Yolanda Deck 2.1 Flashcards
What is the military department mission?
To organize, staff, train, and equip the American forces.
Who is the DOD principal as the CFO, acts as resource consultant and advisor to the Secretary as well as manager and arbiter of the Defense resource management process?
Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller
When was the Department of Defense established?
1949, National Security Act
Who is the principal defense advisor to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general policies
The SECDEF
Who is the principal adviser and asistant to the SECDEF for budgetary and fiscal matters?
USD (Comptroller) CFO
Who is the senior ranking member of the armed forces?
Joint Chief of Staff (Created be the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986)
How does the operational chain of command flow for the military?
CJCS, transmitting to the COCOM the orders of the President.
What process is used by DOD to determine the dollar amount for programs to be submitted to Congress as part of the President’s budget?
PPBE
Who are the NSC principal members?
President, V President, SECDEF, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Energy.
What is the process use to acquire, allocate, account for and, analyze personnel and financial resources for the DoD?
PPBE
Where does the NSS emerge from?
NSC
What is the systematic method established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff for assessings gaps in military joint war fighting capabilities and recommending solutions to resolve these gaps?
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
What is the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment associated with program approved by the SECDEF?
FYDP
The FYDP Contains
Prior year, current year, budget year, and the following four years for resources and three more years for force structure.
What are the two processes of the SECDEF Planning Process?
- Defense Planning and Programming Guidance
2. Front End Assessement
Who develops the NMS
CJCS
What are the two products produced by the DPPG?
- POM
2. Budget Estimates
What are major issues identified by the SECDEF and not included in the guidance in the DDPG
Front End Assessments
What is the final document at the end of the Planning Phase?
DPPG
Which document promulgates defense policy, strategy, force planning, resource planning and fiscal guidance?
DDPG
Who reviews the focus on the balance of capabilities of the forces contained in the POMs and report the result of the reivew to the SECDEF prior to the decisions in the RMD?
Chairmain’s Program Assement (CPA)
What is the final design document in the Program Review
Resource Management Decision
The FYDP Contains
Prior year, current year, budget year, and the following four years for resources and three more years for force structure.
What document reflects decisions of the SECDEF on the POM?
Resource Management Decsion
What document is submitted if there are unresolved issues during the Program Phase?
Resource Management Decision
Name the process of services identifying certain pending decrements or unresolved issues?
Issue Resoloution
Who reviews and identifies all needs that cannot be met by current capabalities?
Joint Requirements Oversight Council
What system houses budget information and is organized in the appropriation structure and contains the information needed by the OMB to support the President’s Budget?
CIS
Who chairs the Defense Aquitistion Board?
Undersecretary for Aquistion, Tech, and Logistics
What represents a link between PPBE and the acquistion process by assuring that requirements for new systems are consistent with the long range strategy of the DOD and the funding for the system in planned?
Defense Acquisition Board