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| is guidance that is directive or instructive, stating what is to be accomplished. It reflects a conscious choice to pursue certain avenues and not others. |
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| defines how operations should be conducted to accomplish national Policy objectives. Strategy is the continuous process of matching ends, ways, and means to accomplish desired goals within acceptable levels of risk. |
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| Doctrine presents considerations on: |
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| how to accomplish military goals and objectives |
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| Doctrine is a ___________‖ of how we have learned over time as the best way to accomplish a given task. |
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| The National Security Act in 1947, which, among other things, created the _____________ under the chairmanship of the President to coordinate foreign Policy and defense Policy, and to reconcile diplomatic and military commitments and requirements. |
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| National Security Council (NSC) |
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| In 1972 the Nixon administration did official statements of ___________ ________ ________ in a State of the World Report |
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| National Security Strategy (NSS) |
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| Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense (DOD) Reorganization Act |
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| 1986 - required the President to report regularly to Congress and the American people on the National Security Strategy (NSS) |
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| The _________ _______ ________ is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign Policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. |
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| National Security Council (NSC) |
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| American interests are enduring. They are: |
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••The security of the United States, its citizens, and U.S. allies and partners;
••A strong, innovative, and growing U.S. economy in an open international economic system that promotes opportunity and prosperity;
••Respect for universal values at home and around the world; and
••An international order advanced by U.S. leadership that promotes peace, security, and opportunity through stronger cooperation to meet global challenges. |
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| National Defense Strategy (NDS) |
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| SECDEF option: outlines the Department of Defense (DOD) approach to implement the President‘s National Security Strategy (NSS). |
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| National Military Strategy (NMS) |
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| The NMS, signed by the CJCS, supports the aims of the NSS and implements the NDS. Itdescribes the Armed Forces‘ plan to achieve military objectives in the near term and provides the vision for ensuring they remain decisive in the future |
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| With today‘s fiscal realities and military personnel limits make__________ _________a necessity |
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| _________ _________ deals with how we fight as an integrated force. |
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| Joint Doctrine promotes a ________ _______ from which to plan, train, and conduct military operations |
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| The purpose of joint Doctrine is to |
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| enhance the operational effectiveness of US forces. |
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| Joint Doctrine takes precedence over |
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| individual Service‘s Doctrine, which must be consistent with joint Doctrine |
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| When the Armed Forces of the United States participate in multinational operations, US commanders should follow ___________ _________ and procedures that have been ratified by the United States. |
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| the application of creative imagination by commanders and staffs — supported by their knowledge, experience, and skills — to design strategies, campaigns, and major operations and organize and employ military forces |
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| Operational art is the use of ________ __________by commanders and staffs to design strategies, campaigns, and major operations and organize and employ military forces. |
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| Operation Elements that we can't control |
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| the conception and construction of the framework that underpins a joint operation plan and its subsequent execution |
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| Operational design extends operational art‘s vision with a creative process that helps commanders and planners answer the _ _ _ __questions. |
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| the principal instrument for engaging with other states and foreign groups to advance US values, interests, and objectives. The Department of State is the lead agency for the USG for foreign affairs. |
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| It is important for the official agencies of government, including the armed forces, to recognize the fundamental role of the ________ as a conduit of information |
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| information operations (IO): |
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| are the integrated employment of electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security, in concert with specified supporting and related capabilities, to influence, disrupt, corrupt or usurp adversarial human and automated decision making while protecting our own |
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| The purpose of the Armed Forces is |
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| to fight and win the Nation‘s wars |
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| Operations conducted by forces of two or more nations are termed |
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| multinational operations.‖ |
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| An ____________ is a relationship that results from a formal agreement (e.g., treaty) between two or more nations for broad, long-term objectives that further the common interests of the members. |
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| Interorganizational coordination is |
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| the interaction that occurs among elements of the DOD; engaged USG agencies; state, territorial, local, and tribal agencies; foreign military forces and government agencies; intergovernmental organizations (IGOs); nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); and the private sector. |
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| Warfare is typically divided into three levels: |
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| strategic, operational, and tactical. |
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| Effects at the __________ _______ of war impair the adversary‘s ability to carry out war or hostilities in general. |
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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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| where individual battles and engagements are fought |
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