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| Combatant commanders and subordinate joint force commanders must work with U.S. ambassadors (or diplomatic missions), Department of State, and other agencies to best integrate the military actions with the diplomatic, economic, and informational instruments of national power to promote ________. |
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| The range of military operations includes these three categories of operations: (1) military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence; (2) crisis response and limited contingency operations; and ________. |
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| major operations and campaigns |
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| These operations are typically limited in scope and scale and conducted to achieve a very specific objective in an operational area. They include noncombatant evacuation operations, peace operations, foreign humanitarian assistance, recovery operations, consequence management, strikes, raids, homeland defense, and defense support of civil authorities. |
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| crisis response and limited contingency operations |
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| Various joint operations such as a show of force or sanctions enforcement support ________ by demonstrating national resolve and willingness to use force when necessary. |
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| The purpose of ________ is to concentrate the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to produce decisive results. |
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| The purpose of ________ is to develop and maintain the will necessary to attain the national strategic end state. It is based on the legality, morality, and rightness of the actions undertaken |
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| The purpose of ________________ is to ensure the commitment necessary to attain the national strategic end state. One must be prepared for measured, protracted military operations |
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| The purpose of ________ is to limit collateral damage and prevent the unnecessary use of force. A single act could cause significant military and political consequences; therefore, judicious use of force is necessary |
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| The purpose of an _________ action is to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative. |
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| The purpose of _________ is to expend minimum essential combat power on secondary efforts in order to allocate the maximum possible combat power on primary efforts |
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| The purpose of _________ is to place the enemy in a position of disadvantage through the flexible application of combat power. |
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| The purpose of ___________ is to ensure unity of effort under one responsible commander for every objective. |
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| The purpose of _________ is to prevent the enemy from acquiring unexpected advantage. |
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| The purpose of ___________ is to strike at a time or place or in a manner for which the enemy is unprepared. |
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| The purpose of ________ is to increase the probability that plans and operations will be executed as intended by preparing clear, uncomplicated plans and concise orders. |
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| Various joint operations such as a show of force or sanctions enforcement support ________ by demonstrating national resolve and willingness to use force when necessary |
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| The purpose of specifying the ________ is to direct every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive, and achievable goal. |
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| Combating terrorism involves actions taken to oppose terrorism from wherever the threat exists, and encompasses ________ —defensive measures taken to reduce vulnerability to terrorist acts—and ________ —offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, preempt, and respond to terrorism. |
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| antiterrorism, counterterrorism |
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| Operations designed to demonstrate U.S. resolve, and involve the appearance of a credible military force in an attempt to defuse a situation that, if allowed to continue, may be detrimental to U.S. interests are known as ________ operations |
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__________ involves operations that employ coercive measures to interdict the movement of certain types of designated items into or out of a nation or specified area
Their purpose is to persuade nations or groups to modify their behavior to meet the desires of the sanctioning body or face continued imposition of sanctions or threat or use of force. |
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| The goal is to promote long-term regional stability. ____________ programs include, but are not limited to, Security Assistance, Foreign Internal Defense (FID), and Humanitarian and Civic Assistance (HCA). Collaborative planning between the JFC and OGAs, IGOs, NGOs, and HN authorities can greatly enhance the effectiveness of this. |
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| ________ helps prevent adversary action through the presentation of a credible threat of counteraction. It stems from the belief of a potential aggressor that a credible threat of retaliation exists, the contemplated action cannot succeed, or the costs outweigh any possible gains. |
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| At the strategic level, ________ encompasses those planning activities, such as continuity of operations and continuity of government, undertaken to ensure DOD processes, procedures, and resources are in place to support the President and SECDEF in a designated national security emergency. |
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| The DOD contribution to a unified action effort to support and augment the development of the capacity and capability of foreign security forces and their supporting institutions to facilitate the achievement of specific objectives shared by the USG is called ________. |
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| security force assistance |
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| An operation that employs coercive measures to interdict the movement of certain types of designated items into or out of a nation or specified area is known as ________. |
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| A military operation to temporarily seize an area, usually through forcible entry, in order to secure information, confuse an adversary, capture personnel or equipment, or destroy an objective or capability is called a ________. It ends with a planned withdrawal upon completion of the assigned mission. |
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| _________ are multiagency and multinational operations involving all instruments of national power; including international humanitarian and reconstruction efforts and military missions; to contain conflict, redress the peace, and shape the environment to support reconciliation and rebuilding and facilitate the transition to legitimate governance. |
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| are operations directed by the President and managed by DOS or other appropriate authority whereby noncombatants are evacuated from foreign countries when their lives are endangered by war, civil unrest, or natural disaster to safe havens or to the United States. Although principally conducted to evacuate U.S. citizens, NEOs also may include citizens from the HN as well as citizens from other countries. |
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| noncombatant evacuation operation |
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| Military operations that apply military force or threaten its use, normally pursuant to international authorization, to compel compliance with resolutions or sanctions designed to maintain or restore peace and order are known as ________ operations. |
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| are military operations undertaken with the consent of all major parties to a dispute, designed to monitor and facilitate implementation of an agreement (cease fire, truce, or other such agreement) and support diplomatic efforts to reach a long-term political settlement. |
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| _______________ consists of stability actions (predominantly diplomatic, economic, and security related) that strengthen and rebuild governmental infrastructure and institutions, build confidence, and support economic reconstruction to prevent a return to conflict. |
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| ______________ is the process of diplomacy, mediation, negotiation, or other forms of peaceful settlement that arranges an end to a dispute or resolves issues that led to conflict. |
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| Pursuant to Executive Order 12656, the ________ is responsible for the protection and evacuation of American citizens abroad and for safeguarding their property. |
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| In foreign humanitarian assistance operations, commanders usually establish a ________ because it is critical to working with the participating intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). |
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| civil-military operations center (CMOC) |
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| Operations conducted to search for, locate, identify, recover, and return isolated personnel, sensitive equipment, items critical to national security, or human remains are known as ________. |
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| An operation that employs coercive measures to interdict the movement of certain types of designated items into or out of a nation or specified area is known as ________. |
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| Joint force commanders strive to isolate enemies by denying them ________. The intent is to strip away as much enemy support or freedom of action as possible, while limiting the enemy's potential for horizontal or vertical escalation |
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| Preplanned, deterrence-oriented actions carefully tailored to bring an issue to early resolution without armed conflict are known as ________. |
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| flexible deterrent options |
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| Joint force commanders must integrate and synchronize offensive, defensive, and stability operations that comprise major operations and campaigns. Planning for stability operations should begin ________. |
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| when joint operation planning is initiated |
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| Although ________ may be the stronger force posture, it is the ________ that is normally decisive in combat. Therefore, commanders will normally seek to transition to the decisive operations at the earliest opportunity. |
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| A joint military operation conducted either as a major operation or a part of a larger campaign to seize and hold a military lodgment in the face of armed opposition for the continuous landing of forces is called ________. These operations may include amphibious, airborne, and air assault operations, or any combination thereof. |
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| The ultimate measure of success in peace building is ________. Therefore, joint force commanders seek a clear understanding of the national and coalition strategic end state and how military operations support that end state. |
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| Major operation and campaign plans must feature a(n) ________ offensive, defensive, and stability operations in all phases. |
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| appropriate balance between |
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| The responsibility to plan and coordinate U.S. government efforts in stabilization and reconstruction has been assigned to ________. |
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| Joint operation planning encompasses a number of elements, including three broad operational activities, four planning functions, and a number of related products. The operational activity of ________ does not apply to Deliberate Planning, but the other two do. |
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| Execution but Situational Awareness and Planning does |
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| This is a complete and detailed joint plan containing a full description of the CONOPS, all annexes applicable to the plan, and a TPFDD. It is written to level 4 planning detail and identifies the specific forces, functional support, and resources required to execute the plan and provide closure estimates for their flow into the theater. |
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Lv4 - Operation Plan (OPLAN)
Lv3 - Concept Plan (CONPLAN)
Lv2 - Base Plan (BPLAN)
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| The primary product of the Plan Development function is an approved ________. |
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| campaign or contingency plan |
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| Deliberate Planning is normally initiated by a tasking in the ________. It is based on assigned planning guidance, derived assumptions, and apportioned forces. |
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| The seven steps of the ________ follow the sequence of the general problem solving process. It is used for both deliberate planning and crisis action planning. |
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| joint operation planning process |
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