MOD B (2) Flashcards
Define Operational
The level of war at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within theaters or areas of operations.
Define Tactical
The level at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces.
Define Strategy
A prudent idea or set of ideas for employing the instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or multinational objectives.
What are the two types of warfare?
Traditional and Irregular
Define Traditional Warfare
Traditional warfare is characterized as a violent struggle for domination between nation-states or coalitions and alliances of nation-states.
Define Irregular Warfare
A violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations.
Who is responsible for the National Security Strategy?
The President of the United States of America.
Define Unity of Effort
Coordination, and cooperation toward common objectives, even if the participants are not necessarily part of the same command or organization, which is the product of successful unified action.
what is the presidents authority as commander and chief
he is the commander and chief of the army, navy, and ,militia when called into service
Congresses powers over the military
has the power to declare war, raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navy, and organize, arm, and call forth the state militias
What is the War Powers Resolution?
requirement that the president communicate to congress the commitment of troops within 48 hours. after 60 days the president must remove the troops unless granted an extension by congress
