VA3 Ch 1 - Joint Organizations Flashcards by Billy Austin

_____established when a mission has a specific limited objective and designated by the SecDef, a CCDR, a subordinate unified CDR, or an existing JTF CDR.

Joint Task Force (JTF)

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_____ under the chairmanship of the President, coordinates foreign policy, defense policy, and reconcile diplomatic and military commitments and requirements.

National Security Council (NSC)

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_____Armed Forces serve under this control.

President

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_____ the principal assistant to the President in all matters related to the DOD.

Secretary of Defense (SecDef)

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_____receive orders from the CJCS under the authority and direction of the SecDef.

Combatant Commander (CCDR)

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_____ provide combatant commanders specialized support and operate in a supporting role. Executive authority of this position resides with the Secretary of Defense.

Combat Support Agency (CSA)

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_____ principal military advisor to the President, the NSC, and the SecDef.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)

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Explain the origin of our National Security.

The US essentially had four militaries that could not or would not work together. Lines of authority were muddied, and chains of command were unclear. As a result, a rift existed between the military and its civilian leadership that served to weaken the constitutionally mandated authority of the President and Secretary of Defense. Congress stepped in and made a change through the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. The act included numerous provisions for improving the military’s effectiveness.

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The ______________________ is a member of the National Security Council (NSC), which drafts the national security strategy.

SecDef

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Which organization is responsible for developing and executing national military strategy?
National Security Council
DoD
National Military Council

The DoD’s mission is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.

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The US military operates under a single chain of command with two distinct branches. Name the two branches.

operational branch, administrative branch

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Which of the following is not considered part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff organization?
Chairman Joint chief of Staff
Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Marine Corps Commandant
Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Chief of Naval Operations
Vice-Chairman Joint Chief of Staff

Secretary of Defense

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Identify the correct member of the Joint Chief of Staff with the assigned roles and responsibility. Select the correct answer and then mark either “A, B, or C” in the blank provided.
A = Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
B = Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
C = Service Chief

in the absence or disability of the Chairman, acts as Chairman and performs the duties of the Chairman until a successor is appointed or the absence or disability ceases

B Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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has no command authority over the joint chiefs or any of the armed forces

A Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense

C Service Chief

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senior military officers of their respective Services

C Service Chief

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head the Joint Chiefs of Staff

A Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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responsible for keeping the Secretaries of the Military Departments fully informed on matters considered or acted upon by the JCS

C Service Chief

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principal military advisor to the President, NSC, and the SecDef

A Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

performs such duties as may be prescribed by the Chairman with the approval of the Secretary of Defense

B Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

What are the primary roles of the sister services?

Each Military Department is separately organized under its own Secretary and functions under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense. The Military Departments are responsible for organizing, training, and equipping forces for assignment to Unified Combatant Commands.

List three primary functions of sister services.

To prepare and establish reserves of manpower, equipment, and supplies for effective operations across the range of military operations and plan for the expansion of peacetime components to meet the needs of war.
To maintain in readiness mobile reserve forces, properly organized, trained, and equipped for employment in an emergency.
To provide adequate, timely, and reliable intelligence and counterintelligence for the Military Departments and other agencies as directed by competent authority.
To recruit, organize, train, and equip interoperable forces for assignment to combatant commands.
To prepare and submit programs and budgets for their respective departments.
To conduct research; develop tactics, techniques, and organizations; and develop and procure weapons, equipment, and supplies essential to the fulfillment of the functions assigned by DOD Directives.
To develop, garrison, supply equip and maintain bases and other installations.
To provide as directed such forces, military missions and detachments for service in foreign countries as may be required to support the national interest of the United States.
To assist in training and equipping the military forces of foreign nations.
To provide, as directed administrative and logistic support to the headquarters of combatant commands.
To assist each other in the accomplishment of their respective functions.
To prepare and submit in coordination with other Military Departments mobilization information to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

What is the purpose of a Joint Task Force and how is one organized? Briefly state why and how a Joint Task Force (JTF) is organized.

A Joint Task Force (JTF) is comprised of distinct branches of services and established when the mission has a specific limited objective. It is formed and so designated by the SecDef, a CCDR, a subordinate unified CDR, or an existing JTF CDR. A JTF may be established on a geographical area or functional basis and is dissolved when the purpose for which it was created is no longer required.

Name the Combatant Command

Tasked with the coordination of people and transportation assets to allow the US to project and sustain forces, whenever, wherever, and for as long as they are needed.
_______________________________

USTRANSCOM

Name the Combatant Command Responsible for US military relations with NATO and conducts military operations, international military partnering, and interagency partnering to enhance transatlantic security and defend the United States forward. _______________________________

USEUCOM

Name the Combatant Command Conducts several covert and clandestine missions, such as unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, psychological operations, civil affairs, direct action, counter-terrorism and war on drugs operations. _______________________________

USSOCOM

Name the Combatant Command Plans, organizes and executes homeland defense and civil support missions. _______________________________

USNORTHCOM

Name the Combatant Command Charged with space operations, information operations, missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. _______________________________

USSTRATCOM

Name the Combatant Command AOR includes Egypt. _______________________________

USCENTCOM

Name the Combatant Command Primarily responsible for providing mission-ready joint-capable forces and supporting the development and integration of joint, interagency, and multinational capabilities to meet the present and future operational needs of the joint force. _______________________________

USJFCOM

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Provides airlift and aerial refueling for all of America’s armed forces.

AMC

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Organize, trains, equips, and maintains resources prepared to conduct a broad spectrum of air operations in the DoD’slargest area of responsibility.

PACAF

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Executes the U. S. European Command mission with forward-based air power.

USAFE

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Responsible for the readiness of Air Force special operations.

AFSOC

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Organizes, trains, equips, and deploys ready forces to support combatant commands around the globe.

ACC

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Recruit Airmen and provide all types and levels of education and training to Airmen. Provide professional military and degree-granting professional education.

AETC

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Develops and provides combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations

AFGSC

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Delivers war-winning technology, acquisition support, sustainment and expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter

AFMC

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Conducts fixed-winged aerial spray missions. Fly hurricane hunter missions and administratively responsible for the AF individual mobilization augmentee program.

AFRC

Name the MAJCOM Acronym Responsible for overseeing Air Force network operations to provide capabilities in, through and from cyberspace; manage a global network of satellites.

AFSPC

Match the branch of service with their core values. Coast Guard Army Navy/Marines Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage

Army

Match the branch of service with their core values. Coast Guard Army Navy/Marines Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty

Coast Guard

Match the branch of service with their core values. Coast Guard Army Navy/Marines Honor, Courage, Commitment

Navy/Marines

What is the custom if you are driving on an Army post during retreat?

If you are driving on an Army post during retreat stop your vehicle, get out, come to the position of attention, and render a hand salute.

What is the custom if you are approached on a military installation by a vehicle carrying a flag with one or more stars?

When approached by a vehicle on a installation carrying a flag with one or more stars, you must stop, face the vehicle, come to the position of attention, and render a hand salute. You may drop your salute once the vehicle passes. The flag signifies that an Admiral or General is riding in the vehicle.

TSgt Skinner, Avionics Maintenance NCOIC, has three Airmen about to deploy with the Army. During a conversation, Amn Soho asks, “We’ve never worked with the Army; what should we expect?” Skinner replies, “The command is composed of two or more military departments and has a broad continuing mission under a single commander. The commander has the operational control and has full authority to organize and employ the forces as necessary to accomplish assigned missions.” After Skinner answered several more questions, Soho says, “Thank you, sir. I now feel better prepared for the deployment.” This paragraph BEST summarizes how knowledge of __________________ impact NCO effectiveness. a. Functional Component Commands b. Service Component Commands c. Combatant Commands

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS C REASON: According to the Joint Organization lesson, Combatant Commands are a command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander and composed of two or more Military Departments. The commander of a combatant command has the full authority to organize and employ commands and forces as necessary to accomplish assigned missions. It also shows how Skinner’s knowledge of Joint Organizations (Combatant Commands) impacts his effectiveness, as evidence by Soho’s final statement.

MSgt Jenkins, NCOIC of a work center in the Technology and Interoperability Facility, is meeting with Amn Simpkins who has just in-processed to the unit. Jenkins feels that it is important to meet with each Airman to give them his expectations and ensure they understand the mission they support. He begins by telling her, “Our organization oversees Air Force network operations that provide cyberspace capabilities by managing a network of satellites. We are also responsible for operating sensors that provide direct attack warning and assessment to US Strategic Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command. The National Command Authority relies upon us to fulfill their mission.” This scenario BEST explains the importance of: a. Air Combat Command. b. Air Force Space Command. c. Air Force Global Strike Command.

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS B REASON: According to chapter principles, AFSPC is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping mission ready space and cyberspace forces which MSgt Jenkins is part of as network operation manager. Jenkins and Simpkins is part of a command that has an important role in providing space capabilities in support for combatant commanders throughout the world. Without that support, missions all over the world will fail due to the Air Force’s reliance on cyberspace, space, weather, and intelligence reconnaissance.