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National Security Strategy (NSS)
The highest level of strategic planning
What document is the National Defense Strategy derived from?
National Security Strategy (NSS)
What is the legal foundation for the National Security Strategy?
Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986
National Defense Strategy (NDS)
Establishes overarching defense objectives that guide DoD security activities and provide direction for National Military Strategy (classified)
What are the two main goals of the NDS?
- To restore America’s competitive edge by blocking global rivals Russia and China from challenging the U.S. and our allies
- To keep those rivals from throwing the current national order out of balance
What are the three lines of effort in the NDS?
- Build a more lethal force
- Strengthen alliances and find new partners
- Reform the Department
National Military Strategy (NMS)
Briefly outlines the strategic aims of the armed services and describes ways and means to achieve the military objectives
What is the NMS’s chief source of guidance?
National Security Strategy
What are the NMS mission areas?
- Respond to threats
- Deter strategic attack (and proliferation of WMD)
- Deter conventional attack
- Assure allies and partners
- Compete below the level of armed conflict (with a military dimension)
National Cyberspace Policy
Prevent of minimize disruptions to critical information infrastructure and, thereby, protect the people, economy, essential human and government services, and national security of the United States
National Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations (NMS-CO)
Comprehensive strategic approach for using cyberspace operations to assure US military strategic superiority in the domain.
Joint Publication 3-12, Cyberspace Operations
Joint doctrine to govern activities and performance of the military in joint cyberspace operation and provide considerations for military interaction with governmental and non-governmental agencies, multinational forces, and other inter-organizational partners.
What document provides military guidance for the exercise of authority by Combatant Commanders (CCDRs) and other joint force commanders (JFC)?
Joint Publication 3-12, Cyberspace Operations
Air Force Doctrine Document 3-12, Cyberspace Operations
Air Force’s foundational doctrine publication for Air Force operations in, through, and from the cyberspace domain.
Air Force Policy Directive 17-12, Cyberspace Operations
Establishes Air Force policy for planning and executing Air Force and joint cyberspace operations. Also states the responsibilities of MAJCOMs, direct reporting units (DRU), field operating agencies (FOA), and others
Combatant Command (COCOM)
Non-transferable command authority of a combatant commander (CCDR) to perform those functions of command over assigned forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designation objectives, and giving authoritative direction over all aspects of military operations, joint training, and logistics to accomplish the mission assigned to the command.
Administrative Control (ADCON)
The direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations with respect to administration and support
Operational Control (OPCON)
The authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission.
Can operational control be delegated?
Yes
Tactical Control (TACON)
The authority over forces that is limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned.
What control level provides sufficient authority for controlling and directing the application of force?
Tactical Control
Support
A command authority that aids, protects, complements, or sustains another force.
Which command authority cannot be delegated?
Combatant Command
What are the categories of support that a CCDR may direct over assigned forces?
General, mutual, direct, close