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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the scale that determines the condition for defense of United States homeland and assets abroad?
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THREATCON
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What scale determines the posture of the military to prepare for the likelihood of war?
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DEFCON
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What are a series of measures designed to increase the level of a unit's defense against terrorist attacks>
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FPCON, Force Protection Conditions
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What are the factors that affects the FPCON?
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- Terrorist threat level
- Capability to penetrate existing physical security system - Risk of terrorist attack to which personnel and assets are exposed. - Asset's ability to execute its mission even if attacked. - Protected asset's criticality to their mission |
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Who can set the FPCON levels?
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Commanders
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Who can declare, reduce or cancel FPCON?
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Commander
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What are the 5 levels of FPCONs?
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- FPCON Normal
- FPCON Alpha - FPCON Bravo - FPCON Charlie - FPCON Delta |
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Which level of FPCON applies when a general global threat of possible terrorist activity exists and warrant a routing security posture?
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FPCON Normal
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Which level of FPCON applies when there is an increased general threat of possible terrorist activity against personnel or facilities, the nature and extent of which are unpredictable? It must be capable of being maintained indefinitely.
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FPCON Alpha
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Which FPCON level applies when an increase or more predictable threat of terrorist activity exists?
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FPCON Bravo
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Which FPCON level applies when an incident occurs or intelligence is received indicating some form of terrorist action or targeting against personnel or facilities is likely?
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FPCON Charlie
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Which FPCON level applies in the immediate area where a terrorist attack has occurred or when intelligence is received that terrorist action against a specific location or person is imminent>
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FPCON Delta
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What is an alert posture used by the US Armed Forces?
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DEFCON, Defense Readiness Condition
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Who developed the DEFCON system?
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff, unified, and specified combatant commands.
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What are the DEFCON levels?
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DEFCON 5 to 1
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What are the subsystems of DEFCONs?
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- LERTCONS
- EMERGCONS - WATCHCONS - FPCONS |
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What DEFCON level is Normal peacetime readiness?
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DEFCON 5
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What DEFCON level is Normal, increased intelligence and strengthened security?
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DEFCON 4
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What DEFCON level is increase in force readiness above normal readiness?
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DEFCON 3
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What DEFCON level is further increase in force readiness, but less than maximum?
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DEFCON 2
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What DEFCON level is Maximum force readiness?
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DEFCON 1
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