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| The ______ branch of the military chain of command is the most familiar to the majority of military leaders. It proceeds from the Secretary of Defense through the Secretaries of the military departments and then to the Service Chiefs. |
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| Authority and control of forces not assigned to Combatant Commands proceed through the _______ chain of command. |
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| Parallel to the Administrative branch is the _______ branch. This branch runs from the President, to the Secretary of Defense, to the Combatant Commands. |
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| ____________ are relayed through the Chairman Joint Chief of Staff. |
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| A major part of the __________ chain of command is to conduct joint ops planning |
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| _______ are the broad and enduring purposes for which the Services and U.S. Combatant Commands were established in law. |
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| ________ include core mission areas of the Armed Forces required to achieve the strategic objectives of the National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, and National Military Strategy. |
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| Under Article ______ of the Constitution, the President is responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by Congress. |
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| The _________________is the principal military advisor to the President, the NSC, and the Secretary of Defense. |
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| Chairman Joint Chief of Staff, or the CJCS |
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| The _______ is the ranking officer of the Armed Forces. |
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| There are 8 sections of the joint chiefs of staff, they're responsibilities are: |
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| Manpower and personnel; joint staff intelligence; operations; logistics; strategic plans and policy; command, control, communications, and computer systems; operational plans and joint force development; force structure resources and assessment |
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| __________is primarily responsible for providing combat-ready special operations forces to the geographic COCOMs in support of U.S. national security interests. This command is not limited to a specific geographic AOR, but must respond wherever the President or Secretary of Defense directs in peacetime and across the spectrum of conflict. |
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| Special Operations Command |
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| _________ Command's mission is to deter military attack on the U.S. and its allies, and employ forces so as to achieve national objectives should deterrence fail. They are responsible for providing intelligence on countries that either posses or seek to posses weapons of mass destruction, provide support to other combatant command commanders as well as develop a Single Integrated Operational Plan or SIOP that fully satisfies national guidance. They also monitor the readiness of SIOP committed forces and commanding controlling and employing assigned forces. |
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| _______ Command is responsible for developing and directing the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise to globally project strategic national security capabilities; accurately sense the operating environment; provide end-to-end distribution process visibility; and responsive support of joint, U.S. government and Secretary of Defense approved multinational and non-governmental logistical requirements. |
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| The ____ COCOMs currently established are all unified commands |
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| Special Operations Command, U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Transportation Command are all examples of functional commands. They're referred to as functional commands because they perform ______ functions. |
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