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Who is responsible for the National Security Strategy (NSS)

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President of the United States (POTUS)

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What are some of the President’s executive powers

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The power to make treaties with senate approval

Can convene congress for special sessions

Is the commander in chief of the armed forces

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Who is responsible for the National defense strategy (NDS)

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Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)

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What type of military authority is non-transferable

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Combatant command (COCOM)

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Who is responsible for the National Military Strategy (NMS)

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Chairman of joint chiefs of staff (CJCS)

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What is National Strategic Direction

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The strategy and intent of the president, secretary of defense, and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in pursuit of national interests

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JIIM

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Joint Interagency Intergovernmental Multinational

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What are the four instruments of national power

DIME

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Diplomatic
Informational
Military
Economic

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_____ is the authority over forces that is limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned

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Tactical Control (TACON)

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The _____ is the primary document in which the CJCS carries out his statutory responsibility for providing unified strategic direction to the Armed Forces

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Joint Strategic Campaign Plan

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DOD is divided into two categories

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Generating and operating forces

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What is unified action

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Unified action synchronizes, coordinates, and/ or integrates joint, single-service, and multinational operations with the operations of other USG departments and agencies, NGOs, IGOs, and the private sector to achieve unity of effort. Unity of command within the military instrument of national power supports the national strategic direction through the close coordination with the other instruments of national power.

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Comprehensive approach

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The summary of unified effort from the NDS all the way down through DIME and JIIM

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4 pillars of ARSOF capability

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Indigenous approach to operations

Precision targeting

Understanding and wielding influence

Crisis response

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3 operational components to USSOCOM

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TSOC, JSOC, SMU

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4 different types of command relationships

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COCOM, TACON, ADCON, OPCON

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3 levels of competition continuum

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Cooperation

Cooperation below armed conflict

Armed conflict

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What makes an operation joint

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2 or more military departments

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What part of JSCP supports the ambassador’s strategy

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CSCS country specific cooperation section

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GCC geographic combatant commands

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AFRICOM

CENTCOM

EUCOM

SOUTHCOM

NORTHCOM

INDO-PACOM

SPACECOM

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FCC functional combatant command

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CYBERCOM

STRATCOM (strategic command)

TRANSCOM (transportation command)

USSOCOM

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Why is USSOCOM unique

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It performs service like functions and military/department like responsibilities and authorities

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What does the generating force focus on

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Recruiting 
Maintaining 
Organizing 
Servicing
Supplying 
Training 
Mobilizing
Demobilizing
Administration 
Equipping
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What are the Special Forces principle tasks

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Unconventional warfare 
Foreign internal defense 
Counterinsurgency 
Security force assistance 
Special reconnaissance 
Direct action
Counterterrorism 
Counter proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 
Preparation of the environment
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Unconventional warfare
Activities conducted to enable a resistance movement or insurgency to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow a government or occupying power by operating through or with an underground, auxiliary, and guerrilla force in a denied area
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Foreign internal defense
Participation by civilian agencies and military forces of a government or international organizations in any of the programs and activities undertaken by a host nation government to free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism, and other threats to its security
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Counterinsurgency
Comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to defeat an insurgency and to address any core grievances
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Security force assistance
DOD activities that support the development of the capacity and capability of foreign security forces and their supporting institutions
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Special reconnaissance
Recon and surveillance actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and/or politically sensitive environments to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance, employing military capabilities not normally found in conventional forces
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Direct action
Short duration strikes and other small scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover or damage designated targets
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Counterterrorism
Actions taken directly against terrorist networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments inhospitable to terrorist networks
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Counter proliferation of WMDs
Those actions taken to reduce the risks posed by extant WMDs to the US, allies, and partners. CBRN weapons capable of high destruction or causing mass casualties, and excluding the means of transporting or propelling the weapon where such means is a separable and divisible part from the weapon
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Preparation of the environment
An umbrella term for operations and activities conducted by selectively trained special operations forces to develop an environment for potential future operations. Which include Operational preparation of the environment Advance force operations Intelligence operations
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Indigenous approach to operations
Means to address challenges to regional stability with and through populations and partner forces empowered by persistent ARSOF engagement
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Precision targeting
Involve DA and counter network activities enabled by SOF unique intelligence, targeting processes, and technology
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Understanding and wielding influence
The SOF network of personnel, assets, and international partnerships represents the means to obtain early understanding of emerging local, regional, and trans regional threats and where opportunities exist for advancing US objectives
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Crisis response
Provided by CONUS and OCONUS stationed alert forces and persistently deployed and dispersed units, provides national decision makers with agile, tailorable, and rapidly employable special operations formations necessary to respond to emergencies
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IDAD
Internal Defense And Development
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OTERA
Organize Train Equip Rebuild/ build Advise
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Operational level
The operational level links strategy and tactics by establishing operational objectives needed to achieve the military end states and strategic objectives. It sequences tactical actions to achieve objectives.
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Tactical level
Where battles and engagements are planned and executed to achieve military objectives assigned to tactical units or joint task forces
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War powers resolution
The president must communicate to congress the commitment of troops within 48 hours. Further, the statute requires the president to remove all troops after 60 days if congress has not granted an extension
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War and defense powers
Under article I section 8, congress has the power to declare war, raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navy, and organize, arm, discipline and call forth a militia
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3 levels of warfare
Strategic Operational Tactical
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National Security Strategy
A document approved by POTUS for developing, applying, and coordinating the instruments of national power to achieve objectives that contribute to national security
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Theater Special Operations Commands
``` SOCAF SOCEUR SOCPAC SOCKOR SOCNORTH SOCCENT SOCSOUTH ```
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Combatant command campaign plan
Implementation of a combatant commanders strategy and seek to shape the operational environment by integrating posture, resources and achieve objectives and complement other government efforts related to a geographic region or functional area.
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Military authorities
Title 6: Domestic security Title 10: Armed forces Title 14: Coast guard Title 22: Foreign relations and Intercourse Title 32: National Guard Title 50: War and National defense
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Range of Military Operations
Major operations and campaigns Crisis response and limited contingency operations Military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence

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