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MOD B Exam Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 levels of warfare?

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Strategic
Operational
Tactical

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Define Strategy:

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ideas for employing the instruments of national power in a synchronized fashion to achieve theater and multinational objectives.

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What level of Warfare links Strategic to Tactical?

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Operational

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Explain Tactical Level of Warfare:

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Where battles and engagements are planned and executed to achieve military objectives

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5
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Name a couple of the Presidents Executive Powers:

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  1. Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
  2. Power to make treaties with Senate Approval
  3. Convene Congress for special Sessions
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Who has the power to declare War?

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Congress

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What is the War Powers Resolution?

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The President must communicate to Congress the commitment of troops within 48 hrs and remove all troops after 60 days if Congress has not granted an extension.

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What statutory Authority does the military get its funding from?

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Title 10

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9
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What Command authority is nontransferable and cannot be delegated?

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Combatant Command (COCOM)

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Explain TACON:

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Detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area necessary to accomplish missions

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What are the functions of the DoD?

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  1. Support and defend the Constitution of the US against all enemies, foreign and domestic
  2. Ensure through military action the security of the US, its possessions and areas of vital interest
  3. Uphold and advance national policies and interests
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12
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What are the two forces the Army is organized into?

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  1. Generating Force (Recruit, Organize, Train, Maintain)

2. Operating Force

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How many Geographic Combatant CMDs are there? What are they?

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  • Africa Command (AFRICOM)
  • Central Command (CENTCOM)
  • European Command (EUCOM)
  • Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)
  • Northern Command (NORTHCOM)
  • Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
  • Space Command (SPACECOM)
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How many Functional Combatant CMDs are there? What are they?

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  • Cyber Command (CYBERCOM)
  • Strategic Command (STRATCOM)
  • Transportation Command (TRANSCOM)
  • United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
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How is SOCOM different than the other Combatant Commands?

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It performs Service-like functions and has Military Department-like responsibilities and authorities.

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The operating force of USSOCOM is made up of TSOCs. What are the 7 TSOCs?

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  • Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAF)
  • Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR)
  • Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT)
  • Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC)
  • Special Operation Command Korea (SOCKOR)
  • Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH)
  • Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH)
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17
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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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18
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What is responsible for developing, applying, and coordinating the instruments of national power to achieve objectives that contribute to national security

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National Security Strategy

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What 2 documents are issued by the SECDEF in support of the National Security Strategy?

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  1. NDS National Defense strategy

2. Defense Planning Guidance DPG

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What is the National Military Strategy?

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distributing and applying military power to attain national security strategy and national defense strategy

21
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Explain the Joint Strategic Campaign Plan:

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Provides Military strategic and operational guidance to CCDRs, Service Chiefs, CSAs, and DoD agencies for planning on current Military capabilities.

22
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Explain the Combatant Command Campaign Plan:

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Align the commands day to day activities with resources to achieve CCMDs objectives.

23
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What must the CCP include?

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Theater assessment
Mission Statement
Posture Plan
Country Specific Security Cooperation Sections (CSCS)

24
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What supports the accomplishment of the CCDRs IMOs and the Ambassadors’ Integrated Country Strategy?

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CSCS

25
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Describe the emerging operational environment:

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Strategic challenges such as China, Russia (2) + Iran (revisionist power), North Korea (rogue states) and VEOs (ISIS) employing coercive methods to accomplish objectives in the competitive space between peace and war.

26
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What are the 3 levels of the competition continuum?

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Armed Conflict
Competition below Armed Conflict
Cooperation

27
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What are the instruments of National Power?

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Diplomatic
Information
Military
Economic

28
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What is the use of force by one party in an attempt to impose its will on another?

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Military Instrument of National Power

29
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What synchronizes, coordinates, 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?

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Unified action

30
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What is JIIM?

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Joint
Interagency
Intergovernmental Organization
Multinational Operation

31
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What does it mean if an operation is Joint?

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Multiple Military departments are involved

32
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What are the 3 categories of Range of Military Operations?

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  1. Major Operations and Campaigns
  2. Crisis Response and limited Contingency Ops
  3. Military engagement, Security Cooperation, Deterrence
33
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What helps prevent adversary action through the presentation of a credible threat of counteraction.

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Deterrence

34
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How does the GCC exercise the OPCON of SOF in theater?

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TSOC

35
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What are the 4 pillars of ARSOF capability?

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  1. Indigenous Approach
  2. Precision Targeting
  3. Understanding and Wielding Influence
  4. Crisis Response
36
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What is the difference between covert and clandestine?

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Covert seeks to conceal identity IOT permit plausible denial by the sponsor, clandestine are done in a way to assure secrecy or concealment.

37
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What are the 9 SF principle tasks?

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  1. Unconventional Warfare
  2. Foreign Internal Defense
  3. Security Force Assistance
  4. Counter Insurgency
  5. Direct Action
  6. Special Reconnaissance
  7. Counter Terrorism
  8. Counter Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
  9. Preparation of the Environment
38
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What is a weapon of mass destruction?

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Chemical, Biological, radiological, or nuclear weapon capable of high order of destruction, causing MASCAL, and exclude the means of transporting or propelling the weapon.

39
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Participation by civilian agencies and military forces of a government or international organization 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 security threats

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Foreign Internal Defense

40
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True or false counterinsurgency is an important aspect of FID?

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True

41
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What are the 3 categories of FID support?

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  1. Indirect
  2. Direct Support
  3. US Combat Operations
42
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Comprehensive civilian and military effort taken to defeat an insurgency and to address any core grievances.

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COIN

43
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Activities that support the development of the capacity and capability of foreign security forces and their supporting institutions

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SFA

44
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What are the Security Force Assistance Activities?

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Organizing
Training
Equipping
Rebuilding
Advising
45
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What is the difference between conventional and Special Recon?

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Conducted as a special operation, with capabilities not typically found in conventional forces in hostile, denied, or diplomatically sensitive environments to verify information of strategic or operational significance

46
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Short duration strike and other small scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically sensitive area to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets

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DA

47
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Actions taken directly against terrorist networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments inhospitable to terrorist networks

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CT

48
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An umbrella term for operations and activities conducted by selectively trained special operations forces to develop an environment for potential future special operations

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PE

49
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Explain how one of the 9 SF tasks supports the National Security Strategy pillar of Advancing American Influence:

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FID: by assisting host nation government to free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism, and other security threats we enable a range of international institutions that establish rules for proper conduct across multiple domains to uphold these rules and keep these domains free and open.

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