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104 Cards in this Set
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Having a sense of duty towards society
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Public Service Orientation
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Accepted values, norms and symbols
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Distinct Sub-culture
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Exhibiting emotional, moral, and intellectual qualities and behaviors
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Professional Character
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Provides a framework for continuous professional growth
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Enlisted Force Structure
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International political functions are not regulated or ethical
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Decentralized Anarchy
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Over 190 countries are involved in the international environment.
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Many Actors
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Self Ruling and geographically separated
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Nations Soverign and Unique
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Nations political relations are a mixture of
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Intrests
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Geographic location and isolationism
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WW2
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Containment and teh domino theory
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Postwar Globalism
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Beginning of fundamental chnage in the US foreign policy
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Vietnam Conflict
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Cause of foreign policy controversy
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Changing International Environment
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Little strategy in te international area
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No Conensus in the US
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Regional problems affecting the Soviet Union
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Security of Sea Lines Communication, Break Up of Soviety Union, NATO Modifications
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US foreign policy in the third world country
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Resource Dependency, Instability, NATO modifications
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Competing & cooperating economically & maintaining a balance of power are
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US policy objectives in Europe
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What will effective deal with the break up of the soviet union
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Maintaining a balance of power
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What effects Europe foreign policy in Europe
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Regional instability, oil, arab Israeli conflict
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Effects impact of foreign policy in a third world country
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Security of Sealine Communications
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What impacts foreign policy in the Middle East
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Regional Stability
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What effects US foreign policy in Asia
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Maintaining security and a balance of power w/o war
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Coordinating the development, deployment, and employment of forces
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Military Strategy
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Employing battle forces
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Battlefield Strategies
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Planning, orchestrating, and directing campaigns
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Operational Strategy
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Coordinate the development and use of national power instruments
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Grand Strategy
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Adopted during the Civil War, this bugle call signals the end of life
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Taps
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Signals the end of the duty day and links us to our military heritage
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Retreat
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Adopted from teh french and british this is one of the longest bugle calls
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Tatoo
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The first enlisted airman to receive the medal of honor
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Maynard Smith
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Received the medal of honor for throwing out a faulty phospohrus bomb over teh skies of Japan
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SSgt Henry Erwin
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Is the lowest ranking in history to earn the medal of honor
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John Levitow
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Received the medal of honor poshumously
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Archibald Mathies and Pitsenbarger
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Received the medal of honor for his heroic actions during a mission over Germany
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TSgt Forest Vosler
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Code of Conduct- This article requires a captured airman to try and escape
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Article 3
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Code of Conduct-We must be prepared to give our life for the defense of this country
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Article 1
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Code of Conduct-Name, Rank, Service Number & DOB
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Article 5
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Code of Conduct-We are responsible for our actions during captivitiy
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Article 6
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Code of Conduct-Requires an individual to take command if senior in rank
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Article 4
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Code of Conduct-Surrender when further fighting would lead to death w/o significant enemy loss
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Article 2
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The only museum dedicated to the accomplishments of our enlisted
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Enlisted Heritage Hall
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The first enlisted pilot
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Vernon Burge
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The worlds first black pilot flying for teh French corps
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Cpl Eugene Bullard
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Founded for the purposes of awarding college credit for job training and advanced management for enlisted
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AFSNCOA & CCAF
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The first and only 2 ariel kilss ever form a B-52 during Operation Linebacker II in Vietnam
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SSGt Samuel Turner
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Mass deployment of 8 ANG fighter sqs to Europe after the Berlin crisis
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Stair Step
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1st ANG non stop trans Atlantic deployment of tatical aircraft
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Ready Go
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Collaborated w/ Lt Arthur Olighter on the 1st airguard jet kill in the Koean War
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Capt Henry Underwood
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Awarded the medal of honor poshumously for a low level attack against the Ploesti oil refineries
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Lt Col Addison Baker
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Organized 1st ANG aviation unit. The 1st aircrew company, NY ANG
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Capt Ryan Bolling
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To protect life, property, and preservation of peace order and public safety
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ANG state role
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Firefighting, regional emergencies, counter drug operations
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ANG State Mission
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Augment MAJCOM of the Active AF
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ANG federal role
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Virtually all enlisted airmen provide this distinctive capability
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Agile Combat Support
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Automatically enlisted all able bodied men between 18-45 into hometown armed service
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Milita Act of 1972
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Provided permanent cadre of civilian techncians ready for instant mobilization
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Air Reserve Technican Program
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Established ready, standby and retired reservist categories
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General Forces Reserve Act
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Is not an AFR special mission
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Aerial Refueling
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Is categorized as an AF special mission
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Weather Reconissance
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Is repsonsible for providing inter/intra theater air medical movements
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AE
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Red Horse/Prime Beef
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CE Units
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Includes activities such as inconvential warfare, foreign internal defense, psychological warfare
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Special Ops
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An example of Pre Cold War History
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Einstein sending a letter the President, Manhattan Project, History of Fatman
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Who ended the US nuclear monopoly and when
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Soviet, 1914
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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13 day strategic chess match between the US & Soviet Union
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What signaled the end of the Cold War
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Standup of teh ACC
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People, organizations, processes, procedures and systems
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Components of Nuclear Enterprise
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Stood up in 2009 and is located at Barksdale AFB LA
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AF Global Strike Command
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Responsive to national leadership continuously on alert and deployed to widely dispersed locations
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20th AF ICBM
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Are best described as Nuclear Mission area
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USA, PNAF, WS3
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Heavily secured areas w/ the base perimeter 6 alone arounde and one underground and igloo
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WSA
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Provides peacetime support of logistical airlift for nuclear weapons and requires specially trained aircrews
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Prime Nuclear Airlift Forces
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Electronic monitoring & controls, storage vaults built into the floor reduced the need for convoys & eliminates exposure
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Weaposn Storage & Security Systems
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Underground structure, blast pressure protected, capable of launching 50 missles
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Missle Lauch Control Facility
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Vertical cylindrical container protected by blast door on top and mulitple fields
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Missile Silo
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Material, personnel & procedures that contribute to safety security, reliability & control of nuclear weapons assuring that nuclear accidents, incidents, unauthorized detonations or degradations in performance occur
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Nuclear Surety
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The application of engineering & management principles, critieria & techniques to protect nuclear weapons against teh risks and threats inherent in their environment w/ contraints of operational effectiveness throughout all phases of their lifecycle
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Nuclear Weapons Systems Safety
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The total spectrum of procedures, facilities, equipment & personnel employed to provide protection agains loss of custody, thefot or diverson of a nuclear weapon syste, protection against unauthorized access or protection against unauthorized actions, vandalism , sabatoge
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Nuclear Weapons Security
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Deny unauthorized access to nuclear weapons, prevent damage on sabatoge to nuclear weapons, prevent loss of custody & prevent radiological contamination caused by unauthorized acts
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Nuclear Weapons Security Standard
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The probability w/o reguard to countermeasures that a nuclear weapon sub assembly, component or other part will perform IAW it's design intent or requirements
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Weapons System Reliability
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DOD pshychological eval program instituted during the Cold War that assists organizational leaders in the selection & retention of only those personnel who are emotionally stable, physically capable & who have demonstrated reliability & professional competence
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PRP
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Requires certified personnel @ all times who are knowledegeable in the task of being performed, are familitar w/ safety & security requirements & are capable of detecting incorrect acts or improper procedures
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2 Person Concept
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Weapon system design features, operational procedures secirty & system safety rules & active-passive or disablement systems
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Use of Control
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Establish assests, delivering systems or platform, associated support systems, equipment, facilities, personnel, command and control links & support logisitical elements & the entire threat specturm
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Survivability
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A state of mind brought about by the exsistence of a credible threat of unacceptable conuteraection
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Deterrence
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National will, perception and capability
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Deterrency Theory
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As NCOs you must understand how your readiness impacts teh AFs capability to wage war & how advesaries judge our leaders & un national powers
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Deterrence Theory
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As specialist on WMD, our job is to discourage terrorists & rouge nationsfrom attacking the US, however, should we fail in that duty, it is also our job to stop any conflict as quickly as possible under conditions approved by our national leader
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Role of Nuclear Deterrence
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How operations will be conducted, the plans for acheiving national objectives & nucleaer deterrence makes up majority of deterrence
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Nuclear Deterrence & National Strategy Policy
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Who has the authority to deploy nuclear weapons
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President
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Knowledge of enemy force strength, types of weapons available & status/dispositions of friendly forces
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Nuclear Employment Planning Factors
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Who has the authority for teh requirements planning document used for Dod stockpiles, planning and projections.
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Nuclear Weapons Council
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Who has th authority for national security directives used for nuclear weapons employment
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President
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Has capabilities including non kinetic & conventional strike capabilites integrated ballistic & cruise missile defenses a responsive infastructure robust C2 system & advanced intelligence adaptive planning systems
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The New Triad
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President, Secretary of Defense, CJCS, & Combatant Commanders
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Nuclear Deployment
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The spread of nuclear weapons, fossil material and weapons related nuclear technology & info
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Nuclear Proliferation
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Measures to limit and/or stop the spread of nuclear weapons, fissle material & weapons related to nuclear technology & info
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Nuclear NON Prolferation
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Has manufactured & exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device prior to 1 Jan 67
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Nuclear Weapon State
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Although the electricity generated from nuclear energy is clean & results in a relatively on a small amount of waste there are concerns over potential use of waste produced
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Political Conisderations Associated w/ Regional Security Issues
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Clean enriching uranium to make its own fuel & North Korea refusing the USs offer of proliferation on safer reactions are examples
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Regional Nuclear Security Issues
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What were the events after the Cold War that affected the HAF Nuclear Enterprise
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A reduction in teh nuclear stockpile & forces assigned to operate, maintain & support nuclear capability coupled w/ ongoing challenge of acheiving a focused dedicated workforce
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A serious erosion of focus, expertise, mission readiness, resources & discipline within the nuclear enterprise resulted in
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Advertent shipment of ICBM components to Taiwan in 2006
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What was MK12 foward sections to Taiwan was when:
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A base initiated shipping transactions, plus improper documentation mislabeling, & failure to accomplish proper notification
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Lessons learned from recent nuclear weapons related incidents
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Holding people accountable, focusing on expertise, mission readiness & discipline
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What has little or no emphasis on training & discipline
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Cleaving of SAG, diversion of critical sources
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