Organizational Structure

Question 1

What created the position of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

Answer 1

The DoD Reorganization Act of 1986

Question 2

The UCC (Unified Combatant Commands) are broken into which categories?

Answer 2

2: regional and functional

Question 3

Why and when were UCC created?

Answer 3

Unified Combatant Commanders where made legal in 1947. They were created in order to have a local supreme commander who could exercise unified command and control across services.

Question 4

The UCC consist of how many regional commanders and how many functional commanders?

Answer 4

6 regional

3 functional

Question 5

When was SOCOM established?

Answer 5

1 June 1987

Question 6

Under what act was SOCOM created?

Answer 6

Cohen-Nunn Amendment to the 1987 Defense Authorization Act

Question 7

Duty of N5 directorate

Answer 7

Plans and Policies/Combat Dev

Question 8

Duty of N7 directorate

Answer 8

Supply

Question 9

Duty of N8 directorate

Answer 9

Contracting/Comptroller - provides finance services

Question 10

Duty of N9 directorate

Answer 10

Combat Systems Support

Question 11

What is DA?

Answer 11

Direct Action

Normally short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions

Question 12

What is SR?

Answer 12

Special Recon

Recon and surveillance actions

Question 13

What is CP?

Answer 13

Counter Proliferation

Actions required to locate, identify, seize, etc weapons of mass destruction