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62 Cards in this Set
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Holism |
All the parts in a culture are interconnected and integrated |
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Schema |
A cognitive shortcut that helps us organize and interpret too much information |
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Worldview |
The sum of beliefs and values that people use to define and interpret the world and their place within it |
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Relativism (behavior) |
Temporarily suspending one's own culturally informed opinion and thinking about how other's might interpret or value a situation
Strongly correlates wil success in culturally complex environments |
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Relativism (attitude) |
The conviction that the beliefs and practics of others are best understood in light of the particular cultures where they are found |
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Linguistic Competence |
A speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their native language |
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Communication Competence |
Understanding how to properly communicate in another language or culture |
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High Context Communication |
Communication where the message is not necessarily conveyed in words
More attention is drawn to nonverbal comm
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Low Context Communication |
Communication where the speaker conveys the message clearly, directly, and informally. |
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Impression Management
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Deliberate and motivated self presentation
Includes emotional regulation, self-monitoring, and perceptual acuity |
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When did National Security come into full use? |
1943, during WWII |
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Culture General |
The abitility to quickly and accurately comprehand and then effectively act in the culturally complex environment to achieve the desired effect without having prior exposure to a particular group, region or language |
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Culture Specific |
An approach that emphasizes specific aspects of particular cultures, affording individuals much of the knowledge and/or skills necessary to interact more competently with individuals of other cultural backgrounds |
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Ethnocentrism |
The human tendency to negatively judge others (culture, behaviors, values) against our own beliefs |
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High self-monitor |
Tend to be more effective in foreign cultures
Reads the social situation first then presents an appropriate response |
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Emotion Regulation |
the ability to manage, modify, and use our emotions toward constructive outcomes
most important predictor of cross-cultural adjustment and adaptation |
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Perceptual Acuity |
the ability to percieve a communication situation accurately
involves attentiveness to verbal and nonverbal elements of a conversation |
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National Security Council (NSC) |
formed after the National Security Act in 1947
coordinates foreign policy and defense policy to reconcile diplomatic and military commitments |
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Secretary of Defense (SecDef) |
the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the DoD
responsivle to the President for creating, supporting, and employing military capabilities |
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Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) |
Principal military advisor to the President, the NSC, and the SecDef |
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Combatant Commander (CCDR) |
determines all aspects of military operations, joint training, logistics
organizes commands and forces within, as necessary
coordinates and approves aspects of admin, support, and discipline |
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Joint Force Commander (JFC) |
general term applied to a CCDR, subunified commander, or Joint Task Force commander (JTF) authorized to exercise combatant command or operational control over a joint force |
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Service Component Commander |
assigned to a CCDR
consists of Service component CDR and Service Forces that have been assigned to that CCDR |
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Combat Support Agencies |
provide combat support or combat service support to joint forces |
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Army Core Values |
Loyalty Duty Respect Selfless Service Honor Integrity Personal Courage |
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Navy/Marines Core Values |
Honor, Courage, Commitment |
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Coast Guard Core Values |
Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty |
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Traditional Warfare |
A confrontation between nation states or coalitions/alliances of nation states |
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Irregular Warfare |
A violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations
Favors indirect and asymmetric approaches |
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Air Force Doctrine |
Describes the proper use of airpower in military operations
The holy grail of the air force
Basic, Operational, and Tactical
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What are the three areas of the Range of Military Operations? |
-Military Engagement, Security Cooperation, and Deterrence
-Crisis Response and Limited Contingency Operations
-Major Operations and Campaigns |
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Adversal Crisis Response/Contingency Operations |
Directing energy towards an enemy
Military force may be required
Involve a greater risk of combat than operations that we conduct to promote peace |
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Non-adversal Crisis Response/Contingency Operations |
How our operational Airmen accomplish missions that are not war but responses to a crisis or contingency
Not really an enemy in play
Don't normally involve combat |
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What are tactical actions? |
Battles, engagements, and/or strikes conducted by combat forces |
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Military Theory |
Scientific, artistic, and philosophical idea or view relating to principles, methods, rules, and operations of war |
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Principles of War
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Guidelines that commanders can use to form and
select courses of actions and concepts of operation Unity of Command, Objective, Offensive, Mass, Maneuver, Economy of Force, Security, Surprise, Simplicity |
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Principles of Joint Operations |
Restraint, Perseverance, Legitimacy, Unity of Effort |
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What does the Range of Military Operations mean?
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When military operations slide along an imprecise scale of violence and scale of military involvement
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Deterrence Theory
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The prevention from action by fear of consequences
state of mind brought about by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction product of three inter-related factors: nation's capability x its will x others' perceptions |
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) |
1July 1968 provides the definition of a nuclear weapon state provides securtiy for non-nuclear weapon states
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation |
limits the spread of nuclear weapons detect, secure, dispose of |
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Nuclear Weapon States |
USA, UK, France, Russia, China |
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Non-nuclear Weapon States |
India, Isreal, Pakistan, North Korea |
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Nuclear Proliferation |
includes activities by non-memebers of the NPT to secure, transport, and employ WMD |
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Cold War Triad
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C2: Command and Control
ICBM: Intercontinental Ballistic Missle SLBM: Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missle |
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New Triad |
Nonnuclear and Nuclear Strike Capabilities (Cold War Triad)
Active and Passive Defenses
Responsive Infrastructure |
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Nuclear Surety
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A program consisting of materials, personnel, and procedure that contribute to the safety, security, reliability, and control of nuclear weapons
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Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) |
Ensures that only those whose behavior demonstrates integrity, reliability, trustworthiness, allegiance, and loyalty to the US shall be allowed to perform duties associated with nuclear weapons |
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Nuclear Safety
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The application of engineering and management principles, criteria, and techniques to protect nuclear weapons against the risks and threats of the environment
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USSOCOM (Special Ops)
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Conducts covert missions
ISR Counter-terrorism War on drugs HQ MacDill, FL |
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USNORTHCOM
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Plans and executes homeland defense missions
HQ Peterson, CO |
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USTRANSCOM
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Coordinates the transportation of people and assets to sustain US forces
HQ MacDill, FL |
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USEUCOM
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US/ NATO relations
Enhance transatlantic security HQ Stuttgart, Germany |
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USCENTCOM
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Promotes cooperation among nations
AOR is Middle East, Egypt, Central Asia HQ MacDill, FL |
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USSOCOM (Special Ops)
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Conducts covert missions
Counter-terrorism War on drugs HQ MacDill, FL |
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USNORTHCOM
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Plans and executes homeland defense missions
HQ Peterson, CO |
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USTRANSCOM
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Coordinates the transportation of people and assets to sustain US forces
HQ Scott AFB, IL |
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USEUCOM
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US/ NATO relations
Enhance transatlantic security HQ Stuttgart, Germany |
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USCENTCOM
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Promotes cooperation among nations
Defeats state and non state aggression Supports development AOR is Middle East, Egypt, Central Asia HQ MacDill, FL |
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USSTRATCOM
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Space ops, missile defense, glacial command, ISR
HQ Offutt, NE |
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Air Combat Command (ACC)
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Organizes, trains, equips and deploys combat ready forces to support combatant commanders around the world
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PACAF (Pacific Air Force)
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Organizes, trains, equips, and maintains resources
Humanitarian relief DoD's largest AOR |
