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Responsibilities include establishing policy, assigning responsibilities, and prescribing procedures for personal readiness issues as they apply to the Active Duty and Reserve/National Guard personnel, DoD civilians, and US contractors, as well as the Joint Staff and other DoD agencies.

The President and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)

The primary forum for discussions regarding national security and foreign-policy issues. The statutory members of ______are the President, Vice President, SECDEF, and the Secretary of State. One of the Instruments of National Power. Can include the Assistant to the President of Economic Policy, The attorney general and the director of the office of management and budget. Prepares national security guidance that, with presidential approval, becomes national security policy. Serves as the President’s principal arm for coordinating national and foreign policy among various governmental agencies.

National Security Council (NSC)

In consultation with the other members of the joint Chiefs of staff, advises the SECDEF on manpower and personal issues impacting the readiness of Armed Forces of the United States and the force structure required to support attainment of national security objectives.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)

Principal military advisor to the NSC, Provide strategic direction for the armed forces, prepare strategic plans for the Armed Forces, direct preparation contingency plans, advise on programs, requirements, and budgeting, and develop joint doctrine, training, and education.

The CJCS Functions

Consists of the chairman, the vice chairman, the chief of staff of the army, the chief of Naval operations, the chief of staff of the Air Force, the Commandant of Marine Corps, and the Chief of The National Guard Bureau. Headed by the CJCS. Develops a joint strategic review, the national military strategy, the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan, Global Plans and Orders, and managing global forces.

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

Command unified Combat and Commands established by the president. Responsible for the mission in their geographic area of responsibility (AOR), unless otherwise directed. They exercise Combat and Command over assigned forces, which allows them to direct and approve those aspects of personal support necessary to carry out the side missions in to stabilize personal policies as they deem necessary. Establish personnel policies to ensure proper uniform standards of conduct within his or her command.

Combatant Commanders (CCDRs)

Organize forces to accomplish the mission based on their intent and concept of operations (CONOPS)... maintaining unity of command, centralized planning and direction, and decentralized execution important factors in the success of a joint force.

Joint Forces Commanders (JFCs)

Lead a type of command that consist of their service (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) contribution ( people/resources to a joint force.

Service Component Commanders

Formed to accomplish missions with a specific, limited objective… Usually in response to a short notice, spontaneous, or unpredictable crisis. Once the purpose is achieved it is no longer requiring quickly dissolved.

Joint Task Force (JTF)

Unity of Effort, Unity of Command, Central Planning, Decentralized Execution, Common Doctrine.

Five factors to consider when setting ups JTF

Coordination and cooperation to work, and objectives even if the participants are not necessarily part of the same organization, service, command, one nation which ensures successful unified action.

Unity of Effort

Identifies who has the requisite authority to direct employ those forces in pursuit of a common purpose.

Unity of Command

The authority for planning, directing, and coordinating in military operation or group/category of operations. Vital for controlling and coordinating the efforts of joint forces.

Centralized Planning

Allows a tactical commander (with a thorough understanding of the commanders intent) to execute operations from dispersed locations, allows execution of title options to accommodate unforeseen circumstances, and allows tactical commanders the flexibility to perform the mission without original direction from above.

Decentralized Execution

Joint doctrine that presents fundamental principles that guide the employment of US military forces a coordinated and integrated actions toward a common objective. It promotes a common perspective from which to plan, train, and conduct military operations.

Common Doctrine

Provides administrators and logistic support through join forces. This component commander is to be a liaison between the CJTF and other component commanders.

Service Component

Are established by the CJTF to control military operations. They are given the authority to conduct operations IAW the CJTS intent and governing CONOPS.

Functional components

Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC), Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC), Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander (JFOCC)

The four Functional Component Commanders

The commander with a joint task force responsibility for tasking maritime forces and assets normally the commander is Navy forces.

Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC)

The commander within a joint task force responsible for tasking land forces.

Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC)

The commander within a joint task force responsible for tasking air forces.

Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC)

The commander within a joint task force responsible for tasking special operations forces and assets.

Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander (JFOCC)

A series of related military operations aimed at accomplishing a military strategic or operational objective within a given time and space. Planning for this is appropriate when the contemplated military operations exceed the scope of the single major operation. They are the most expensive type of operation in terms of time and other resources.

Joint Campaign

Global, Theater, and Subordinate

Three categories of campaigns

Requires the accomplishment of military strategic objective is within multiple theaters that extend beyond the AOR of a single geographical Combatant Command

Global Campaign

Encompasses the activities of a supported GCC, and accomplishes military strategic or operational objectives within a theater of war or theater of operations that is primarily within the supported commanders AOR

Theater Campaign

Conducted to accomplish or contribute to military is to change or operational objectives in support of a global theater campaign.

Subordinate Campaign

Provide support for operational capabilities consistent with their establishing directive and pertinent DoD planning guidance.

Combat Support Agencies (CSAs)

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DRTA), Defense Health Agency (DHA), National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CAS).

Combat Support Agencies (CSA)

Provides military war fighters, defense policymakers and force planners in the DoD and intelligence community in support of US military planning in operations and weapon systems acquisition.

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

Delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligent professionals and first responders.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

Provides operates in assures command and control and information sharing capabilities and a globally accessible enterprise information infrastructure in direct support of war fighters, national level leaders, and other mission coalition partners across the full spectrum of military operations.

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Provide the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and other federal agencies and partner nation armed forces with a full spectrum of logistics, acquisitions and technical services.

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

Component that works directly with defense suppliers to help ensure the DoD, Federal and allied government supplies and services are delivered on time, at projected costs , and meet all performance requirements.

Defense Contract Managment Agency (DCMA)

Primary focus is to keep weapons of mass destruction WMDs out of the hands of terrorist and other enemies by locking down, monitoring, and destroying weapons and weapons related materials.

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

A joint, integrated combat support agency that enables the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical services to provide it medically ready force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and war time.

Defense Health Agency (DHA)

Leads the US government and cryptology that encompasses both signal intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA) products and services, and enables computer network operations CNO in order to gain a decision advantage for the nation and our allies under all circumstances.

National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS)

Having foundation and national strategic direction, which is governed by the constitution, federal law, US government policy, international law in our national interest. It synchronizes, coordinates, and when appropriate, integrate military operations with the activities of other agencies to achieve unity of effort.

Unified Action

Forces composed of military elements of nations who have formed an alliance or coalition for some specific purpose.

Multinational Forces

Created by a formal agreement between two or more government on the global, regional, or functional basis to protect and promote national interest share by member states. Example NATO

Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)

Private, self governing, not-for-profit organization‘s dedicated to alleviating human suffering; and/or promoting education, healthcare, economic development, environmental protection, human rights, and conflict resolution; and/or encouraging the establishment of democratic institutions and civil society. Perfected for long-term problems

Nongovernmental Organization (NGOs)

This is an umbrella term that may be applied to the United States, foreign countries, and any or all of the non-public or commercial individuals and businesses, specified nonprofit organizations, most of academia and other scholastics institutions, and selected NGOs.

Private Sector (and others)

These include any United States governmental organizations that can be called upon when needed, such as the department of homeland security the alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosive bureau any any other combat support agencies and the domestic policy Council.

US Government Departments and Agencies

Incident or a situation involving a threat to a nation, is territories, citizens, military forces, possessions, vital interests that develop rapidly and creates a condition of such diplomatic economic political or military importance that commitment of military forces and resources are contemplated to achieve national objective. Your purpose may be to assist versus fight.

Crisis Response/Contingency Operations

Deterring war, resolving conflict, promoting peace, irregular warfare, natural disasters, supporting civil authorities in response to a domestic crisis.

Crisis Response/Contingency Operations main focus

This contingency operation is a term used to describe how US forces accomplish missions that aren’t war but responses to a crisis or contingency. There is no enemy per se, actions may be needed to assist, not necessarily fight. Types of operations are inherently joint in nature.

Non-Adversarial Crisis Response/Contingency Operations

There are 12 Principles of Joint Operations but here are 9

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Emphasizes that all efforts should be directed and coordinated toward a common objective under one responsible commander.

Unity of Command

Directing military operations toward a defined an attainable goal that contributes to strategic, operational, and tactical aims. The principal objective shapes priorities to allow air and space forces to concentrate on theatre or campaign priorities.

Objective

To seize, retain, and exploit do as soon as possible. It dictates the time, place, purpose, school, intensity, and pace of operations.

Offensive

Concentrate the effects of combat power at a specific time and place that is most advantageous to achieve decisive results.

Mass

The ability to quickly in degrade a force and strike an adversary’s strategic or operational centers of gravity.

Maneuver

Careful employment and distribution of forces. His purpose is to assign the least essential resources to secondary efforts.

Economy of Force

The purpose is to never permit the enemy to acquire an unexpected advantage. It provides freedom from and freedom to attack.

Security

By attacking the enemy at a time, place, or any manner for which they are not prepared.

Surprise

Avoiding unnecessary complex organizing, prepairing, planning, and conducting military operations.

Simplicity

Reduce the threat to US forces and enable them to work toward their objective, United States should be viewed as a legitimate actor in the mission, working towards multilateral interests including our own.

Legitimacy

The disciplined application of military force appropriate to the situation.

Restraint

The patient, resolute, and persistent pursuit of national goals and objectives, for as long as necessary to achieve them.

Perseverance

Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution, Flexibility and Versatility, Synergistic Effects, Persistence, Concentration, Priority, and Balance

Tenets of Airpower

The potential to directly affect strategic and operational level a war controlled by a single airman who maintains the broad, strategic perspective necessary to balance and prioritize the use of powerful, highly desired yet limited force.

Centralized Control

The delegation of authority to designated lower level commanders and other tactical level decision-makers to achieve affective span of control and to foster disciplined initiative and tactical flexibility. It allows subordinates, all the way down to the tactical level, to exploit situational responsiveness and fleeting opportunities and rapidly changing, fluid situations.

Decentralized Execution

Allows air power to exploit mass and maneuver simultaneously. It allows air power to shift from one campaign objective to another, quickly and decisively.

Flexibility

The ability to employ air power effectively at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war and provide a wide variety of task in concert with other joint force elements.

Versatility

The proper application of a coordinated force across multiple domains can produce affects that exceed the contributions of forces employed individually.

Synergistic Effects

Air, space, and cyberspace operations may be conducted continuously against a broad spectrum of targets.

Persistence

One of the most constant and important trends throughout military history has been the effort to concentrate overwhelming power at the decisive time and place. The principles a mass and economy of forced to deal directly with concentrating overwhelming power at the right time in the right place. The versatility of AirPower with it’s lethality, speed, and persistence makes it an attractive option for many tasks.

Concentration

Due to it’s flexibility and versatility, the demands for AirPower may likely exceed available resources. If not managed properly, it can become ineffective. _____should be clearly established.

Priority

Much of the skill of an air component commander is reflected in the dynamic and correct balancing of the principles of joint operations as a tenets of AirPower to bring air force capabilities together to produce Synergistic effects.

Balance

It’s core mission represents the combination of professional knowledge, air power expertise, and technological know how that, when applied, produces superior military capabilities. Speed, flexibility, and the global nature of its reach and perspective distinguishes the core of its mission. Global Strike...Any Target, Any Time

US Air Force

Includes land combat service forces, aviation, water transport, and space and cyber forces as may be organic therein, and shall be organized, train, and equipped primarily for a prompt and sustained combat incident to operations on land, and to support the other military services and join forces.

Department of the Army

Composed of naval, land, air, space, and cyberspace support forces. They employ the global Reach, Persistence presents through forward-stationed and rotationally-based forces, and operational flexibility to secure the nation from direct attack, security access and retain global freedom of action, strengthen existing and emerging alliances and partnerships, establish favorable security conditions, and deter aggression and violence by state, non-state, and individual actors, prosecute the full range of military operations in support of US National interests.

Department of the Navy

Provides close air support for ground forces, seas and defend advanced naval bases or lodgments to facilitate subsequent Joint Operations, conduct land and air operations essential to the prosecution of naval campaign or as directed, conduct amphibious operations, including engagement, crisis response, and power projection operations to assure access, conduct complex expeditionary operations in the urban littoral and other challenging environments.

Marine Corps Function

Conduct coastal city control and maritime and air interception/interdiction operations, conduct maritime homeland security, measure operation, conduct ice operations, provide marine safety, including aids to navigation, conduct search and rescue operations, conduct counter-illicit trafficking operations.

The Coast Fuard (Department of Homeland Security/Department of Defense)