3S051 Cdc Vol 2 Stq

Front 1

What is considered the principle responsibility of the US armed forces?

Back 1

To employrapid and decisive military power to achieve US objectives, and to do so in amanner that sustains the fruits of success in the post conflict environment.

Front 2

Describe the responsibility of a functional directorate.

Back 2

Developprocedures for administrative support to active and air Reserve Components(ARC) units, individual reservists, and retirees.

Front 3

Describe the responsibility of the military departments.

Back 3

Responsiblefor preparing forces and establishing reserves of manpower, equipment, andsupplies for the effective prosecution of war and military operations short ofwar and planning for the expansion of peacetimecomponents to meet the needs of war.

Front 4

What are the five common functionsof the militarydepartments?

Back 4

Prepareforces, establish reserves, and plan for expansion in case of war

Maintainthe readiness of reserve forces.

Recruit,organize, train, and equip forces for the unified commands.

Prepareand submit budgets.

Develop,garrison, supply, equip, and maintain bases and installations; and furnishadministrative and logistic support for all forces and bases.

Front 5

Define National Security Strategy.

Back 5

NationalSecurity Strategy is the art and science of developing, applying, andcoordinating the instruments ofnational power (diplomatic, economic, military, and informational) to achieveobjectives that contribute tonational security.

Front 6

Who assists the president in developing a National SecurityStrategy?

Back 6

National Security Council

Front 7

Who advisesthe president and SECDEF concerning the application of militarypower?

Back 7

Chairmanof the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), in consultation with the other members ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

Front 8

What are the fundamental prerequisites for unity of effort?

Back 8

The cleararticulation of aims and objectives and the resulting strategic focus

Front 9

What makes up the total force?

Back 9

Air Forceactive duty, air Reserve Components (ARC), Department of the Air Force (DAF)civilians, contractors supportingthe Air Force mission, and other civilian personnel not employed by the DOD whosupport the AF mission (e.g., Red Cross,USO, consultants) as well as the in-place force supporting contingency operations

Front 10

Define totalforce policy.

Back 10

Totalforce policy means that all components that comprise the total force conceptmust work together and prepare todeploy at any time

Front 11

Define total force accountability.

Back 11

Total force accountabilityis defined as the accurate accounting for all Air Force at all times regardlessof location

Front 12

What does total force accountability enable plannersand managers to do?

Back 12

Tosupport the commander’s concept of operations

Front 13

When discussing the National Guardsmen citizen-soldier relationship, what are they able to bring from their civilianjobs to their militaryassignments?

Back 13

Anotherimportant aspect of the citizen soldier relationship, which is also true withAir Force Reserve members, is thebroad range of talent and experience that traditional Guard members bring fromtheir civilian jobs to theirmilitary assignments

Front 14

Describe the responsibility of the reserves.

Back 14

Thereserves defend the US through control and exploitation of air and space bysupporting global engagement, byplaying an integral role in the day-to-day Air Force mission, and are not aforce held in reserve for possiblewar or contingency operations

Front 15

Why do membersof the Air Force Reserveconsider themselves Citizen Airmen?

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Membersof the Air Force Reserve, with approximately two-thirds of the selected reservebeing composed of TraditionalReservists (TR), view themselves as citizen Airmen because in addition to theirmilitary duties, they are employed in the private sector in a wide variety ofcareer field; yet they dedicate a considerableportion of their lives to serving as a part of the total force.

Front 16

Define AEF concept.

Back 16

The air expeditionary force(AEF) concept is how the Air Force organizes, trains, equips, and sustainsitself by creating a mindset and cultural statethat embraces the unique characteristics of aerospace power (range, speed, flexibility, and precision) to meetthe national security challenges of the 21st century

Front 17

What are the two AEF conceptfundamental principles?

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First, toprovide trained and ready air and space forces for national defense.

Second,to meet national commitments through a structured approach which enhances totalforce readiness and sustainment.

Front 18

What is the secondary purpose of the AEF?

Back 18

Toprovide predictability and stability to Airmen.

Front 19

List the items that are vital to understand about the AEF doctrine.

Back 19

The AEF doctrineis not only vital to understand how to best employ air and space power, but itis also vital to understand theproper way to organize, present, and deploy air and space forces.

Front 20

Describe how the AEF schedule operates.

Back 20

The AEFSchedule operates on a 24-month life cycle that aligns with two Global ForceManagement (GFM) cycles andcoincides with fiscal years

Front 21

Describe GlobalForce Management (GFM).

Back 21

Is aprocess to align force apportionment, assignment, and allocation methodologiesin support of the defense strategyand in support of joint force availability requirements, present comprehensiveinsight into the global availabilityof US military forces, and provide senior decision makers a vehicle to quicklyand accurately assess the impact andrisk of proposed allocation, assignment, and apportionment changes.

Front 22

What are air expeditionary wings capable of?

Back 22

Establishingand operating an airbase and will be established using the Air Force combat wing structure with an operationsgroup, maintenance group, medical group, and mission support group that normally have two or threeaviation or operations squadrons and an associated operations support squadron.

Front 23

Why is the air expeditionary groupnormally the smallestAETF presented to a theater?

Back 23

Because asingle AEG rarely includes sufficientcommand and control and expeditionary combat support (ECS) to sustain it in thefield

Front 24

What does an air expeditionary group consist of?

Back 24

Normally consists of one ortwo operations squadrons, associated maintenance squadrons, and mission-specific ECS squadrons

Front 25

Give a description of the air expeditionary squadron

Back 25

TheAES is the basic war fighting organization of the Air Force and is the buildingblock of the AET

Front 26

Define jointoperation planning.

Back 26

Is a sequential process performed simultaneously atthe strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war

Front 27

How is joint operationplanning conducted?

Back 27

Withinthe chain of command that runs from the President through the SECDEF to the CCDRs and their subordinatedJFCs

Front 28

Name the five types of plans.

Back 28

OPLANs

CONPLANs

FUNCPLANs

Supporting plans

OPORDS

Front 29

Define an operational plan

Back 29

Is awritten description of the combatant commander’s concept of operations tocounter a perceived threat.

Front 30

What is the objective of a conceptplan?

Back 30

To develop soundoperational and support concepts that can be rapidly expanded into an OPORD ifnecessary.

Front 31

Who preparessupporting plans?

Back 31

Bysupporting combatant commanders, subordinate joint force commanders, component commanders, or other agencies.

Front 32

What are the four samples of major planningsystems?

Back 32

JOPES

DCAPES

WMP

SORTS

Front 33

Define JOPES?

Back 33

A systemof joint policies, procedures, and reporting structures supported bycommunications and computer systems.

Front 34

What is the objective of DCAPES?

Back 34

To enableAir Force-unique operation planning and execution processes which includeassociated joint policy procedures.

Front 35

What is the threefoldpurpose of SORTS?

Back 35

Provides data critical to crisis planning.

Provides for the deliberate or peacetimeplanning process.

Used by the Chief of Staff United StatesAir Force (CSAF) and subordinate commanders in assessing their effectiveness inmeeting Title 10, “United States Code,” responsibilities to organize, train,and equip forces for combatant commands.

Front 36

UTCs are represented by how many characters?

Back 36

By a 5-character alphanumeric code.

Front 37

What do war plannersuse UTCs to document?

Back 37

To documenttotal Air Force manpower and logistics requirements needed to support the National Military Strategyduring operational planning and execution activities.

Front 38

What do UTCs define?

Back 38

Capabilities

Front 39

When is a UTC usable?

Back 39

When ithas been registered in DCAPES with MEF and/or equipment estimates.

Front 40

Once a UTC has been registered in the MEFPAK,what happens with it next?

Back 40

Can thenbe postured by an organization in the UTC Availability and with the exceptionof A-UTCs, can be used in a TPFDDfor planning and execution purposes.

Front 41

Describe the standard UTC.

Back 41

Is a UTCin the MEFPAK and TUCHA data file that has complete movement characteristics in both files

Front 42

Describe the non-standard UTC

Back 42

Is a UTC in the MEFPAK andTUCHA file that does not have complete movement characteristics.

Front 43

When is an A-UTCused?

Back 43

Duringthe UTC posturing process to indicate authorizations that an organization hasand cannot posture in a standard UTCor to posture above base level staff authorizations not in standard UTCs.

Front 44

What does UTC attributes provide?

Back 44

Thedescription, status, responsible organization, type, and transportation requirements.

Front 45

What is the MANFOR?

Back 45

A component of the MEFPAKand the DCAPES. It is a database containing the UTC, UTC title, MISCAP, and manpower detail for each applicable UTC

Front 46

UTCs are built to accommodate how many days of sustainedcapability?

Back 46

30days ofsustained capability before having to be augmented with new supplies or personnel.

Front 47

What is the UTC development process?

Back 47

Theprocess of adding a UTC to the MEFPAK, building the manpower and or equipment detail, and getting the UTC addedto the TUCHA.

Front 48

Name the guidelines that will help determinewhen a UTC must be developed

Back 48

Newequipment types enter the inventory.

Deployableunits experience a significant change in either operational concept or mission.

Significantprogram changes occur in manpower or equipment.

Significantprogram or operational changes occur.

Air Force organization requires a change in theway an existing capability function

Front 49

Where are new UTC requests created?

Back 49

In the unit type management(UTM) module utilizing the UTM registration functionin DCAPES.

Front 50

How is a UTC cancellation requestsubmitted?

Back 50

Submitted to the HAF MEFPAKmanager for approval and the HAF MANFORmanager for registration

Front 51

Define the goal of posturingguidance

Back 51

Toposture the maximum number of manpower authorizations into standard deployable UTCs that are madeavailable in the UTC Availability database.

Front 52

What does posturinga UTC consist of?

Back 52

Of entering a UTC for aspecific unit into UTC Availability.

Front 53

Which agency determines which organizations will posture the required UTCs and the quantity?

Back 53

The MAJCOM FAM, based upon Air Staff FAM guidance

Front 54

When posturing an A-UTC record,what will be used to provide the LLD?

Back 54

Theauthorized AFSC/skill level/grade of the UMD positions

Front 55

How are A-UTCs postured?

Back 55

In the UTC availability andaligned to the AEF libraries

Front 56

As long as the individual’s AEF alignment is not changed, A-UTCcan be exchanged with what to meet deployment requirements?

Back 56

Withauthorizations linked to standard deployable UTCs

Front 57

Mobilization of the ARC is also called or considered what?

Back 57

Activation

Front 58

Activation relatesto what?

Back 58

To recall, volunteerism,and call up

Front 59

Mobilization encompasses all activities necessary for what?

Back 59

For the orderly transitionof active and ANG/USAFR forces from a peacetime to wartime posture

Front 60

What does volume6 of The War and Mobilization Plan cover?

Back 60

Coverstransitioning the industrial base from a normal state of peacetime preparednessto wartime production postures.

Front 61

What is the purpose of mobilization planning?

Back 61

Is themeans by which organizations charged with mobilization responsibilities definepolicies and document procedures to complete tasks.

Front 62

Name the seven major types of activation

Back 62

Retired members.

Volunteerism.

Selective mobilization for a domesticemergency.

Presidential selected reserve call up.

Partial mobilization.

Full mobilization.

Total mobilization

Front 63

What is the push-pull process intendedto do?

Back 63

To supplement the normalrequirements based mobilization process (that is, mobilization to meetrequirements only as they become known) and will be employed only whendetermined to be appropriate by the HQ USAF/CAT.

Front 64

Describe how integration is achieved

Back 64

Through the effective useof planning and execution processes that provide for timely and thoroughcoordination within the chain of command and among the Department of Defense(DOD), other Federal agencies, and the civil sector

Front 65

Why was the MPA man-daysprogram designed?

Back 65

To support the short-termneeds of the active force when there is a temporary need for non-extendedactive duty (EAD) personnel with unique skills or resources that cannot beeconomically met in the active force

Front 66

Who must approveANG member’s to perform a MPA man-day tour?

Back 66

The StateAdjutant General or authorized representative

Front 67

Demobilization is referred to as what term?

Back 67

Deactivation

Front 68

When deactivation is directed, the servicingMPS is responsible for what actions?

Back 68

Forreviewing each separation in relation to deactivation and assisting affectedmember in determining any selective alternative available to them.

Front 69

What are the two deactivation possibilities?

Back 69

The individual’s deactivation separation iscorrect. The MPS inputs projected separation on records identified as activatedand

Individual will remain on AD; tour isextended/updated as appropriate.

Front 70

What date is used for projected separation actions?

Back 70

The effective date

Front 71

For what reasons may individuals requestretention on AD?

Back 71

Because of personal,financial, or medical hardship caused by mobilization or early deactivationdemobilization

Front 72

The wing/installation commanderis responsible for making sure the installation is capable of supporting what?

Back 72

Deploymentoperations

Front 73

Who designates an IDO and also alternate IDOs?

Back 73

The wing and installationcommander

Front 74

How does the installation deployment officeract on behalf of the wing/installation commander?

Back 74

Indirecting, controlling, coordinating, and executing deployments andinstallation exercises (to include associate units).

Front 75

How is the IDO appointed?

Back 75

Inwriting, signed by the wing/installation commander for a minimum period of 18months (with the exception of short-tour locations where the minimum period is12 months).

Front 76

How often does the IDO conductstaff assistance visits (SAVs)?

Back 76

Every 20 months for allassigned units, including associate units, with a deployment commitment

Front 77

When the IDRC is up and running,what is the IDO responsible for?

Back 77

For theoverall management and control of the IDRC, DCC, PDF, and CDF

Front 78

What does the IDO use the deployment processworking group (DPWG)for?

Back 78

To discuss overalldeployment program status and current issues along with ensuring all componentsof the integrated deployment system (IDS) are operational to the maximum extentpossible

Front 79

The wing/installation commander determines the frequencyand scope of exercises based on what?

Back 79

On what is necessary toensure the deployment process runs efficiently and that all units, includingassociate units, are prepared to deploy

Front 80

Explain the deployment requirement manningdocument (DRMD).

Back 80

Lists the manpowerrequirements and unit tasking for a contingency or exercisedeployment.

Front 81

The mission supportgroup commander is responsible to the wing/installation commander for ensuring what?

Back 81

For ensuring thewing/installation and all assigned units are prepared toexecute deployment operations

Front 82

What is considered the main focus of the logistic readinesssquadron commander?

Back 82

Toprovide logistic support to facilitate installation deployment operations.

Front 83

What is considered the focal point of the installation deployment readinesscell (IDRC)?

Back 83

For all deployment and execution operations

Front 84

The permanent staff of the IDRC comprise of what personnel?

Back 84

The IDO,logistics plans, and the IPR personnel

Front 85

Explain the taskingof the supporting commander

Back 85

Aretasked in the JSCP or by other joint planning authorities to provideaugmentation forces and other support to a designated supported commander orcommanders.

Front 86

Explain the taskingof the supported commander

Back 86

Aretasked in the joint strategic capabilities plan (JSCP) or by other jointoperation planning authorities toprepare specific plans in their respective areas of responsibility

Front 87

Name the accountability categories the commander is responsible for?

Back 87

For (thatis, Title 32 (ANG), Title 10 (active duty and air Reserve Component), Title 5(DOD civilians), family members, and contractors.

Front 88

What is considered paramount in order to make sure all personnel are accounted for?

Back 88

It isparamount all Air Force installations and units have recall and evacuation plans in place and personnel are aware oftheir responsibilities to ensure fast, accurateaccountability.

Front 89

Define the Air Force personnel accountability and assessment system(AFPAAS)

Back 89

Is aweb-based application used toaccount for and assess the needs of all Air Force members (Active, air ReserveComponent, Department of AirForce/Nonappropriated Fund civilian and overseas contractors) and theirfamilies following a catastrophicevent

Front 90

Accountability is first and foremostwhose responsibility?

Back 90

A command responsibility

Front 91

AFPAAS is an efficientway to do what?

Back 91

To trackand assess total force Airmen and family members during a crisis.

Front 92

What agencyserves as the primary distribution and collection point for information regardingimpacted threatened personnel?

Back 92

TheHeadquarters Air Force Personnel Center and Personnel Readiness Center(HQAFPC/PRC)

Front 93

Each MAJCOMand the NGB providepersonnel accountability of whom?

Back 93

Of theirpersonnel assigned to any base or outlyingarea impacted by the natural disaster or national emergency and any personnelon leave or TDY in the area ofconcern.

Front 94

What does the unit control center(UCC) serve as for the commander?

Back 94

Serve as a commander’scommunications channel to each individual assigned to an organization and provide a single point of contact for resources requested from the ICvia the ECC or EOC

Front 95

Who has jurisdiction of the personnel control center?

Back 95

The MPScommander or equivalent

Front 96

In additionto meeting all of the requirements of other unit commanders, what does the FSS/CC serves as?

Back 96

As the primary advisor onall personnel-related matters and provide critical interface between their installation commander (or equivalent) andtheir MAJCOM of assignment.

Front 97

Who establishes PTs?

Back 97

The Air Staff PERSCO FAM,HQ USAF/A1PR, and sourced to the MAJCOMs to meet thenational military strategy and the Joint Capabilities Plan (JSCP).

Front 98

How are PTs structured?

Back 98

Structured IAW with UTCsregistered in the MEFPAK

Front 99

What formula is used to determinepersonnel technician support to deployedindividuals?

Back 99

Theformula of one personnel technician per 275 individuals is used as only aguide.

Front 100

Who ensuresrecertification training is accomplished for failure to demonstrate proficiency?

Back 100

FSScommanders

Front 101

What purposedoes strength accountability provide?

Back 101

Providesvaluable planning and decision-making information to senior leaders at all levels concerning deployed force closure,force sustainment, and force availability

Front 102

Describe the sustainment phase

Back 102

Is a transition from theset-up phase, where the majority of the main operating force has arrived andcompleted in-processing actions

Front 103

Define the Deployment Processing Discrepancy Reporting Tool (DPDRT).

Back 103

Is a classified automatedtool used by deployed locations to report deploymentprocessing discrepancies

Front 104

Upon return to home station,what reports and actionsare performed by the PT?

Back 104

After action report (AAR)

Reconstitution of supplies and equipment

Relocation report

Training

Front 105

Regarding all PERSCO GCCS-AFequipment at real-world deployed locations, who handles this responsibility and describethe responsibilities

Back 105

HQ AFPC owns and controlsall PERSCO GCCS-AF equipment at real-world deployed locations and has soleresponsibility for software upgrades, warranty information, and replacementparts

Front 106

What is the job of the deployed equipment custodian?

Back 106

Make sure all GCCS-AFequipment (to include laptop/desktop, printer, scanner, dockingstation) is inventoried, at the beginning and end of each cycle, on the GCCS-AF Inventory sheet provided by HQAFPC

Front 107

When must movement of GCCS equipment be coordinated and with whom?

Back 107

Must becoordinated through and approved byHQ AFPC/DPW.

Front 108

What will bases maintaintheir deployable GCCS-AF equipment for?

Back 108

Fortraining, local exercises, and ORIs

Front 109

What are PT equipment custodians and team chiefs responsible for?

Back 109

Formaintaining the accuracy and correctnessof their respective kits, and will audit the contents annually (unless theresponsible MAJCOM directs a morefrequent audit).