JOINT FIREPOWER COURSE (MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALE

JOINT FIREPOWER COURSE (MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALE

QUESTION: Service Doctrine - ANSWER-Fundamental principles that guide the employment of forces of
a SINGLE SERVICE



QUESTION: Unified Action - ANSWER-The synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of the
activities of governmental and non-governmental entities with military operation to achieve unity of
effort.

*ID the order of precedence between multinational, joint, multi-service, and service doctrine. -
ANSWER-1. Multinational Doctrine

2. Joint Doctrine

3. Multiservice Doctrine

4. service Doctrine



QUESTION: Multinational Doctrine - ANSWER-Fundamental principles that guide the employment of
forces of TWO OR MORE NATIONS toward a common objective



QUESTION: Joint Doctrine - ANSWER-Fundamental principles that guide the employment of US
MILITARY forces in coordinated action toward a common objective.



QUESTION: Multiservice Doctrine - ANSWER-Fundamental principles that guide the employment of
forces of TWO OR MORE SERVICES in coordinated action towards a common objective



QUESTION: Types of Command Relationships - ANSWER-1. COCOM (Combatant Command)

2. OPCON (Operational Control)

3. TACON (Tactical Control)

4. Support



QUESTION: COCOM (Combatant Command) - ANSWER-Authority over assigned forces, vested in only in
the commanders of combatant commands and CANNOT BE DELEGATED OR TRANSFERRED.

, QUESTION: OPCON (Operational Control) - ANSWER-Authority to perform those functions of command
over subordinate forces involving ORGANIZING AND EMPLOYING COMMANDS AND FORCES, assigning
tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission.



QUESTION: TACON (Tactical Control) - ANSWER-Authority over forces that is LIMITED TO THE DETAILED
DIRECTION and control of movements or maneuvers within the operation.



QUESTION: Support (CMD Relationship) - ANSWER-Authority established by a common superior
commander between subordinate commanders when one organization should AID, PROTECT,
COMPLEMENT, OR SUSTAIN ANOTHER FORCE.



QUESTION: Two Distinct Chain of Command Branches - ANSWER-Operational and Administrative



QUESTION: Operational Chain of Command - ANSWER-Authority, direction, and control of operational
forces through Combatant Commanders (CCDR) utilizing the following chain of command

1. President of the United States

2. Secretary of Defense

---------Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an advisory role

3. Combatant Commanders

4. Service Component Commands



QUESTION: Administrative Chain of Command - ANSWER-Authority and control of forces through
Service Secretaries utilizing the following chain of command

1. President of the United States

2. Secretary of Defense

---------Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an advisory role

3. Secretaries of Military Departments

4. Service Chiefs

5. (ADCON) Commander of Military Service Forces

,QUESTION: Identify The Four Positions that may Create a Joint Task Force - ANSWER-1) Secretary of
Defense

2) Geographic Combatant Commander

3) Subunified Commander

4) Existing Joint Task Force Commander



QUESTION: Seven Tenets of Air and Space Power - ANSWER-1. Centralized Control/Decentralized
Execution

2. Flexibility & Versatility

3. Synergistic Effects

4. Persistence

5. Concentration

6. Priority

7. Balance



QUESTION: Counterair - ANSWER-integrates OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE operations to attain and
maintain a desired degree of AIR SUPERIORITY by neutralizing or destroying enemy aircraft and missiles,
both before and after launch



QUESTION: Strategic Attack - ANSWER-Offensive action specifically selected to achieve NATIONAL
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES



QUESTION: Counterland - ANSWER-Airpower operations against ENEMY LAND FORCE CAPABILITIES



QUESTION: Air Interdiction - ANSWER-Air operations conducted to DIVERT, DISRUPT, DELAY, DESTROY
the enemy's military surface capabilities BEFORE it can be brought to bear effectively against friendly
forces, or to otherwise achieve objectives that are conducted at such distances from friendly forces that
DETAILED INTEGRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.



QUESTION: Close Air Support - ANSWER-Air action by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile
targets which are in CLOSE PROXIMITY to friendly forces and which REQUIRE DETAILED INTEGRATION of
each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces.

, QUESTION: Close Proximity - ANSWER-NOT A SPECIFIC DISTANCE. Situational and REQUIRES DETAILED
INTEGRATION and TERMINAL ATTACK CONTROL.



QUESTION: Detailed Integration - ANSWER-LEVEL OF COORDINATION required to achieve effects while
minimizing the risk of fratricide



QUESTION: Air Force Level of Organization - ANSWER-1. HQ

2. Major Commands

3. Numbered Air Forces

4. Wings

5. Groups

6. Squadrons



QUESTION: Unified Land Operations - ANSWER-Unified land operations is the simultaneous execution of
offense, defense, stability, and defense support of civil authorities across multiple domains to shape
operational environments, prevent conflict, prevail in large-scale ground combat, and consolidate gains
as part of UNIFIED ACTION.



QUESTION: 4 Types of Decisive Action - ANSWER-1. Offensive Operations

2. Defensive Operations

3. Stability Operations

4. Defense Support of Civil Authorities



QUESTION: 4 Tenets of Unified Land Operations - ANSWER-1. Simultaneity

2. Depth

3. Synchronization

4. Flexibility



QUESTION: 3 Types of Brigade Combat Teams - ANSWER-1. Armor