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C200 (CGSOC) Exam -with 100% verified solutions
2025-2026 tutor verified.
Joint Forces Commander (JFC) - (answers)Combatant Commander, Sub-Unified
CDR, JTF CDR
Operational art links... - (answers)Tactical action to strategic purpose
Who sets national strategic objectives? - (answers)President, National Security
Staff, Agency Heads
Who sets Theater/Functional Strategic Objectives - (answers)Chief of Mission,
Combatant Commander
Who sets Operational-level objectives - (answers)Chief of Mission, Operational-
level Joint Force CDR
Who sets Tactical-level objectives - (answers)Department/Agency
representatives; Tactical CDR
Strategic-level Documents include - (answers)- National Security Strategy (NSS)
- National Defense Strategy (NDS)
- National Military Strategy (NMS)
- Theater Strategy
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Operational-level Documents inlude - (answers)- Campaign planning
- Operational planning
Jus Ad Bellum - (answers)Justice in War
Criteria for Just War - (answers)- just cause
- legitimate authority
- public declaration
- just intent
- proportionality
- last resort
- reasonable hope for success
Jus In Bello - (answers)Just Conduct in War (how war is actually conducted)
- ROE
- Medical treatment
- POWs
Global Trends - Paradox of Progress - (answers)- Next 5 years will see rising
tensions within and between countries
- States remain highly relevant
- China and Russia will be emboldened
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- Regional aggressors and nonstate actors will see openings to pursue their
interests
Global Trends - (answers)•The rich are aging, the poor are not
•The global economy is shifting
•Technology is accelerating progress but causing discontinuities
•Ideas and Identities are driving a wave of exclusion
•Governing is getting harder
•The nature of conflict is changing
•Climate change, environment, and health issues will demand attention
Joint Force faces 2 persistent realities: - (answers)•First, the security environment
is always in flux
•Second, the pursuit of political objectives through organized violence is and will
remain a feature of the security environment
Black Swan event: - (answers)- Outlier event, outside of regular expectation
- extreme impact
- makes us concoct explanations for its occurrence after the fact to try to make it
explainable
Operational Variables: - (answers)PMESII-PT:
Political
C200 (CGSOC) Exam -with 100% verified solutions
2025-2026 tutor verified.
Joint Forces Commander (JFC) - (answers)Combatant Commander, Sub-Unified
CDR, JTF CDR
Operational art links... - (answers)Tactical action to strategic purpose
Who sets national strategic objectives? - (answers)President, National Security
Staff, Agency Heads
Who sets Theater/Functional Strategic Objectives - (answers)Chief of Mission,
Combatant Commander
Who sets Operational-level objectives - (answers)Chief of Mission, Operational-
level Joint Force CDR
Who sets Tactical-level objectives - (answers)Department/Agency
representatives; Tactical CDR
Strategic-level Documents include - (answers)- National Security Strategy (NSS)
- National Defense Strategy (NDS)
- National Military Strategy (NMS)
- Theater Strategy
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Operational-level Documents inlude - (answers)- Campaign planning
- Operational planning
Jus Ad Bellum - (answers)Justice in War
Criteria for Just War - (answers)- just cause
- legitimate authority
- public declaration
- just intent
- proportionality
- last resort
- reasonable hope for success
Jus In Bello - (answers)Just Conduct in War (how war is actually conducted)
- ROE
- Medical treatment
- POWs
Global Trends - Paradox of Progress - (answers)- Next 5 years will see rising
tensions within and between countries
- States remain highly relevant
- China and Russia will be emboldened
, 3|Page
- Regional aggressors and nonstate actors will see openings to pursue their
interests
Global Trends - (answers)•The rich are aging, the poor are not
•The global economy is shifting
•Technology is accelerating progress but causing discontinuities
•Ideas and Identities are driving a wave of exclusion
•Governing is getting harder
•The nature of conflict is changing
•Climate change, environment, and health issues will demand attention
Joint Force faces 2 persistent realities: - (answers)•First, the security environment
is always in flux
•Second, the pursuit of political objectives through organized violence is and will
remain a feature of the security environment
Black Swan event: - (answers)- Outlier event, outside of regular expectation
- extreme impact
- makes us concoct explanations for its occurrence after the fact to try to make it
explainable
Operational Variables: - (answers)PMESII-PT:
Political