CH 111 MOOTW Flashcards
(31 cards)
What is war
When instruments of national power are unable to achieve national objectives or protect national interests any other way. goal is to win as quickly as possible with as few casualties as possible
What are MOOTW
Focus on deterring war, resolving conflict, promoting peace, and supporting civil authority in response to domestic crisis.
Arms control
Any plan, arrangement, or process resting upon explicit or implicit international agreement. Governs any aspect of: numbers, types, performance characteristics
Combating terrorism
Actions taken to oppose terrorism from wherever the threat
antiterrorism
Defensive measures taken to reduce vulnerability to terrorist attacks
counterterrorism
Offensive measures taken to prevent, deter and respond to terrorism
Enforcement of sanctions/maritime intercept ops
Operations which employ coercive measures to interdict the movement of certain types of designated items into or out of a nation or specific area
Enforcing exclusion zones
Established by sanctioning body to prohibit specified activities in a specific geographical area
Example of Enforcement of sanctions/maritime intercept ops
OPERATION SUPPORT DEMOCRACY, HAITI 1993
Example of enforcing exclusion zones
OPERATION SOUTHER WATCH, IRAQ 1992
Enforcing freedom of navigation and overflight
Operations conducted to demonstrate US or international rights to navigate sea or air routes
Example of enforcing freedom of navigation and overflight
ATTAIN DOCUMENT series of operations, LYBIA, 1986
Humanitarian assistance
Operations to reduce or relieve the result of natural or manmade disaster or other endemic conditions such as human pain, disease, hunger, or privation in countries or regions outside the US
Example of HA
SEA ANGEL ONE (1991) AND SEA ANGEL II (1992), BANGLADESH
Military support of civil authorities
Provide temporary support to domestic civil authorities when permitted by law.
Example of military support to civil authority
Hurricane Andrew in Florida in 1992
Nation assistance/support to counterinsurgency
Civil or military assistance (other than HA) rendered to nation by US forces within that nation’s territory during peacetime, crises, or emergencies, or war based on agreements mutually concluded between the US and that nation
Example of Nation assistance/support to counterinsurgency
Foreign military sales
Noncombatants evacuation operations
Normally relocate threatened noncombatants from foreign country
Example of noncombatants evacuation operations
OPERATION EASTER EXIT, SOMALIA, 1991
Example of Arms Control
Vienna Document of 1992
Peace Operations
Military operations to support diplomatic efforts to reach long-term political settlement. Categorized as peace keeping operations and peace enforcement operations
Example of Peace opertions
operation Power Pack, Dominican Republic 1965
Protection of shipping
When necessary, US forces provide protection of US flag vessels, US citizens, and their property against unlawful violence in and over international waters.
