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continuous
iterative
highly structured |
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i. Orchestrates use of resources to achieve strategy
ii. Limited spin-up time
iii. Used during a crisis |
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i. End-state oriented
ii. Derived from strategic guidance (NSS/NDS/NMS) |
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1. Planning initiation
2. Mission analysis
3. COA development
4. COA analysis/wargaming
5. COA comparison
6. COA approval
7. Plan/Order development |
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1. JP-1
2. Unified Command Plan (UCP) (FOUO)
a. Guidance to CCDR
b. Establishes missions, responsibilities, structure
3. Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JCSP)
a. Guidance to accomplish missions
b. Based on near-term capabilities |
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i. Process supporting contingency planning
ii. Systematically revise plans to make “living” plans
iii. Provides flexibility |
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i. “Crisis” = immediate problem, time-sensitive
ii. Rapid development of joint plans and OPORDs for use of existing resources in response to imminent crisis
iii. Contingency planning supports CAP by anticipating potential crises |
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| Three Phases of Crisis Action Planning |
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Definition
1. Situation awareness (like Receipt of Mission and Mission Analysis)
2. Planning (like COA development, analysis, comparison, approval)
3. Execution (execute the mission) |
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1. WARNORD: Initiates development of COAs
2. PLANORD: Provides planning guidance and initiates plan development before POTUS/SECDEF approve a COA
3. ALERTORD: Provides planning guidance and initiates plan development after POTUS/SECDEF approve a COA
4. Prepare to Deploy Order (PTDO): Directive to prepare to move forces
5. Deployment Order (DEPORD): Directive to transfer forces to another command (aka deploy)
6. Execute Order (EXORD): Directs implementation of approved COA |
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| Supports CCDR with people and equipment by using UTCs |
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a. Header
b. Mission Capability (MISCAP)
c. Manpower Force Element (MFE)
d. Logistics Detail (LOGDET) |
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Definition
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| Three Phases of Air Force Requirements Life Cycle |
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Definition
1. Development
a. CCDR tells SECDEF what they need
b. SECDEF tells MAJCOM what CCDR needs
c. MAJCOM selects most appropriate sourcing solution
2. Sourcing
a. AFPC/DPW searches requirements in DCAPES
b. Ten-day window
3. Verification/validation
a. MAJCOM tells CCDR that it found a solution
i. CCDR concurs, tasking goes to USTRANSCOM for transportation arrangements
ii. CCDR does not concur, start over
b. Or, MAJCOM submits reclama if no solutions found |
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| Operational Capability Package OCP |
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Definition
ix. Lets COMAFFOR show comprehensive, prepackaged AF capability to CCDR
x. i.e., DSCA, Humanitarian Relief Ops, Non-Combatant Evac Ops, etc |
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xi. How the Air Force is planning on deploying us
xii. Uses tempo bands to show when we can deploy |
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| What are the Joint Planning Systems |
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Definition
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1. Basically just one big database
2. Integrates command, control, communication, and intelligence |
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| Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) |
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Definition
1. Interface for GCCS
2. Includes policies and procedures used to conduct joint planning |
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| Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) |
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Definition
1.The future JOPES
2.Helps create net-centric, “living” plans
3.DISA will provide several capabilities to support APEX system and make life easier |
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| Time-Phased Force and Deployment Data (TPFDD) |
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Definition
1. Answers the following questions after receiving AEF tasking
a. First movement date?
b. Required delivery date?
c. Destination?
d. Route/mode of travel?
2. Electronic data portion of a plan in JOPES |
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| Status of Resources and Training System (SORTS) (feeds into JOPES) |
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Definition
1. Central registry of all operational units in the armed forces
2. Designated Operational Capabilities (DOC) statement |
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| Designated Operational Capabilities (DOC) statement |
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Definition
a. What your mission is, including capabilities and response times
b. SORTS used to provide accurate assessment of ability to meet DOC requirements |
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c-1 full
c-2 most
c-3 many
c-4 requires more resourses
c-5 not prepared |
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Personnel P level
Equipment and Supplies S Level
Equipment condition R level
training T level |
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| Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution (DCAPES) |
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Definition
| Air Force’s equivalent to JOPES, but on a service level |
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| Logistics Module (LOGMOD) |
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Definition
1. Logistics-planning program that maintains cargo and personnel details for UTCs and taskings
2. Three resident modules within
a. LOGFOR: Logistics details for equipment
b. LOGPLAN: Customize UTCs for each tasking a unit supports
c. DSOE: Plan/schedule/monitor deployment actions |
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Definition
Air Force’s equivalent to SORTS, but on a service level for UTCs
Graded on Stop light |
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a. Personnel
b. Training
c. Warrior skills
d. Equipment supply
e. Equipment condition |
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a. Readiness assessment: UTC can perform MISCAP
b.Tasking assessment: Take inventory twice
i. Within 72 hours of deployment
ii. When it returns from deployment |
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| Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging (MEFPAK) |
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Definition
| Database that provides all AF UTCs to planners |
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Term
| Pre-deployment Training Tool (PDTT) |
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Definition
1. Manage/provide training info for some pre-deployment training
2. All JET and IA taskings |
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| Reclama Processing Tool (RPT) |
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Definition
1. Request relief from tasking
2. Asks authority to reconsider its decision or proposed action by assigning tasking to another unit or MAJCOM
3. Only used in last-case scenarios |
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| Deployment Processing discrepancy Reporting tool (DPDRT) |
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Definition
1. Allow teams to report and home units to answer for discrepancy items
2. All discrepancies noted and loaded here |
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Term
| Instruments of national power (DIMEs) |
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Definition
a. Diplomatic
b. Informational
c. Military
d. Economic |
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Term
| POTUS’s primary advisor in all DOD matters |
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Definition
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Term
| Two branches of chain of command |
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Definition
a. POTUS to SECDEF to CCDRs to joint forces
b. POTUS to SECDEF to SECXXXs to service forces not assigned to CCDRs |
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Term
| National Security Council (NSC) |
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Definition
| POTUS’s principal forum regarding national security and foreign policy |
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Term
| Department of Defense (DOD) |
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Definition
a.Coordinates and supervises all gov agencies relating to national security and the military
b.Functions
i.Support/defend constitution
ii.Ensure US security
iii.Uphold/advance national policies and interests |
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| Combatant Commands (COCOM) |
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Definition
a. POTUS establishes COCOMs
b. CDRs exercise command authority, OPCON, and TACON |
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Definition
a.Established on a geographic or functional basis
b.Commanders exercise OPCON |
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Definition
a.Established by POTUS, SECDEF, CCDR, sub-unified commander, or existing CJTF
b.Geographic or functional basis
c.Limited objective, no overall centralized control of logistics
d.Dissolved when objective achieved |
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Definition
a. JFC’s task is to integrate and synchronize all capabilities to achieve objectives set by CCDR, SECDEF, and POTUS
b. Air, land, sea, space, and special operations forces |
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Definition
a. Provide administrative and logistical support for joint forces
b. ARFOR, AFFOR, NAVFOR, MARFOR
c. i.e., USAFE is Air Force component to USEUCOM |
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Term
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Definition
a. Conduct operations when 2+ services operate in same dimension
i.e., JFACC integrates aerial components of each service |
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| Operational Areas Day to Day |
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Definition
i. AOR = geographical area of a combatant command
ii. AO = stuff that happens within that AOR |
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| Operational Areas War time |
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Definition
i. Theatre of war = a geographical area involved in the combat of war
1. European Theatre in WWII
ii. Theatre of ops = stuff that happens within a given Theatre of War
1.Storming of Normandy Beach in WWII |
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Definition
a. Consists of…
i. Chairman
ii. Vice Chairman
iii. Service chiefs (i.e., Chief of Staff of the Air Force)
b. Primary responsibility is to ensure personnel readiness, policy, planning, and training
c. Also advise POTUS and SECDEF |
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Definition
Director of Joint Staff
Director of Management (DOM)
J1 = personnel and manpower
J2 = intelligence
J3 = operations
J4 = Logistics
J5 = Strategic plans and policy
J6 = Command, Control, Communications, and Computer systems
J7 = Operational plans and joint force development
J8 = force structure, resources, and assessment |
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| assign tasks, designate objectives, organize forces |
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Definition
| administration, support, paperwork |
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| detailed direction, tasking, and control of movement |
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Definition
a. Sub-unified command under USSTRATCOM
b. In charge of all DOD networks and operations to ensure freedom of action in cyberspace
c. Resilient, reliable networks, counter cyber threats, assure access |
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| The Army (2nd Army = army cyber) |
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Definition
a. Control people, terrain, and national resources
b. Four fundamentals
i. Combined arms (use multiple army branches)
ii. Joint interdependence (use other branches)
iii. Full spectrum operations (offense, defense, stability, reconstruction, civil support)
iv. Mission command (commander’s intent, mission orders, resource allocation) |
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Definition
a. Naval combat and aviation, gain general naval supremacy
b. Rank goes in weird places
c. Defends transoceanic links (strong national strategic priority) |
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Definition
i. Seizure or defense of naval bases
ii. Conduct essential land operations
iii. Have their own cyber command |
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Definition
i.Small-scale contingencies
ii.Humanitarian assistance efforts
iii.Support UN sanctions
iv.Port security in overseas theatres
v. Crisis response contingencies |
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| Primary combat communications priorities |
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Definition
a. Expeditionary communication
b. ATC services
c. Anywhere in the world |
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Definition
a. Train, deploy, and deliver comm systems for combat operations anytime, anywhere
b. Conduct tactical operations in austere, deployed, and joint environments |
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a. Self-supporting combat unit
b. Operate complex networks, switches, and base-level comm equipment
c. Delver critical voice and high-speed data communications
d. Provides its own site security, electrical power, and vehicle maintenance |
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| 435th Air and Space Comm Group |
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Definition
a. USAFE’s only combat comm and C4ISR support for NATO and USEUCOM
b. Operate USAFE’s JWICS, GCCS, TBMCS, and ISR networks
c. Responsible for all combat comm things in Europe |
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| 644th Combat Comm Squadron |
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Definition
a. Provides combat comm to PACOM
b. Part of 36th Contingency Response Group |
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| Air Comm Squadron (ACOMS) |
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Definition
| Communications units designed to support AOCs and theatre-level deployed comm |
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Term
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Definition
a. Air picture integration
b. Regional air operations conducted from a Control and Reporting Center (CRC) |
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| Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) |
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Definition
| Air Force units that deploy and act as division-level liaisons to the Army |
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Term
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Definition
a.Predictability
i. “Who goes first?”
ii. Varies during surge operations
b. Equitability
i. Make sure you treat all airmen equally
ii. Allows airmen in the same functional areas to deploy at the same pace
c. Transparency
i. No mystery to the process
ii. Visibility |
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Definition
a. Readily-available force
i. Primary pool fulfilling AF rotational capabilities
b. Enabler force
i. Common user assets (like special operations, combat comm, uniquely categorized forces)
ii. “High demand, low supply” (HD/LS)
iii. “On-call” at all times
c. In-place support
i. Can be two types
1.Exclusively supporting a CCDR mission
2.Minimum requirements to support critical home station operations
d.Institutional force
i.Provides Air Force sustainment capability to meet statutory requirements
ii. Don’t represent warfighting as a whole, so don’t have postured UTCs |
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Definition
| provides relevant info about all things AEF and deployments |
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| Personal Deployment Preparedness Tool (PDPR) |
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Definition
a. Keep current on personnel, medical, and training readiness
b.Use for your own information |
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Term
| Commander’s Toolkit (CCTK) |
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Definition
a. Keep current on your troops’ personnel, medical, and training readiness
b. Tells you how your unit looks so you can deploy |
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Term
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Definition
1. Learn from the mistakes you’ve made
2. Teaming
3.Crisis deployment vs rotation of airmen
a.Crisis: makes more sense to pull as much as possible from single wing in a pool
b.Normal rotation
i.Cast wide net across Air Force
ii. Maximizes efficient use of AEF assets |
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Term
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Definition
1. Upcoming replacement of current AEF
2. Improved methodology similar to BCTs, CSGs, and MEFs
3. Air Force will get Air Power Teams (APTs) |
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| Personal Deployment Preparedness |
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Definition
Legal issues
finances
Personel bag 30-45 days
nation sensitivites
team integrity
ROEs LOAC UCMJ
Status of Armed Forces Agreement
Self Maintenance
Command and Control
a.Installation Control Center = top echelon of airbase operations led by the senior commander
b. Emergency Ops Center = C2 support that directs, monitors, supports throughout an incident
c. Unit Control Center = focal point for unit C2 functions |
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Definition
i. General: They can do anything you can do
ii. Special: Buy/sell vehicles/property, etc
iii. Health care: Can make health decisions for you |
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identification
preparation
documentation |
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Definition
a. Hazardous materials
b. Pose unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property
c. Must be accessible during flight |
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Term
| who directs AEF air craft missions |
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Definition
| TAAC directs all aircraft in support of trans |
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Term
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Definition
i. Aggregated (code AK)
1. Primary mode to move airmen into CENTCOM AOR
2. Collect everyone at one point (i.e., Norfolk) and go
3.Whole unit
ii. Channel (code AC)
1.Secondary mode
2. Switch people out
3. Humanitarian, etc
4. Get equipment there |
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| Deployment transportation process |
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Definition
a. Home station to port of embarkation (POE)
b. POE to port of debarkation (POD)
c. POD to final destination |
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Definition
a. Military airlift: specialized capabiolities like pallets, combat offloading, tankers, etc
b. Contract airlift: augments airlift requirements and saves mil airlift assets for wartime
c. Civil Reserve Air Fleet: government pays companies to maintain planes just in case |
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Definition
a. Positioning
i. Mission essential equipment goes in middle
ii. Replaceable assets go in front and back
b. Sectors of responsibility
c. Speed and spacing |
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Definition
| packaging forces for presentation to a combatant commander |
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| AETF module basic assumptions |
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Definition
a. Runway must be repairable or ready to go
b. Water source that can be made potable
c. Fuel available from host nation
d. Vehicles available from host nation
e. Infrastructure is limited
f. Population flow
i. 24 hr: 150
ii. 48 hr: 550
iii. C+14: 2000
iv. C+30: 3000
g. Host nation has little bandwidth |
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Open the Airbase
Command and Control
Establish the Airbase
Generate Mission
Operate the Airbase
Robust the Airbase |
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Definition
i. Initial capabilities for C2, airfield ops, log, etc
ii. Comm should make a site survey for where comm is potentially needed |
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| categories for Open the Airbase |
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Definition
1. Assess airbase
2. Establish minimum operating strip
3. Protect the forces
4. Initial C2
5. Conduct airfield operations
6. Establish comm
7. Handle cargo/passengers
8. Receive/bed-down initial forces |
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Definition
i. Minimum basic initial C2 capability
ii. Initial staffs for maintenance, MSG, MDG
iii. Secure comm and intel are key for control
iv. IOC = 16 hr |
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Term
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Definition
i. Build and modify existing infrastructure and establish 24-hour ops/comm
ii. Contains limited forces to bring the base to initial operating capability
iii. Capabilities designed to support most missions and weapon systems
iv. IOC = 4 days |
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Definition
i. Common capabilities that are required to support similar aviation packages
ii. Weather, intel, MSG, comm, etc
iii. Conduct ops within 36 hours of arrival
iv. Have embedded sustainment for up to 30 days
v. Basically starting to set up normal base functions |
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Definition
i. Contains MSG forces needed to achieve full operating capability
ii. For comm: documentation, updates, fixing things, etc
iii. IOC = 7 days |
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| Theathre deployable communications goal |
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Definition
| Transmit and receive voice, data, and video securely |
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Term
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Definition
a.Connectivity from deployed locations anywhere in world
b.Multiple SATCOM systems
c.User requests info on computer, goes to router, goes to antenna, goes to satellite, goes to STEP tower, goes to hard lines, goes to DISN webz. And back.
d. Must request access
i. SAR and SAA: Request/authorization for use of satellite for specific timeframe and location
ii. GAR and GAA: Request/authorization for network allocation and permission to use DISN through a STEP |
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Definition
i. Bring a flyaway kit
ii. Get initial C2 and SIPR/NIPR access |
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| Command and Control equipment |
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Definition
i. Satellite antenna systems: Access to GIG through STEPs
ii. TDC Core: limited voice and data services for contingencies and support
iii. TDS expansion: distributes services, expand base comm infrastructure
1. Also access to GBS: high bandwidth link for intel analysis and SA
iv. Giant Voice
v. TDS Distro Equipment: those cute P2P transmitters/receivers to cross rivers |
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| Establish the Airbase equipment |
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Definition
i. TACAN: Gets range, distance bearing, and ID info to approaching aircraft
ii. MATC: Pope mobile!
iii. Landing Control Center (LCC): Radar equipment for MATC |
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| In-garrison Patch Management for deployable equipment |
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Definition
a. Method of making sure software is up to date
b. PMO issues Field Change Order (FCO) directing software patches or network conf changes
i. Similar to TCNOs
ii. Make things ready for deployment |
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Definition
a. Physical: cut lines, enemy fire, sabotage, physical damage to buildings
b. Personal media/devices: Ugh
c. Morale servers: restrict PPM to avoid malware proliferation |
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