JFC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is Multinational Doctrine. - Answers :Principles that guide the employment of
forces of two or more nations.
Ratified by participating nations
What is the charter of the Secretaries of Military Departments? - Answers :To organize,
train, equip and provide forces for the combatant commands.
Forces may be _________, ________, or in ________? - Answers :Assigned
attached
support
Identify the types of Command relationship - Answers :COCOM
OPCON
TACON
Support
_______ Control can be delegated or transferred. - Answers :Operational
Who will normally have TACON of forces or capabilities made available for tasking? -
Answers :The JFACC
Supported Commanders determines the?
Supporting Commanders determines the? - Answers :Supported: what, where and
when
Supporting: who, how and provides connectivity.
Types of Decisive Action are? - Answers :Offensive
Defensive
Stability
Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
__________ _________ are operations conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces
and seize terrain, resources, and population centers - Answers :Offensive Operations
Stability Operations are conducted where? - Answers :Outside the United States
Who can create a JTF? - Answers :Sec Def
Geographic Combatant CC
Subunified CC
Existing JTF CC
What are the Army Core Competencies? - Answers :Maneuver Warfare
Firepower and Mobility
Combined Arms
,3 Core Competencies of the Air Force's vision of Global Vigilance, Reach and Power? -
Answers :Developing Airmen
Technology-to-Warfighting
Integrating Operations
Tenets of Air and Space Power? - Answers :Centralized control / decentralized
execution
Flexibility and versatility
Synergistic effects
Persistence
Concentration
Priority
Balance
3 Levels of Warfare? - Answers :Strategic
Operational
Tactical
What Air Force mission integrates offensive and defensive operations to attain and
maintain a desired degree of air superiority? - Answers :Counterair
What Air Force mission is an offensive action specifically selected to achieve national
strategic objectives? - Answers :Strategic Attack
What is Joint Doctrine? - Answers :Principles that guide the employment of forces of
two or more services.
Promulgated by the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
What are the 2 branches of the Chain of Command? - Answers :Operational and
Administrative
Who has authority and control of forces in an Operational Chain of Command? -
Answers :The President and SECDEF
Operational Chain of Command is comprised of who? - Answers :President
SECDEF
Combatant Commanders
Service Component Commanders
Service Forces
Who has authority and control of forces under Administrative Chain of Command? -
Answers :The President and SECDEF
Administrative Chain of Command is comprised of who? - Answers :President
SECDEF
, Service Secretaries
Service Chiefs
Service Forces
What is the main objective of counterland operations? - Answers :Dominate the surface
environment and prevent the opponent from doing the same
What is Air Interdiction? - Answers :Air operations conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, or
destroy the enemy's military potential before it can be brought to bear effectively against
friendly forces.
Detailed Integration is not required
What is CAS? - Answers :Air action by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile
targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and that require detailed integration.
What is required when in "close proximity?" - Answers :Terminal Attack Control
Detailed integration describes a level of coordination required to achieve ________
_______ while minimizing the risk of _________. - Answers :desired effects
fratricide
What is the senior USAF war fighting echelon? - Answers :Numbered Air Forces
How is the Air Force organized? - Answers :HQ - Senior HQ
MAJCOM - Organize, train and equip
Numbered Air Forces
Wing- one base, one boss
Group
Squadron (basic fighting unit)
Define ULO - Answers :Simultaneous offensive, defensive, and stability or defense
support of civil authorities tasks to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative and consolidate
gains to prevent conflict, shape the operational environment, and win our nation's wars
as part of unified action
What are the four types of Decisive Action in ULO? - Answers :Offensive
Defensive
Stability - conducted outside of US
Defense Support of Civil Authorities - Conducted inside of US
4 Tenets of Unified Land Operations? - Answers :Simultaneity - execution of related and
mutually supporting tasks at the same time across multiple locations and domain
Depth - Extension of Ops in time, space, or purpose to achieve definitive results
What is Multinational Doctrine. - Answers :Principles that guide the employment of
forces of two or more nations.
Ratified by participating nations
What is the charter of the Secretaries of Military Departments? - Answers :To organize,
train, equip and provide forces for the combatant commands.
Forces may be _________, ________, or in ________? - Answers :Assigned
attached
support
Identify the types of Command relationship - Answers :COCOM
OPCON
TACON
Support
_______ Control can be delegated or transferred. - Answers :Operational
Who will normally have TACON of forces or capabilities made available for tasking? -
Answers :The JFACC
Supported Commanders determines the?
Supporting Commanders determines the? - Answers :Supported: what, where and
when
Supporting: who, how and provides connectivity.
Types of Decisive Action are? - Answers :Offensive
Defensive
Stability
Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
__________ _________ are operations conducted to defeat and destroy enemy forces
and seize terrain, resources, and population centers - Answers :Offensive Operations
Stability Operations are conducted where? - Answers :Outside the United States
Who can create a JTF? - Answers :Sec Def
Geographic Combatant CC
Subunified CC
Existing JTF CC
What are the Army Core Competencies? - Answers :Maneuver Warfare
Firepower and Mobility
Combined Arms
,3 Core Competencies of the Air Force's vision of Global Vigilance, Reach and Power? -
Answers :Developing Airmen
Technology-to-Warfighting
Integrating Operations
Tenets of Air and Space Power? - Answers :Centralized control / decentralized
execution
Flexibility and versatility
Synergistic effects
Persistence
Concentration
Priority
Balance
3 Levels of Warfare? - Answers :Strategic
Operational
Tactical
What Air Force mission integrates offensive and defensive operations to attain and
maintain a desired degree of air superiority? - Answers :Counterair
What Air Force mission is an offensive action specifically selected to achieve national
strategic objectives? - Answers :Strategic Attack
What is Joint Doctrine? - Answers :Principles that guide the employment of forces of
two or more services.
Promulgated by the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
What are the 2 branches of the Chain of Command? - Answers :Operational and
Administrative
Who has authority and control of forces in an Operational Chain of Command? -
Answers :The President and SECDEF
Operational Chain of Command is comprised of who? - Answers :President
SECDEF
Combatant Commanders
Service Component Commanders
Service Forces
Who has authority and control of forces under Administrative Chain of Command? -
Answers :The President and SECDEF
Administrative Chain of Command is comprised of who? - Answers :President
SECDEF
, Service Secretaries
Service Chiefs
Service Forces
What is the main objective of counterland operations? - Answers :Dominate the surface
environment and prevent the opponent from doing the same
What is Air Interdiction? - Answers :Air operations conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, or
destroy the enemy's military potential before it can be brought to bear effectively against
friendly forces.
Detailed Integration is not required
What is CAS? - Answers :Air action by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile
targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and that require detailed integration.
What is required when in "close proximity?" - Answers :Terminal Attack Control
Detailed integration describes a level of coordination required to achieve ________
_______ while minimizing the risk of _________. - Answers :desired effects
fratricide
What is the senior USAF war fighting echelon? - Answers :Numbered Air Forces
How is the Air Force organized? - Answers :HQ - Senior HQ
MAJCOM - Organize, train and equip
Numbered Air Forces
Wing- one base, one boss
Group
Squadron (basic fighting unit)
Define ULO - Answers :Simultaneous offensive, defensive, and stability or defense
support of civil authorities tasks to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative and consolidate
gains to prevent conflict, shape the operational environment, and win our nation's wars
as part of unified action
What are the four types of Decisive Action in ULO? - Answers :Offensive
Defensive
Stability - conducted outside of US
Defense Support of Civil Authorities - Conducted inside of US
4 Tenets of Unified Land Operations? - Answers :Simultaneity - execution of related and
mutually supporting tasks at the same time across multiple locations and domain
Depth - Extension of Ops in time, space, or purpose to achieve definitive results
