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Presidential Authority

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Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
Can issue executive orders
Can pardons for federal offenses
Can Veto legislation approved by Congress

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3 levels of warfare

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Strategic Level
Operational Level
Tactical Level

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Strategic Level

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set of idea for employing the instrument of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater and multinational objectives.

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Operational Level

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links strategy and tactical level of warfare by establishing operational objectives needed to achieve the military end states and strategic objectives

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Tactical Level

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Employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. planned and executed to achieve military objectives. this represents the “muddy boots” level of warfare

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National Strategic Direction

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Intent of the President, SecDef, CJCS in pursuit of national interests (nesting NSS, NDS, NMS)

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Tactical Level

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Employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. planned and executed to achieve military objectives. this represents the “muddy boots” level of warfare

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Combatant Command (COCOM)

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Command Authority is NOT transferable, cannot be delegated.

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War Powers Resolution

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President must notify Congress <48 hours, Remove troops after 60 days

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Congress

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Article 1 Section 8
War and Defense Powers
Authorization of use for military forces

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National Security Strategy

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approved by the president developing and coordinating the instruments of national power to achieve objectives that contributed to national security

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Tactical Control

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Detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the AO to accomplish tasks assigned

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7 TSOC

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Special Operations Command Africa
Special Operations Command Europe
Special Operations Command Central
Special Operations Command Pacific
Special Operations Command Korea
Special Operations Command South
Special Operations Command North
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7 GCC

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Africa Command
Central Command
European Command
Indo-Pacific Command
Northern Command
Southern Command
Space Command
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4 FCC

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United States Special Operation Command
Cyber Command
Strategic Command
Transportation Command

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Combatant Command Campaign Plan

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implements the JSCP written by the CCDR
Contains:
-AOR Specific -CSCS - Country Specific Security -Cooperation Section
-Mission Statement
-Theater Assessment
-CONPLAN
-PLANORDS
-EXORDS
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Title 10

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Armed Forces (US Military Branches) Fund

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CJCS - JSCP Meaning

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Joint Strategic Campaign Plan

Provides military strategic and operational guidance to preparation of plans based on current military capabilities.

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SOCOM - What makes it unique?

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It’s a unified Combatant Command - It performs service-like functions and has military department-like responsibilities and authorities.

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Two Forces of the Army

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Generating Force

Operating Force

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Generating Force

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Man, train equip, ensures readiness

  • Recruiting
  • Organizing
  • Training
  • supplying
  • Mobilizing
  • Demobilizing
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Operating Force

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Consists of units organized, trained, equipped and ready to deploy

Examples: SF, Ranger, Aviation, Corps

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Competition Continuum

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  • Cooperation
  • Competition below armed conflict
  • Armed conflict
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Competition Continuum - Cooperation

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Includes mutually beneficial relationships between strategic actors with similar or comparable interests
IE: FID/SFA

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Competition Continuum - Competition Below Armed Conflict
When two or more strategic actors view one another as competitors that have incompatible interests. **Influence and coercion are central to the condition of competition below armed conflict.
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Competition Continuum - Armed Conflict
involves the use of force as the primary means by which a strategic actor seeks to satisfy its interests
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Emerging Operation Enviornment
operational environment with hybrid treats (terrorist, proxy forces) and indirect attack the security of partner nation to under mines U.S national interest
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JIIM
involves the use of force as the primary means by which a strategic actor seeks to satisfy its interests
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JIIM - Joint
Joint between military service branches
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JIIM - Interagency
Multiple agencies (NSA, CIA, State, etc)
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JIIM - Intergovernmental
two or more government
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JIIM: Multinational
- 2 or more nations | - Alliance or coalition
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ROMO
Range of Military Operations - Major Operations and Campaigns - Crisis Response and Limited Contingency Ops - Military engagement, security cooperation, and Deterrence
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FID
Foreign Internal Defense - Comprehensive effort with participation form civilian agencies and military - any activities taken by a host nation government to protect its society from Internal threats
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3 Categories of FID
3 Categories: - Indirect - Direct Support - US Combat Operations
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DIME - Military
Provides use of force or enables others to apply force towards strategic goals, impose its will on another
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Instruments of National Power
Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic | *They are Unified Action - synchronization/coordination to achieve unity of effort
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DIME - Diplomatic
State department, Embassies, treaties
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DIME - Informational
Disrupting knowledge or information capability IOT influence, create advantage
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DIME - Economic
Tariffs, sanctions, impose
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OTERA
``` Organizing Training Equipping Rebuilding Advising ```
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functions of DOD
Support and defend the constitution of the US against all enemies foreign and domestic. Ensure the security of the US, it's possessions, and areas vital to its interest.
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CCP function
``` Combatant Command Campaign Plan - implements the JSCP written by the CCDR Contains: -AOR Specific -CSCS - Country Specific Security -Cooperation Section -Mission Statement -Theater Assessment -CONPLAN -PLANORDS -EXORDS ```
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Generating Force Function
Man, train equip, ensures readiness - Recruiting - Organizing - Training - supplying - Mobilizing - Demobilizing
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NMS
National Military Strategy The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff overarching military strategic framework include resource planning and allocation priorities, risk distribution, and joint force development to achieve NSS and NDS objectives
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CSCS
Country-specific Security Cooperation Section Integrated Country Strategies for each country. defending on the size and the significance of the security cooperation program
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SecDef - NDS
National Defense Strategy - A document for applying the Armed Forces of the US in coordination with DoD agencies and other instruments of national power to achieve national security OBJs. *The approach to implementing the NSS
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SecDef - DPG
Defense Planning Guidance - Direction to the services on what capabilities to prioritize, guidance to CCMDs and which Services will own bases in their AOE, etc.
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Unified Action
Unified Action synchronizes, coordinates, and integrates joint service, and other USG department & Agencies to pursue national interest
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PE
Selectively trained special operations forces to develop an environment for potential future special operations - creating conditions for success (OPE< AFO, IO)
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CT
Actions taken directly against terrorist networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments inhospitable to terrorist networks
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COIN
Comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to defeat an insurgency and to *address any core grievances
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DA
Short duration strikes, diplomatically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities. TIME SENSITIVE
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SFA
Security Force Assistance - Can be external or internal threats - Security cooperation activities that build capacity and capability through OTERA (Organize, Train, Equip, Rebuild, Advise)
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SFA - FSF
Building capacity and capability of foreign security forces and their supporting institutions
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SR
Recon and surveillance actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically sensitive environment. better equipment and training compare to CF
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Deterrence
prevent adversary action through the presentation of a credible threat of counteraction
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CPWMD
Counter Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. | Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear weapon capable of high order of destruction or causing mass casualties
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3 Categories of FID
3 Categories: - Indirect - Direct Support - US Combat Operations
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is COIN part of FID?
True
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9 Principle task SF
- Unconventional Warfare - Foreign Internal Defense (Internal threats) - Counter Insurgency - Security Force Assistance (Internal Or External Threats) - Special Reconnaissance - Direct Action - Counter Terrorism - counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction - Preparation of Environment
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ARSOF Pillars
- Indigenous Approach to Operations - Understanding and Wielding Influence - Precision Targeting - Crisis Response
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ARSOF Pillars - Indigenous Approach
Low cost, small footprint, sets conditions for CF, politically sensitive
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ARSOF Pillars - Understanding and Wielding Influence
- Early understanding of regional or emerging threats | - Engagement develops partner nation relationships
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ARSOF Pillars - Crisis Response
HA, HR, CP-WMD, NEO (Non-combatant evacuation operations)
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ARSOF Pillars - Precision Targeting
employed against uniquely difficult target sets that may require operating in uncertain or hostile environments, careful and focused application of force, and significant intelligence and operational preparation.
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What makes ARSOF a choice for solving complex problems?
Cheap, Small footprint, better trained, culturally aware and trained
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how GCC using Special Operation?
through TSOC
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covert
planned and executed as to conceal the identity for permit plausible denial by the sponsor
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clandenstine
operation sponsored or conducted by governmental department or agencies in such way as to assure secrecy or concealment

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