Joint Firepower Course (Midterm Exam) with answers

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*ID the order of precedence between multinational, joint, multi-service, and
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service doctrine. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Multinational Doctrine
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2. Joint Doctrine
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3. Multiservice Doctrine
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4. service Doctrine
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Multinational Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fundamental principles \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




that guide the employment of forces of TWO OR MORE NATIONS toward a
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common objective \|




Joint Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fundamental principles that guide
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the employment of US MILITARY forces in coordinated action toward a
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common objective. \|




Multiservice Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fundamental principles
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that guide the employment of forces of TWO OR MORE SERVICES in
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coordinated action towards a common objective \| \| \| \| \|




Service Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fundamental principles that
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guide the employment of forces of a SINGLE SERVICE
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,Unified Action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The synchronization,
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coordination, and/or integration of the activities of governmental and non-
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governmental entities with military operation to achieve unity of effort.
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Types of Command Relationships - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. COCOM
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(Combatant Command) \|




2. OPCON (Operational Control)
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3. TACON (Tactical Control)
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4. Support
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COCOM (Combatant Command) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Authority over
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assigned forces, vested in only in the commanders of combatant commands
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and CANNOT BE DELEGATED OR TRANSFERRED.
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OPCON (Operational Control) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Authority to
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perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving
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ORGANIZING AND EMPLOYING COMMANDS AND FORCES, assigning \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to
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accomplish the mission. \| \|




TACON (Tactical Control) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Authority over forces
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that is LIMITED TO THE DETAILED DIRECTION and control of movements
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or maneuvers within the operation.
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Support (CMD Relationship) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Authority
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established by a common superior commander between subordinate
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,commanders when one organization should AID, PROTECT, COMPLEMENT,
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OR SUSTAIN ANOTHER FORCE.
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Two Distinct Chain of Command Branches - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Operational and Administrative \| \|




Operational Chain of Command - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Authority,
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direction, and control of operational forces through Combatant Commanders
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(CCDR) utilizing the following chain of command
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1. President of the United States
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2. Secretary of Defense
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\| ---------Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an advisory role \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




3. Combatant Commanders
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4. Service Component Commands
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Administrative Chain of Command - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Authority \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




and control of forces through Service Secretaries utilizing the following chain
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of command
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1. President of the United States
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2. Secretary of Defense
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---------Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an advisory role \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




3. Secretaries of Military Departments
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4. Service Chiefs
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5. (ADCON) Commander of Military Service Forces
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, Identify The Four Positions that may Create a Joint Task Force - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1) Secretary of Defense \| \| \| \|




2) Geographic Combatant Commander
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3) Subunified Commander
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4) Existing Joint Task Force Commander
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Seven Tenets of Air and Space Power - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Centralized Control/Decentralized Execution \| \|




2. Flexibility & Versatility
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3. Synergistic Effects
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4. Persistence
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5. Concentration
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6. Priority
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7. Balance
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Counterair - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔integrates OFFENSIVE AND
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DEFENSIVE operations to attain and maintain a desired degree of AIR
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SUPERIORITY by neutralizing or destroying enemy aircraft and missiles, \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|




both before and after launch
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Strategic Attack - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Offensive action specifically
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selected to achieve NATIONAL STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
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Counterland - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Airpower operations against ENEMY
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LAND FORCE CAPABILITIES
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