MOD B Strategic Flashcards
How many pillars are in the National Security Strategy
4 Pillars:
National Security Strategy pillar 1
Protect the American People, the Homeland, and the American way of Life
National Security Strategy pillar 2
Promote American Prosperity
National Security Strategy pillar 3
Preserve Peace through Strength
National Security Strategy pillar 4
Advance American Influence
What are the topics covered in Pillar 1
- Secure US borders and territory
- Pursue threats to their source
- Keep America safe in the cyber era
- Promote American resilience
What are the topics in Pillar 2
- Rejuvenate the domestic economy
- Promote free, fair, and reciprocal economic relationships
- Lead in research, technology, invention, and innovation
- Promote and protect the US innovation base
- Embrace energy dominance
What are the topics in Pillar 3
What are the topics in Pillar 3
What are the topics in Pillar 4
America will use its influence to advance our interests and benefit humanity.
What are the regions covered in the NSS within the “Strategy in a Regional Context”
Indo Pacific, Africa, Middle East, Western Hemisphere, Europe, South and Central Asia.
According to NMS, what factors threaten our world
Globalization, Diffusion of technology. Demographic shifts
What is the authority to conduct intelligence activities
Executive Order 12333
Define Hybrid Threat
The diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, terrorist forces, and/or criminal elements unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects.
Define the “Operational level of War”
Links strategy and tactic by establishing operational objectives to achieve the military end states and strategic objectives.
Define the Strategic Level of War
et of ideas for empowering the instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater and multinational objectives
Define the Tactical Level of War
the employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other.
Define War
Socially sanctioned violence to achieve a nations goal
Describe the National Defense Strategy
Authored by SECDEF, 3 LOE’s:
- Build a more lethal force
- Strengthen alliances and attract new partners
- Reform the department for greater performance and affordability
Describe the National Military Strategy/3 Objectives
Authored by the Chairman; Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Deter, deny, defeat state adversaries
- Disrupt, degrade, defeat VEO’s
- Strengthen global networks of allies and partners
What is JIIM
Joint
Interagency
Intergovernmental
Multinational
What is DIME
Diplomatic
Informational
Military
Economic
2 types of warfare
Traditional and Irregular Warfare
