Assurance, Dissuasion, Deterrence and forcible action
Assurance, Deterrence, Compellence, and forcible action
Dissuasion, Deterrence, Compellence, and forcible action
Alliances, Deterrence, Dissuasion, and forcible action
According to JP 1, Vol 1, the four instruments of national power are:
Social, Informational, Military, and Economic
Diplomatic, Social, Military, and Economic
Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic
Diplomatic, Informational, Social, and Economic
According to JP 1, Vol 1, what are the three ways to prevail in Armed Conflict?
Exhaustion, Attrition, and Annihilation.
Exhaustion, Maneuver, and Annihilation.
Maneuver, Attrition, and Annihilation.
Exhaustion, Attrition, and Defeat.
According to JP 1, Vol 1, the military instrument of national power can be
applied in cooperation and competition to deter adversaries, but when conflict
is inevitable, the military response ____________
must use “overwhelming force” to defeat the enemy.
is measured to change the enemy’s behavior through coercion or defeat the enemy
completely through compellence.
must be measured, beginning with air and sea power, and if unsuccessful, then land
power.
must use “overwhelming force,” but the United States must be prepared to “fix” what is
“broken” when major combat operations are over
JP 1, Vol 1, introduces the _________________, which describes three broad
categories of strategic relationship among the actors in the operational
environment.
competition continuum
elements of national power
joint missions
joint functions
According to JP 1, Vol 1, US strategic interests are frequently described using
three categories:
Critical, Vital, and Peripheral
Critical, Vital, and Important
, Vital, Important, and Peripheral
Vital, Semi-vital, and Non-vital
According to Pettyjohn and Vick in The Posture Triangle: A New Framework for
U.S. Air Force Global Presence, which of the following statements is most true
concerning compensation driven access agreements?
The United States can often negotiate long term access agreements with favorable
terms for the provision of base support functions.
Negotiations are iterative; agreements will be characterized by increasingly short
timelines, which enable the host nation to renegotiate often.
The United States is well positioned, due to its status as the world’s sole superpower, to
outbid other nations for basing rights.
Such agreements offer access to countries which would otherwise be closed to the
United States due to their government or political views.
Countries allow basing of allied aircraft for many different reasons. According
to Pettyjohn and Vick in The Posture Triangle: A New Framework for US Air
Force Global Presence, which are the three categories of basing agreements?
Leverage within the region (local prestige), common political goals (shared outlook),
benefits to host nation defense (shifting of costs)
Deep security consensus (enduring partnership), shared perception of threat (mutual
defense), or shift in political alignment (transformational)
Deep bonded good will (rapport propensity), short term political goals (transitory
amity), thwarting of adversary actions (benefit denial)
Deep security consensus (enduring partnership), shared perception of threat (mutual
defense), or desire for material benefits (transactional)
European allies’ refusal to allow the United States to use bases in their
countries for non- NATO operations, such as the 1973 US airlift to Israel and
the 1986 strike against Libya, illustrate a negative aspect of what type of
Basing Relationship according to Pettyjohn and Vick in The Posture Triangle: A
New Framework for U.S. Air Force Global Presence?
Enduring Partnership
Transactional Relationship
Mutual Defense Relationship
Interim Partnership
AFPD 3-14 Counterspace Operations states that the space situational
awareness function is divided into the following four functional capabilities:
1) Detect/track/identify, 2) characterize, 3) defeat, and 4) assess