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| All of the means available to the U.S. government in its pursuit of national objectives. They are expressed as diplomatic, information, military, and economic (DIME) |
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| Instruments of National Power |
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| Fundamental principles that guide the employment of U.S. military forces in coordinated action toward a common objective |
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| A document approve by the Chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) that describes the Armed Forces' plan to achieve military objetcives in the near term and provides the vision for ensuring they remain decisive in the future. |
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| National Military Strategy |
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| A collective term encompassing both national defense and foreign relations of the United States |
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| Directive or Instructive Guidance;It states what is to be accomplished. It reflects a conscious choice to pursue certain avenues and not others. It fluctuates May change due to changes in national leadership, political considerations, or for fiscal reasons. |
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| At the national level,______ may be expressed in such broad vehicles as national objectives, enduring national interests in the National Security Strategy or Presidential Executive Orders. |
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| It is dependent on what realities are at that time in history. |
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| _______ defines how operations should be conducted to accomplish national Policy objectives.The continuous process of matching ends, ways, and means to accomplish desired goals within acceptable levels of risk. Originates in Policy and addresses broad objectives, along with the designs and plans for achieving them. |
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| Presents considerations on how to accomplish military missions and objectives. It is a “storehouse” of analyzed and archived experience and wisdom. It is authoritative, but unlike policy, is not directive. It is a sort of “playbook” which identifies the best strategies [plays] for accomplishing a given task. It includes years of experience and shapes how we employ military forces today. |
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| an American football coach has learned over time that it is usually best to punt on a fourth down. This is the tried and true method that is the least risky to the team. This is a simple example of ________. |
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| Since the end of World War II, each administration has sought to develop and perfect a reliable set of Executive Procedures and institutions to manage ________. |
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| National Security Policy. |
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| Under the chairmanship of the President, the ________ coordinates foreign policy and defense policy, and reconciles diplomatic and military commitments and requirements. |
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| National Security Council |
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| Required the President to report regularly to Congress and American people on the National Security Strategy (usually during an annual State of the World report). |
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| 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act |
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| Reagan's administration published the first |
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| National Security Strategy report |
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| serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies. |
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| National Security Council |
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| The members of the National Security Council include |
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| Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Secretary of Treasury; Secretary of Treasury; Secretary of State; Vice President; Secretary of Defense; and President is the Chairman |
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| The overall process of initiating, controlling, developing, writing, and publishing the National Security Strategy is owned and resides with the _________, who also heads or leads the National Security Council staff. |
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| Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs |
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| In the event of armed conflict, _______ will be tailored to meet national security objectives and terminate conflicts on terms favorable to U.S. interests. |
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| The _________ will support the National Security Strategy by establishing a set of overarching defense objectives that guide DOD’s security activities and provide direction for the National Military Strategy. |
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| National Defense Strategy |
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| it outlines the military’s role in achieving national objectives or enduring interests. |
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| National Defense Strategy |
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| The main part of the NSC staff that deals with the National Security Strategy is known as the _________. |
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| Provides a broad strategic context for employing military capabilities in concert with other instruments of national power. |
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| The National Security Strategy |
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| Although there is no statutory requirement, SecDef may produce a __________, which outlines the DOD approach to implement the President's National Security Strategy. Furthermore, it provides direction for the National Military Strategy. It will serve as a link between military activities and those other government agencies in pursuit of national goals. |
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| National Defense Strategy |
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| Describes the objectives, concepts, tasks, and capabilities necessary to implement the goals set for the military in the NSS and its supporting documents and forms the basis for formal planning within the Joint Strategic Planning System |
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| The National Military Strategy |
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| ______ presents fundamental principles that guide the employment of U.S. military forces in coordinated and integrated action toward a common objective. It promotes a common perspective from which to plan, train, and conduct military operations. It represents what is taught, believed, and advocated as what is right. It provides distilled insights and wisdom gained from employing the military instrument of national power in operations to achieve national objectives. |
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| ________ is needed to get us all on the same page if we are to fight as an integrated force. |
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| ________ standardizes terminology, training, relationships, responsibilities, and processes among all U.S. forces |
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| ________ is a more detailed application of theory and experience that is tailored to the unique capability of each service. It is written from the perspective of each service’s culture and the medium of warfare in which the service operates the most frequently. It is meant to be complementary to Joint Doctrine. |
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| _______ defines how operations should be conducted. |
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| ______ is the continuous process of matching ends, ways, and means to accomplish desired goals within acceptable levels of risk. |
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| ______ originates in Policy and addresses broad objectives, along with the designs and plans for achieving them. |
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| ______ begins with our leadership's mental image of the world and is codified in several documents such as the NSS, NDS, and NMS |
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| ________ integrates ends, ways, and means across the levels of war. It leverages a commander's experience, knowledge and skills to influence the outcome of an operation. |
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| At the national level, ______ may be expressed in such broad vehicles as national objectives, enduring national interests in the National Security Strategy or Presidential Executive Orders |
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| The realities of the time in history and in the world events often cause changes in _____ , but very slowly. |
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| The __________ is the statutory military advisor to the Council. |
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| The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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| Who leads the National Security Council staff? |
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| Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs |
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| What national instruments of power are denoted by the acromyn, DIME? |
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| Diplomatic, Information, Military, and Economic |
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| _______ ensures a certain amount of structure exists and that the Strategy a Commander uses fits into the larger, national, big picture. |
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| __________ is comprised of the overhead guidance and structure that a commander must follow as well as ensuring that the Strategy will accomplish a larger national or military objective. |
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| What is the principal instrument of engagement? |
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| The ________---is the lead agency for the U.S. Government for foreign affairs. |
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| the use of the should be a last resort when the other instruments of national power have failed to achieve the nation’s objectives. |
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| military to conduct combat operations |
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| Effects at the ______ level of war impair the adversary‘s ability to carry out war or hostilities in general. |
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| strategic level; Strategic effects should neutralize the adversary‘s centers of gravity (COGs). |
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| At this level, the U.S. determines national or multinational (alliance or coalition) security objectives and guidance, and uses all national resources to achieve objectives and desired end states. |
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| In general terms, the ________ level of war addresses the issues of WHY and WITH WHAT the military will fight and WHY the enemy fights against the United States. |
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| At this level, campaigns and major operations are designed, planned, conducted, sustained, assessed, and adapted to accomplish strategic goals within theaters or areas of operations |
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| the operational level of war |
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| they orchestrate tactical successes to achieve objectives at higher levels. |
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| operational level activities. They imply a broader dimension of time or space than do tactics |
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| The decision-making products at this level of planning identify required forces and resources balanced against operational risk. |
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| The operational level of war |
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| The ______ level of war involves the integration of tactical military missions and engagements to achieve strategic ends. |
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| Planning at what Level of War determines WHAT the military will affect, with WHAT courses of action, in WHAT order, for WHAT duration, and with WHAT RESOURCEs? |
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| military actions occur almost entirely at the _______ level. |
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| The ______ level of air, space, and cyberspace warfare deals with how forces are employed and the specifics of how engagements are conducted. |
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| The _____ level of war deals with HOW the military fights. |
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| What the military will affect, with what courses of action, in what order, for what duration, and with what resources, is determined at the _____ level of war |
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