect employmetn of capabilities and bear on comamnder’s delivery
system
group of regulary acting or independent elemnets
PMESII
political
mil
economic
social
ifnormatoin
infrastructure
how are joint forces established
geographical or functional basisjoint
interdependence
purposeful reliance of services on each other to maximize on the other services capabilities to mix complementary and reinforcing effects on both
CCMD
unified command w/a broad continuing mission under a single commander established by pres/Sedef w/advise/assistance by CJCS
- GCC or FCC
TSOC
theatre special ops command
AOR
area established by UCP that defines geographic responsibilities of GCC
UW
unconventional warfare
AOA
geographical area within the which is locate dthe objectives to be seized by theamphibioan force
siderating when assuming responsibilitis for an OA
- consider during wargaming to pick COA
- C2, info environment, intel, communications, support, protect, security, LOC, terrain management, movement control, airspace control, ISR, air and missile defense, PR, targeting and fires, environmental, interorganizational coordination
Gen DUnford
“we should expect no credit tomorrow for what we did today”
mil operation
set of actiosn to accomplish a task or mission
FHA
DOD activities that suport USAID/DOS outside of US territories to relieve/decease human sufering, disease, hugner, privationst
stability activities
outside of hte US coordianted w/other instruments fo national pwoer to create safe/secerices, ssential gov ervices, emergency infrastructure, reconsition, humantiarian releif
peace ops
PKO- peacekeeping
PEO=enforcement
PM=makign
types of military operations
stability ops
dsca
FHA
NEO
peace ops
cWMD
security
CBRNE
FID
MARO
counterdrug
COINT
coutnererrorism
COIN
op that encomapsses comprehensive civilian/mil effects to defeat insurgencies and addrss core greviences
counterterrorism
actions taken directly against a terror gruop
FID
foreign internal defense
- civil and mil grov agencies. any of hte action programs taken by another gov/designated t free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, insurgency,t errorism oand other security theats
– FID is an example of USG foreign assitance
aka mass atrocity
MARO
FRO
flexible response option
operation post earthquake/tsunami/nuke meltdown in Japan
2011
Opeation Tomadachi
HD
homeland defense: protect US territory/domestic populatoins agaisnt external threats as directdby the president
purpose of shaping activities
to set conditions for a successful opertion
deter
adversary thinks unacceptable risk/cost ot actions
(FDO/FRO)
dominate phase
break opponent will
what does phasing help the JFC/staff do
visualize plan and execute entire operation, define requests/forces/resources/time/space/purpose
going in-between phases
transition
- need to plan long before execution
FLOT
forwarde line of own troops
linear ops and conditiosn that favor them
LO: commander directs/sustained combat power. emphasis is to place friendly troops next to each other. to mass and enhance security
conditions that favor linear ops: lack intel to conduct nonlinear or are severley outnumbered
COP
common operating picture
nonlinear ops
forces orient on objective w/o geographical relation to each other
0- simulatenous os from multiple LOOS to overwhelm opposing Cw and let our JFC retain teh initiative
- needs situational awareness to decerase friendly fire
- swift maneuver - paraluzed and strike
focus on decisive/decision points and use minimal resources b/c decreased mass
increased vulnerability and risk of losing friendly
linkup pos need extensive planing/prep
RAND Coporation
nonprofit global policy think tank, R&D, and policy analysis
why does the DOD rely on the plannign process
to size and posture it military’s force
- so needs a defense planning methodology to size/shape force
- w/o it, the size/shape/capabilities of the mil force is arbitary
OSD
Office of the SecDef
what does the current defense planning process tend to base decisions on
tends to base decisions on mostly inflexible assumptions
- this increases the risk b/c those deacons may be wrong
problem with force-sizing scenarios
doesn’t account for uncertainties - potential for many possible future scenarios to engage and inability of planning process to accurately ID the range of scenarios that might dominate
starting point for defense planning methodolgoies
supply based or demand based
derived from threats, desired, capabilities, or both
why is the majority of defense planning demand
top-down planning method that begins w/highlevel strategic demand signals
demand-led defense planning
streategies capabilities are based on ideas about the requirements of future
supply based defense plannign
begins with a specific real world constraint (e.g current force size, capability mix, budget limit) and builds planning from there
differences between the two typs of military defense planning
supply based: resource focused plan
demand based: capabilities and threat planning
GOAL: spending priorities comprehensive force strength, feasible/affordable capabilities mix
initial strategy focussd on desired outcomes
implementation must be grounded in realism (capabilities, nature of existing forces, feasibility, affordability…)
2 flaws in defense planning
- not responsive enough to quickly adapt to changes in the strategic environment (dynamics) what scenarios are most plausible and most concerning shift)
- process focuses too narrowly on singularly approves arbitrary solutions that constrain alternative contingencies
skunkworks project
project developed by a relatively small and loose structured group fo people who do R&D. often w/a very large degree of autonomy fo the sake of radical innovation
skunkworks and defense planning
to improve defense contingency planning, recommended to use scenarios skunkworks that constantly generates scenarios, contingencies, alternative CONOPS, key assumptions, and skunkworks objects. scouts for exploring the geostrategic horizon
take seriously the need to ID key assumptions built into contingency scenarios…
subject each assumption to rigorous analysis/debate. to information the discussion w/ a clearer understanding of it’s relationships between specific assumptions and outcomes
ISIS
Islamic state of iraq/syria
MCO
major combat op
CAPE
cost assessment and project evaluation
DPG
defense planning guidance
DPS
defense plannign scenario
GAO
governmetn accounting office
FYDP
fiscal year defense program
OMB
office management budget
POM
program objective memorandum
SSA
support for strategic analysis
PPBES
planning
programming
budgeting
execution system
what type of plans do you planfor
plans need to plan for uncertainty as well as expected/likely
what happens if you don’t do defense planning
size/composition/capabilities mil forces are entirely political and arbitrary. so a system is needed
what must all defense planning be
resource informed
operating under a constraint of a range of plausible national security levels
By what objective standard can the leaders of the US defense enterprise be confident that the forces they chose are best aligned with US strategy and policy goals
what message does the DOD send via their choice of scenarios they plan for
the choice of scenarios DOD plans for sends a message about the major tasks teh US is prepared to undertake
- bureacuratic influence
- civilians want options
- mil planners want clear guidance about objectivs and missions
**all want to advance US national security, just do it through different lenses
what is strategy best understood to be
an alignment of ends, ways, and measn
QDR
Quadrennial Defens eREvieq
what does the USG do when deterrence fails
USG willbe capable of defeating or denying the objectiv eof/or impose unnecessary costs
factors demand-based plannign considerations
adversary
mission/objectives
behaviors
capabilities
ally/partner
capability and contribution
geoplitical locale of conflict
frequency/timing/duration of conflict
us access/assumptions in teh region
types of conflict (irregular warfare, air/sea, )
readiness
warnign
ability tocontrol the timing of the conflict
Prez Ike on planning
“plans are useless but planning is indespensible”
objective-based plannign
focuses on goals a future force shoudl be able to achieve
political concerns in plannign porcess
strategic partnerships
allied reactions
potentional for escalation
problem of too much focus on CONOPS to achieve a goal
ignores contextual issues take effect of COA on a global politics or risk of escalation when plans are executed against a real world enemy