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27 Cards in this Set
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State the mission of the U.S. Navy.
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To maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.
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Discuss the NCA, its members and functions.
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- National Command Authority (NCA) is a term used by the Department of Defense to refer to the ultimate lawful source of military orders.
- The NCA consists only of the President and the Secretary of Defense or their duly deputized alternates or successors. - The chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense (SecDef) and through the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Commanders of the Unified and Specified Commands. - The channel of communication shall be from the NCA through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, representing the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the executing commanders. |
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Discuss the difference between OPCON and ADCON.
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Operational Control (OPCON)
- Transferable command authority that may be exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant command. - May be delegated and is 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. Administrative Control (ADCON) - Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and support, including organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, mobilization, demobilization, discipline, and other matters not included in the operational missions of the subordinate or other organizations. |
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Describe the function of the following: COCOM
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Combatant Command (COCOM)
- Nontransferable command authority exercised only by commanders of unified or specified combatant commands unless otherwise directed by the President or the Secretary of Defense. - Combatant command (command authority) cannot be delegated and is the authority of a combatant commander to perform those functions of command over assigned forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction over all aspects of military operations, joint training, and logistics necessary to accomplish the missions assigned to the command. |
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Describe the function of the following: Navy COCOM
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Navy Component Command (COCOM)
- A command consisting of the Navy component commander and all those Navy forces, such as individuals, units, detachments, organizations, and installations under the command, including the support forces that have been assigned to a combatant command, or further assigned to a subordinate unified command or joint task force. |
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Describe the function of the following: FLTCOM
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Fleet Command
- Commander in charge of a specific Flt AOR, responsible to man, equip, train, support, and deter aggression within their respective AOR. |
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Describe the function of the following: TYCOM
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Type Command
- Performs vital administrative, personnel, and operational training functions for a "type" of weapon system (e.g., naval aviation, submarine warfare, surface warships) within a fleet organization. |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: PACOM
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United States Pacific Command (USPACOM)
Location - Camp H.M. Smith, Halawa Heights, Hawaii Mission - Promote security and peaceful development in the Asia-Pacific region by deterring aggression, advancing regional security cooperation, responding to crises, and fighting to win. Component Commands - U.S. Army Pacific - Marine Forces Pacific - U.S. Pacific Fleet - Pacific Air Forces |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: EUCOM
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United States European Command (USEUCOM)
Location - Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany Mission - Conduct military operations, international military engagement, and interagency partnering to enhance transatlantic security and defend the United States forward. - EUCOM’s theater includes 51 independent countries that extend beyond Europe into the Caucuses and includes Israel. Component Commands - U.S. Army Europe - U.S. Naval Forces Europe - U.S. Air Forces in Europe - U.S. Marine Forces Europe |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: JFCOM
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United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
- disestablished |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: SOUTHCOM
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United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)
Location - Doral, Florida Mission - Conduct joint and combined full-spectrum military operations within the Area of Responsibility, in order to support U.S. national security objectives and interagency efforts that promote regional security cooperation. - It is responsible for providing contingency planning and operations in Central and South America, the Caribbean (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions), their territorial waters, and for the force of U.S. military resources at these locations. Component Commands - U.S. Army South - Air Forces Southern - U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command - U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: CENTCOM
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United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Location - MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL Mission - Promotes cooperation among nations, responds to crises, and deters or defeats state and nonstate aggression, and supports development and, when necessary, reconstruction in order to establish the conditions for regional security, stability, and prosperity. - Its area of responsibility includes countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, most notably Afghanistan and Iraq. Component Commands - U.S. Army Forces Central Command - U.S. Marine Forces Central Command - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command - U.S. Air Forces Central |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: NORTHCOM
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United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)
Location - Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO Mission - Partners to conduct Homeland Defense and Civil Support operations within the assigned area of responsibility to defend, protect, and secure the United States and its interests. - AOR includes air, land and sea approaches and encompasses the contiguous United States, Alaska, Canada, Mexico and the surrounding water out to approximately 500 nautical miles (930 km). Component Commands - U.S. Marine Forces Northern Command - U.S. Fleet Forces Command / U.S. Navy North - Air Forces Northern - U.S. Army North |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: SOCOM
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United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
Location - MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL Mission - Provide fully capable Special Operations Forces to defend the United States and its interests. - Synchronize planning of global operations against terrorist networks. - Conducts several covert and clandestine missions, such as direct action, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, unconventional warfare, psychological warfare, civil affairs, and counter-narcotics operations. Component Commands - Army Special Operations Command - Navy Special Warfare Command - Air Force Special Operations Command - Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: TRANSCOM
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United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
Location - Scott AFB, Belleville, IL Mission - Provides full-spectrum global mobility solutions and related enabling capabilities for supported customers' requirements in peace and war. Component Commands - Surface Deployment and Distribution Command - Military Sealift Command - Air Mobility Command |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: STRATCOM
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United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
Location - Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE Mission - Charged with space operations (such as military satellites), information operations (such as information warfare), missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR), global strike and strategic deterrence (the United States nuclear arsenal), and combating weapons of mass destruction. Component Commands - Air Force Global Strike Command - U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command - U.S. Fleet Forces Command - U.S. Marine Corps Forces, U.S. Strategic Command - Air Force Space Command |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: AFRICOM
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United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM)
Location - Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany Mission - Builds defense capabilities, responds to crisis, and deters and defeats transnational threats in order to advance U.S. national interests and promote regional security, stability, and prosperity. - It is responsible for U.S. military operations and military relations with 53 African nations – an area of responsibility (AOR) covering all of Africa except Egypt, which is within the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command. Component Commands - U.S. Army Africa - U.S. Naval Forces, Africa - U.S. Air Forces, Africa - U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Africa |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: USCYBERCOM
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United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)
Location - Fort Meade, Maryland Mission - Plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries. Component Commands - Army Cyber Command / Second Army - Fleet Cyber Command / Tenth Fleet - Air Forces Cyber / Twenty-Fourth Air Force - Marine Corps Cyberspace Command |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: CNO N2/N6
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- Director of Naval Intelligence/Deputy CNO for Information Dominance (N2/N6)
Location - Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Mission - Designated as the leader of the IDC in 2009, representing a transition in the evolution of naval warfare, designed to elevate information as a main battery of Naval warfighting capabilities and establish Naval prominence in intelligence, cyber warfare, and information management. |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: CNMOC
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- Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC)
Location - Stennis Space Center, MS Mission - Responsible for command and management of the Naval Oceanography Program, utilizing meteorology and oceanography, GI&S, and precise time and astrometry, to leverage the environment to enable successful strategic, tactical and operational battle space utilization across the continuum of campaigning and at all levels of war – strategic, operational and tactical. Component Commands - Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center - United States Naval Observatory - Naval Oceanographic Office - Naval Oceanography Operations Command - Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Professional Development Center |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: NNWC
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- Naval Network Warfare Command (NNWC)
Location - Suffolk,Virginia Mission - To execute tactical-level command and control of Navy Networks and to leverage Joint Space capabilities for Navy and Joint Operations. Component Commands - NCTAMS Lant - NCTAMS Pac |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: Joint Space Operations Center
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- Vandenburg AFB, CA Mission - Provides operational employment of worldwide joint space forces and enables the JFCC Space commander to integrate space power into global military operations. Component Commands - 614th Air and Space Operations Center - 614th Air and Space Communications Squadron - 9th Space Operations Squadron (AF Reserve) - 216th Operational Support Squadron (California Air National Guard) |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: NOAA
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Location - Washington, DC Mission - Warns of dangerous weather, charts seas and skies, guides the use and protection of ocean and coastal resources, and conducts research to improve understanding and stewardship of the environment. Component Commands - National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service - National Marine Fisheries Service - National Ocean Service - National Weather Service - Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: Naval Satellite Operations Center
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- Point MUGU, CA Mission - NAVSOC is a component command of the Naval Network Warfare Command operating under the guidance of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (FLTCYBERCOM)/U.S. 10th Fleet (10F). It is responsible for managing, operating and maintaining assigned satellite systems to provide reliable satellite services to the joint warfighter in support of naval and national requirements. |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: NAVCYBERFOR
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Commander Navy Cyber Forces
Location - Suffolk, VA Mission - Navy Cyber Forces provides relevant, resilient and effective C5I capabilities and a highly trained cyber workforce to maximize Fleet readiness and support all missions through cyberspace. - Reports to Fleet Forces Command. Component Commands - Navy and Marine Corps Spectrum Center - Navy Communications Security Material System Command - Fleet Intelligence Adaptive Force (FIAFs) - Fleet Intelligence Detachments (FIDs) |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: ONI
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Office of Naval Intelligence
Location - Washington, DC Mission - Produces meaningful maritime intelligence and moves that intelligence rapidly to key strategic, operational, and tactical decision makers. Component Commands - Nimitz Operational Intelligence Center - Farragut Technical Analysis Center - Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center - Hopper Information Services Center |
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State the location, mission, and component commands for the following: Office of the Oceanographer/Navigator of the Navy
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Oceanographer of the Navy/Navigator of the Navy
OPNAV N2/N6E Director, Space and Maritime Domain Awareness Location - Washington, DC Mission - Plans, coordinates and implements the Naval Oceanography Program (defined as: Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC), hydrography, Geospatial Information and Services (G1&S), astrometry, and Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI), and serving as the spokesperson for naval oceanographic matters. - The focal point for navigation policy, technical performance and certification standards for electronic charting systems; navigation data standards; navigation training; and requirement for emerging navigation technology. |
