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Who writes the National Security Strategy?

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POTUS

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What are the NSS objectives?

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Trump:

  1. Protect the American people, the homeland, and the American way of life
  2. Promote American prosperity
  3. Preserve peace through strength
  4. Advance American influence
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What are some ways the NSS expects to protect the American people, the homeland, and the way of life?

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  1. Strengthen control of the borders and reform our immigration system
  2. Protect our critical infrastructure and go after malicious cyber actors
  3. A layered missile defense system
  4. Pursue threats to their source
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What are some of the ways the NSS expects to advance economic prosperity?

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  1. Rejuvenate the American economy
  2. Insist upon fair and reciprocal economic relations
  3. Preserve our lead and research and technology
  4. Embrace America’s energy dominance
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What are some ways the NSS expects to preserve peace through strength?

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  1. Rebuild our military
  2. Compete with all tools of national power
  3. Strengthen America’s capabilities
  4. Expect allies and partners to shoulder a fair share of the burden of responsibility
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Who is responsible for publishing the NDS?

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SecDef

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What does DIME stand for?

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Diplomatic
Informational
Military
Economic

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What is the “instrument of national power”!

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D
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M
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What are some examples of informational means in the NDS?

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IO Campaign
Information sharing
Technology sharing

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What are some examples of military means in the NDS?

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Military to military engagement
Security cooperations
Military campaigns

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What are some examples of economic means in the NDS?

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Sanctions
Embargoes
Tariffs

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Who is responsible for writing the national military strategy?

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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What are the three factors that affect the international order and stability?

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Demographics shift
Technology diffusion
Globalization

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What is hybrid conflict?

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He blending of conventional and non-conventional forces, state and non-state actors

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What is seen as the continuum of conflicts?

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Hybrid Conflict

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What are the National Military Objectives?

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  1. Deter, deny, defeat State adversaries
  2. Disrupt, degrade, defeat VEOS
  3. Strengthen our global network of allies and partners
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Why are the two recognized forms of warfare?

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  1. Traditional

2. Irregular

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What is traditional warfare?

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Characterized by a violent struggle between two states or coalition

State vs. State

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What is Irregular warfare?

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A violent struggle between State and Non-state actors for influence over the relevant population

State vs Non-state

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What are the five pillars of IW?

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  1. UW
  2. COIN
  3. CT
  4. FID
  5. SO
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What are the three levels of warfare?

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  1. Strategic
  2. Organizational
  3. Tactical
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What are two critical capabilities of ARSOF?

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Surgical strike

Special warfare

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Who conducts special warfare and which ways do they do it?

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SFODAs through 9 core tasks

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Who conducts surgical strikes?

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SMU’s, 75th, CRF

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Who represents Special Operations to the Geographic Combatant Command?
TSOC | Theater of Special Operations Command
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How does the GCC implement the policies received in the NSS/NDS/NMS?
Theater Campaign Plan (TCP)
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What are the three aspects of the Range of Military Operations (ROMO)?
1. Crisis Response - NEO 2. Major Campaigns and Operations - OEF and OIF 3. Security Cooperations, military engagements, and deterrence - JCET
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What is Security Sector Reform?
A set of programs and activities to improve how a HN provides security
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What is Security Assistance?
Provides equipment, training, and services to HN
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What is Internal Defense and Development? What must it include?
Must include internal defense to threats and internal development of institutions
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What does Title 10, USC authorize?
Military to military contact and exercises
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What is the base document that provides legal basis for the roles and missions of each of the services and is a PERMANENT AUTHORITY?
Title 10, USC
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What does Title 22, USC authorize?
Authorizes transfer of defense articles and services from the USG to foreign friendly countries to further US security objectives
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What does Title 50, USC authorize?
Covert / intelligence operations
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What does the National Defense Authorization Act authorize?
Authorizes DOD programs to exist, authorizes the expenditure of funds, but does not provide money to the programs
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What does the Department of Defense Appropriation Bill do?
Sets aside money for DOD programs
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Define Preparation of the Environment?
An umbrella term for actions taken to prepare the operational environment for potential operations
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What are the three core PE activities?
1. Operational Preparation of the Environment 2. Advanced Force Operations 3. Intelligence Operations
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In what ways are activities under PE conducted?
Overt, covert, clandestine
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What does clandestine mean?
Hiding the fact that an operation or action took place
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What does covert mean?
Not hiding the action, hiding who conducted the action
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Define Foreign Internal Defense
Participation by civilian and military agencies in any action of another government or organization to free and PROTECT ITS SOCIETY from SUBVERSION, LAWLESSNESS, INSURGENCY, and TERRORISM or other threats to its security
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What HN policy does the FID support?
IDAD
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What are the 3 ways to conduct FID?
1. Indirect 2. Direct 3. Combat
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What are some examples of Direct FID?
Joint multinational exercises
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What are some examples of indirect FID?
Supplying ISR platforms
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Key terms for FID
``` Train, advise, assist Population centric Does not create a capability Supports IDAD Focuses on internal threats ```
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Define Security Force Assistance
DOD activities that support the development of the CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY of FSFs and their institutions
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What are the 5 Security Force Assistance tasks / activities?
``` (OTERA) Organize Train Equip Re-build/build Advise/assist ```
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Key terms for SFA
Focus on INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL Supports Security Sector Reform Foreign Security Forces centric Build capability and capacity
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Which historical unit are SF-ODAs patterned in mission and design?
Office of Strategic Services
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How does congress authorize defense programs not codified under Title 10?
National Defense Authorization Act, funded by the DOD Appropriations Bill
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What is one way USSOC provides guidance which enables ARSOF to support USSOCOM?
By ARSOF 2022
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What are some examples of non permanent authorities?
Commander's Emergency Response Program
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Where does Special Forces get its linage from?
1st Special Service Force
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What is COIN?
Comprehensive effort to defeat and contain insurgencies and address the population's core grievances
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National Security Objectives (Obama)
1. Security 2. Economic Prosperity 3. Universal values 4. International order
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What is war?
Socially sanctioned violence to achieve political purpose
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What ways can we use the Military Instrument of National Power?
- major operations and campaigns - crisis response and limited contingency operations - military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence
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Why is SF organized, trained, and equipped to perform 9 principal tasks?
In order to support SOCOM responsibilities to the GCC and ambassadors

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