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| When the dictionary definitions and the philosophical descriptions of the term "profession" are combined, what are the criteria for an occupation to be described as a profession? |
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| One that exhibits a body of theory and specialized knowledge, is service-oriented, and has a distince subculture. |
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| What is wrong with the position that any given broadly defined occupation is either a profession or it is not? |
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Definition
| That approach leads to such conclusions as only doctors and not nurses are memebers of the medical profession and only officers and not enlisted are professionals in the POA. The vast majority of occupations and professions are distributed all along the great middle between the two extremes. |
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Term
| List unprofessional actions that should no be exhibited by NCO's. |
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Definition
| Coasting through a career; considering oneself only a technical expert; discrimination; ignoring direction from superiors then asking forgivness later; inflating EPRs; lack of self development; neglecting weak skill areas; only focusing on one area of your job; poor attitude; purposely rushing to miss reveille and retreat; etc... |
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| What motivates NCOs to choose to behave in a professional manner? |
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Definition
| Seriousness about the commitment and obligation sworn to in the oath of enlistment; association with those very high standards; a sense of urgency; have worked under the leadership of several good professional supervisors; have patriotic undertones driving personality; view military service a cause higher than self; view themselves as a professional |
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Term
| What is the impact of unprofessional behaviors to the Air Force? |
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Definition
| Degraded mission effectiveness; decrease in organizaional efficiency; lack of subordinate growth and development; no mentorship; perpetuates a "just a job" attitude; discipline and morale suffer |
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Term
| Why is it important that we continue to move along the professional continuum? |
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Definition
| If we all don't aspire to improve or enhance our level of performance and abide by the same core values and responsibilities, then there is no way the profession as a whole can advance along the continuum of occupations. In other words, a weak link here and there will cause the entire organization to lose status. A continual move toward professionalism help increase public trust of the military |
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Term
| Give examples of how today's enlisted corps is significantly different than our predecessors in the areas of higher level responsibilities and education. |
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Definition
| Many enlisted member are assuming responsibilities once exclusively reserved for memebers of the officer corps. These increased responsibilites, both technical and supervisory, are being executed more capably because the enlisted individuals involved have a firm basis of professional understanding based upon increased levels of education |
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Term
| How does the "Profession of Arms" subject area broaden our perspective of the military profession? |
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Definition
| Builds an appreciation of our membership in the POA. Provides information about events and issues that dictate military missions. It also teaches and reminds us about our history and culture. It provides the foundation for NCO mentorship |
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Term
| What are the primary sources for our continued study and improvement |
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Definition
| CMSAF Professional Reading List: AFM 10-100, Airman's Manual; PFE; various applicable AFI,AFP,AFM,AFDD; AF website and the various new and publication links it contains; Enlisted Heratige Research Institute web page; Air University Library web page; AFPC Personnel Issues web page |
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Term
| What three core objectives steer our national strategy process? |
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Definition
| Enhancing our own security, promoting democracy abroad, and bolstering America's economic prosperity |
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Term
| What is the primary focus of National Security Strategy? |
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Definition
| The myriad of military threats that the nation must confront. |
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Term
| When was Airlift first used as a mechanism for National Security? |
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Definition
| According to Major Richard J. Hazdra, USAF, in the book, "Air Mobility-The Key to the United States National Security Strategy", Airlift was first used as a tool of National Security through the Berlin Airlift. |
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Term
| Which command soley provided Air Mobility for the United States? |
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Definition
| Air Mobility Command (AMC) |
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Term
| How is National Security beneficial to Nation Strategy? |
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Definition
| National Strategy is an extension of National Security. National Security is utilizing Air Mobility resoucese effectively by adhering to the National Security Strategy. This encourages prevention and limitations of terrorist activity. |
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Term
| Identify the three categories relative to determining a nation's need and interests? |
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Definition
| As referenced by Donald Nuechterlein in his book "Making Strategy-An Introduction to National Security Processes and Problems", the categories are (1) how crucial is an interest to the US, (2) how vital an interest is to the US, and (3) which basic interest is at stake |
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Term
| Who is responsible for determining the nation's needs and interests? |
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Definition
| Strategists must weigh heavily on the nations needs and interests. The process entails determining what interests and what national instruments of power are avaiable and applicable |
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Term
| Identify the four levels of intensity. |
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Definition
| Survival, Vital, Major, and Peripheral |
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Term
| How does National Power support National security? |
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Definition
| Strategy makers must match the instruments of power to the interests of the state. They must consider the interests and the instruments in existence to pursue those interests, which are matter of public policy choices. The choices are made in the political realm. Strategists must determine to what ends will the allocation of scarce or abundant resources be dispersed. |
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Term
| What are the instruments of power? |
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Definition
| The military instrument, the economic instrument,and the diplomatic instrument |
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Term
| Explain the responsibilites of the military instrument. |
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Definition
| A military instrument is the extent to which a nation's armed forces can be employed to achieve national ends. The potential use of the military instrument, even when its application is not threatened, always lurks in the background to condition international relationships. The ultimate application is direct involvement in combating saboteurs of vital interests. The success of the military instrument is determined by the following: economic and technological base of a nation; a nation's economic status is dependent upon diplomatic skill in negotiating favorable trade agreements; and a nation's diplomatic success depends on the nation's ability to back up its activities through economic and military rewards or sanctions. |
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Term
| Explain the responsibilities for the economic instruments. |
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Definition
| The economic instruments have similar constraints to the diplomatic/political instruments. The degree to which the US government can manipulate economic assistance is limited by the the comparatively small and static size of its assistance budget. Foreign aid has been described as a budgetary element with no real domestic constituency and, as a result, it has not grown with inflation (meaning its real value has declined) |
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Term
| Explain the responsibilities of the diplomatic instrument. |
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Definition
| The use of diplomatic instruments is the ability to mediate successfully and to produce unique and mutually acceptable solutions to issues without application of military or economic power is the essence of the diplomatic instrument. The use of the diplomatic instrument of power employs methods that a nation uses to bring its international position and diplomatic skills to bear in pursuit of national interests. |
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Term
| Explain the relationship between each instrument of power. |
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Definition
| Each instrument of power is a combination of multiple factors and any one factor can be crucial in a given situation. The diplomatic, political and economic instruments include the military instrument |
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Term
| When do strategist determine which instrument of power to utilize? |
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Definition
| When they have identified the various levels of intensity of basic threats. |
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Term
| Explain how National Strategy processes support National Security |
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Definition
| There are four distinct areas of importance in relation to how the national strategy processes support National Security. Those areas are identified as objectives and initiatives, developing military strategy, designing operational strategy, and formulating battlefield strategy. |
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Term
| What is the first step towards implementing a National Security Strategy? Why? |
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Definition
| Defining the objective and initiatives. Doing so ensures strategists are formulating an effective National Security Strategy; it's the reasoning for devising a strategy process |
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Term
| What is the difference between military strategy and operational strategy? |
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Definition
| Military strategy sets in motion the actions required to develop a military force structure and then deploys that force structure. Military strategy is also broad in its scope. Operational strategy is much narrower and more specific. Operational strategy employs the forces provided by military strategy. |
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Term
| Differentiate between tactics and higher levels of strategy relative to battlefield strategy. |
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Definition
| The classic differentiation between tactics and higher levels of strategy remains relevant in the sense that tactics govern the use of forces on the battlefield while grand strategy, military strategy, and operational strategy bring forces to the battlefield. One can also add some clarity to the situation by stating the tactics that are concerned with doing the job "right" and higher levels of strategy that are concerned with doing the "right" job. |
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Term
| How are national decisions defined? |
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Definition
| National decisions are decisions about the content of grand strategy and the resources available to implement that strategy. These decisions are products of political processes within the federal government. |
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Term
| What elements comprise the coordination of military strategy? |
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Definition
| Employment, development, and deployment |
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Term
| Explain the coordination process. |
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Definition
| Coordination is geared primarily to relationships between instruments of power at the grand strategy level and refers to relationships within the military instrument of power. The strategists attempt to coordinate the elements of military strategy. The strategists must consider elements such as how should the risks be managed; should they prepare for the worst case or most likely case; and can one prepare for poth possibilities, or would that raise the specter of not being prepared adequately for either case. |
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Term
| How does Major Regional Conflict (MRC) affect National Security |
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Definition
| They pose a heavy demand on US forces and definitely drive most force requirements |
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Term
| Identify the four phases of the deparment planning framework for MRC. |
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Definition
| Halting the invasion, force buildup, Counteroffensive, and ensuring postwar stability. |
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Term
| When does regional conflict exist? |
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Definition
| Regional conflict exists anytime the use of military power by force is contemplated or activated. |
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Term
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Definition
| Terrorism is "...the systematic use of terror or unpredictable violence against governments, publics, or individuals to attain a political objective. Terrorism has been used by political organizations with both rightist and leftist objectives, by nationalistic and ethnic groups, by revolutionaries, and by the armies and secret police of governments themselves." |
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Term
| Identify two terrorist groups. |
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Definition
| Any two of the following: Baader-Meinhof gang of West GE, the JP Red Army, ITL's Red Brigades, the PR FALN, al-Fatah and other Palestinian organizations, the Shining Path of Peru, and France's Direct Action were among the most prominient terrorist groups of the later 20th Century. After the Civil War (1861-1865) defiant southerners formed a terrorist organization called the KKK to intimidate supporters of reconstruction. |
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Term
| How do terrorists groups finance thier violent activities? |
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Definition
| Drug trafficking is at the top of their list of illegal money raising activities, followed by robbery, extortion, kidnapping, blackmailing and arms smuggling. |
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Term
| What is the responsibility of the HIDTA Program? |
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Definition
| The HIDTA is responsible for reducing the production, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and chronic use of illegal drugs, and well as the attendant money laundering of drug proceeds. |
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Term
| Which drug does the intelligence community believes has been the primary narcotics threat since 1985? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which drug is the mose widely abused adn readily available, illicit drug in the US. |
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Definition
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Term
| How does international organized crime negatively impact our nation? |
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Definition
| Drugs, terrorism, and organized crime are far better financed and more diciplined than previously suspected. Drug cartels have the ability to move literally hundreds of billions of dollars in and out of legitimate financial systems. Organized crime groups, paticularly in Russia, now have almost a choke hold on the country's vast natural resources, as well as their banks and media. Russia has been described recently by the press as a kleptocracy from top to bottom, a semicriminal state. And there are now various terrorists groups, including those being sponsered by Iraq and Iran, which are actively recruiting to nuclear scientists in thier efforts to obtain nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, these areas of concern can cause our economy to weaken financially and reduce national security while placing the US in an extremely vulnerable position. |
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Term
| What is the fundamental purpose of the US nuclear arsenal? |
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Definition
| A fundamental purpose of the US nuclear arsenal is to deter an enemy's use of its nuclear arsenal or other weapons of mass destruction (WMD). |
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Term
| What three inter-related factors are viewed as the formula that produces deterrence? |
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Definition
| Deterrence can be viewed as a product of three inter-related factors: capability, will (intent), and perception. |
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Term
| "One which had manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device prior to January 1967" would be the definition of what key nuclear deterrence concept. |
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Definition
| The NPT, opened for signature July 1, 1968, defined a Nuclear Weapon State (NWS), provided security for Non Nuclear Weapon States (NNWS), and provided incentives, to sign. Article IX, paragraph 3, of the NPT defines a NWS as "one which has manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device prior to 1 January 1967." |
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Term
| Weapons system reliability and individual reliability are two key components of reliability when referring to nuclear weapons. How are each of these components implemented in the Air Force? |
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Definition
| Weapons systmes reliability is implemented through a combination of mechanical means, securtiy programs, and different rules based on capabilities. Individual reliability has two key programs to enhance nuclear safety. The PRP ensures tha only those individuals whose behavior demonstrates integrity, reliability, trustworthiness, allegiance, and loyalty to the US shall be allowed to perform duties associated with nuclear weapons. |
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Term
| What does Information Warefare (IW) consist of. |
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Definition
| Information warefare (IW) consists of actions taken to achieve information superiority in support of national military strategy by affecting adversary information and information systems while leveraging and protecting our own information and information systems. This formulation is intended to encompass military and non-military actions as well as offensive and defensive aspects. It also encompasses all levels of war from the tactical to strategic, and applies to peacetime and wartime conditions. |
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Term
| Describe the emphasis of Offensive information warefare. |
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Definition
| Offensive IW emphasizes the manipulation of electronic IS's to influence an adversary's perceptions and behavior. This might, for example, involve disabling military and civilian telecomm systems through computer viruses or electromagnetic pulse devices. Infiltration is, however, the "maneuver of choice" since an enemy, unaware that his information sources have been compromised, will continue to trust them, creating opportunities for decption. Offensive IW also emphasizes the use of direct broadcast satellites, the commercial media, and "visual stimulus and illusion" technologies such as holography to conduct propaganda and subversion. |
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Term
| What does defensive IW entail? |
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Definition
| Defensive IW requires and ablility to detect and thwart attempts to tamper with one's own sources of information. In the military sphere, this entails assuring the integrity of command and control, communications, and intelligence systems. Critical elements of the civilian infrastructure such as power grids, financial networks, and telecommunications systems must also be protected. |
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Term
| What is the American Information Infrastructure vulnerable to? |
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Definition
| The American information infrastructure, which the US defense communications depends, is highly vulnerable to infiltration and sabotage. |
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Term
| Identify the nine critical issue areas of an infrastucture. |
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Definition
| Fragmentation of responsibility, technology, architectural framework, people, facilites, data bases, network control, threat and risk, and security in a global infrastructure. |
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Term
| What are the three keys to protecting the nations information infrastructure? |
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Definition
| The key to protecting the nation's information infrastructure is to provide the ability to protect the system from attack; detect an event when it is occurring and be able to decide if its an attack, a failure mode, or an isolated hacker; and react to the even in a way that minimizes the impact and restores and maintains capability. Protect! Detect! React! |
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Term
| How does Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) support National Security? |
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Definition
| MOOTW focuses on deterring war, resolving conflict, promoting peace, and supporting civil authorities in response to domestic crisis. |
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Term
| What does Combat Operations of MOOTW include? |
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Definition
| Typically, MOOTW involves combat operations entailing protection of shipping, enforcement of exclusion zones, counter air interdiction and attack. MOOTW involving combat, such as peace enforcment, may have many of the same characteristics of war, including active combat operations and employment of the most combat capabilities. |
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Term
| What is the goal of MOOTW during noncombat? |
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Definition
| As in war, the goal is achieve national objectives as quickly as possible and conclude military operations on terms favorable to the US and its allies. However, the purposes of conducting MOOTW may be multiple, with the relative importance or hierarchy of such purposes changing or unclear. |
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Term
| When is overlapping operations of MOOTW prevalent? |
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Definition
| Overlapping operations of MOOTW is demonstrated when combat MOOTW and noncombat MOOTW is conducted simultaneously. |
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Term
| How do space operations support National Security? |
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Definition
| By eliminating the use of hostile forces ability to disrupt navigation signals. |
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Term
| What responsibilities lie within space systems structure? |
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Definition
| Space forces provide military leaders, operators and planner with enormous force enhancement products and services that are essential in achieving rapid dominance of the battle space. Today's space systems provide key information via global communications, navigation, weather, warning, and ISR to achieve full spectrum dominance across the range of military operations. In addition, space forces afford a commanding view of operations and provide an important military advangage. |
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Term
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Definition
| EAF is intended to improve our ability to rapidly deploy light, lean, and lethal elements of air and space forces anywhere on the globe, while providing predictability and stability for all airmen. To meet this challange, the Air Force assigned people and equipment from active, guard, and reserve units into 10 AEF's, two crisis-response AEFs and 5 lead mobility wings. |
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Term
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Definition
| To provide an integrated total force that is organized, trained and equipped to provide rapid responsive tailored air and space forces in support of global engagement missioin. It is designed to cope with the high tempo of operations experienced since the Gulf War. |
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Term
| Explain the deployment process of AEF? |
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Definition
| Under the AEF concept all of the AF will be divided into 10 force packages, each with a cross-section of AF weapon systems drawn from GSU's. Each AEF will have about 175 aircraft, and each will be more formidable than the AF's of most nations. The AEF packages will be able to respond within 72 hours of any unexpected contingency and will be trained and tailored to meet commanders' needs in a wide range of contingency operations. Each AEF will be on call to handle contingency operations for about 90 days every 15 months -- two will be on call at all time; about half of each AEF to wait on call at home bases during the 90-day window and about half to deploy. |
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Term
| How does EAF/AEF support national security? |
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Definition
| The EAF organization and its AEF tool support National Security by increasing morale and retention among airmen, decreasing the negative effect that high ops tempo have on airmen, and presenting an organized, trained, fully equipped force to deal with threats to National Security. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of joint warfare and the desired outcome? |
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Definition
| The purpose of joint operations is to combine forces and resources under organized leadership to maintain National Security. Joint warefare does not require that all forces participate in a particular operation merely because of their availability. Joint warfare operations were designed to ensure that military objectives are achieved in the most effective and efficient manner possible. |
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Term
| What is considered the bedrock of US military doctrine? |
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Definition
| The principles of war are identified as the bedrock of US military doctrine. |
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Term
| What do the principles of war provide? |
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Definition
| The principles of war provide the basis for the fundamentals of joint warfare and for the sevices to develop their respective doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures. |
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Term
| What was the name of the Berlin Airlift operation and its significance to air transport? |
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Definition
| Operation Vittles underlined the importance and feasibility of sustained, round-the-clock mass movement of cargo by air. It bought experience in operational techniques, air traffic control, and maintenance and reconditioning of aircraft, and proved the need for larger cargo aircraft. |
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Term
| What air power lessons in World War II were further developed in the Korean War? |
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Definition
| The air tactics and techniques initiated during the war were developed further in Korea, including the Air Forces's first use of jet aircraft, the F-80 Shooting Star; to control air strikes efficiently, the system of tactical air control was developed. |
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Term
| What was the most significant use of air power during the Vietnam War? Why? |
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Definition
| LINEBACKER II, a very accurate and highly concentrated attack on sanctioned areas. The offensive played a key part in bringing about the North Vietnamese decision to sign the peace agreement on 15 Jan 1973. |
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Term
| What was the final analysis of air power from Desert Storm? |
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Definition
| Its swiftness, decisiveness and scope brought about the coalition's victory from the wise and appropriate application of air power. Air power found, fixed, fought and finished the Iraqi military. |
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Term
| What significant contribution did Corporal Eddie Ward make to Air Force enlisted heritage? |
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Definition
| Corporal Eddie Ward was the Aeronautical division of the US Army Signal Corps first enlisted man; one of aviation's earliest pioneers. |
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Term
| What significant contribution did Corporal Frank S. Scott make to Air Force enlisted heritage? |
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Definition
| Corporal Scott -- first enlisted man to lose his life in an air accident. |
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Term
| What significant contribution did Corporal Eugene Bullard make to Air Force enlisted heritage? |
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Definition
| Corporal Bullard -- the first black pilot and figher pilot |
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Term
| What significant contribution did SSgt Ester M Blake make to Air Force enlisted heritage? |
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Definition
| Ester Blake -- the first woman to enlist in the first minute of the first hour of the first day that regular AF duty was authorized for women. |
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Term
| What significant contribution did CMSgt Grace E. Peterson make to Air Force enlisted heritage? |
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Definition
| CMSgt Grace Peterson -- the first woman to be promoted to the higest NCO grade. |
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Term
| What are the duties of the CMSgt of the Air force? |
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Definition
| To advise and assist the Cheif of Staff and the Secretary of the Air Force in matter concerning enlisted members of the Air Force. Appropriate matters include morale, welfare, training, pay and allowances, discipline, promition policies, and more. |
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Term
| What are the duties of the Air Force First Sergeant? |
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Definition
| First sergeant duties fall withing five general areas: Promoting health, morale and welfare. Maintaining discipline and standards. Preparing and presenting squadron training and information programs. Supervising care and upkeep of squadron dorms. Monitoring unit administration. |
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Term
| What does adhering to the standards of dress and appearence promote? |
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Definition
| Unity within an organization, pride in oneself and in the organization |
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Term
| If we maintain proper wear of the uniform at all times, including in public, how will this influence the public's opinion of the military? |
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Definition
| The public will see the military as a well-disciplined organization capable of carrying out its mission, down to the last detail, no matter how trivial. |
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Term
| What is considered the most important benefit of drill for the military member? |
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Definition
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Term
| How do ceremonies restore morale and build esprit de corps? |
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Definition
| It takes the cooperative effort by all members to reach a common goal requiring a great deal of discipline and practice. |
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Term
| What are three ways to honor the flag? |
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Definition
| Salute it, place it in the position of honor, and never dip it to any person or object. |
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Term
| What are two element of military etiquette? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the impact of gossip on the workcenter? |
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Definition
| Gossip can create a barrier to effective communications that inhibits productive work and accomplishment of the mission. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of the military salute? |
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Definition
| Saluting is a significant symbol of the military profession recognized as a mark of a well-trained, disciplined military member. It serves as a greeting and as an acknowledgment of being a member of the profession of arms. |
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Term
| Where is the first and second place of honor? |
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Definition
| The first place of honor is always on the right and the second place of honor is that of being in front or "going first." |
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Term
| Define the aspects of wellness. |
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Definition
| The aspects of wellness include exercise, nutrition, managing your weight and stress, not smoking, keeping current on immunizations and physical check-ups. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of aerobic exercise? |
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Definition
| Beneficial changes occur in the heart, lungs, vascular system, and other tissues of the body. Your body becomes more efficient in moving air into and out of the lungs as your hearts' pumping efficiency increases with less effort. The blood and muscles are better in tranporting and utilizing oxygen. |
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Term
| What benefits to you gain from strength training? |
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Definition
| Stronger muscles, greater endurance or movement, improved alignment and muscle balance, an increase in metabolic rate, and a better physique |
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Term
| What is the purpose of the warm-up phase? |
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Definition
| The warm-up produces a physical state of readiness by gradually increasing the breathing, heart rate, and body tempurature to prime the muscles for the upcoming activity |
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Term
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Definition
| It stands for the Frequency (how many times a week), Intensity (effort of activity based on HR, weight or resistance, ROM), and Time (duration of activity). |
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Term
| How does dehydration affect your exercise workout? |
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Definition
| If you allow yourself to become even slightly dehydrated, the consistency of your blood thickens which causes your heart to work harder |
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Term
| What are the six major categories of nutrients? |
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Definition
| Carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water |
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Term
| What is the most efficient method to achieve permanent weight loss? |
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Definition
| Decrease your calorie intake and increase you calorie output |
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Term
| What causes stressful events to become a problem? |
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Definition
| Stressful events themselves aren't harmful; the inability to cope with them is what creates the problems. |
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Term
| Explain how stress can be positive. |
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Definition
| It can serve as a motivator or initiator for activity |
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Term
| What are the effects of smoking? |
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Definition
| Some effects are lung disease like bronchitis and emphysema, high blood pressure, cancers of the mouth, throat, and bladder, stomach ulcers, and birth defects |
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Term
| What factors influence maintaining a healthy lifestyle? |
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Definition
| Living and working environments, inherited characteristics, and the medical care you've received. |
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Term
| What are some of the responsibilities a military citizen has in maintaining a state of well being? |
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Definition
| A military citizen has the responsibility to eat healthy, exercise regularly, get plenty of sleep, abstain from smoking, and have effective methods for managing stress. |
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Term
| How can you be a wellness role model? |
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Definition
| Your commitment to a high degree of wellness will provide an example for subordinates to follow. As a supervisor you need to be out in the forefront. |
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Term
| How does effective stress management help us as military citizens? |
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Definition
| We're better able to deal with stressful situations by first recognizing them and then managing our time and controlling our emotions when the situations occur. |
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Term
| What are some "common" meanings of ethics? |
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Definition
| Ethics is knowing the difference between right and wrong; ethics is what is used to determine what action to pursue; ethics are the standards by which we act; ethics are our values; ethics are our behaviors; ethics are our adopted attitudes and beliefs. |
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Term
| List examples of the written forms of our military code of ethics. |
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Definition
| The Oath of Enlistment, the UCMJ, the Code of Conduct, DOD Regulation 5500.7R, Joint Ethics Regulation |
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Term
| Based on AFI 36-2909's assertions concerning professional relationships, what are some inferences we can make concerning unprofessional relationships? |
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Definition
| Unprofessional relationships are deadly to organizations, create distrust, destroy communications, foster disrespect, and distract from the mission |
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Term
| How do fraud, waste, and abuse differ from each other? |
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Definition
| Fraud is the deliberate attempt to deceive or deprive the Air Force of something of value, i.e. false travel voucher. Waste is the extravagent, careless, or needless expenditure of Air Force resources -- i.e. not getting the best use out of something or having more of an item on hand than you need. Abuse is the intentional, wrongful, or improper use of Air Force resources -- i.e. using gov't vehicles for personal transportation. |
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Term
| Why is "integrity first" first? |
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Definition
| Because integrity is essential. It's the inner voice of self-control and the starting point in everything we do in the Air Force. Members of the AF much know the right things to do and have the fortitude to to them. |
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Term
| Why is "responsibility and accountability" an important tenet of integrity first? |
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Definition
| No person of integrity tries to shift the blame to others (accountability). A person with integrity does not take credit for the work of others (accountability). NCOs who hold themselves accountable for thier actions gain respect and are better able to influence those around them. NCOs with integrity are not irresponsible and do what is expected. NCOs with integrity acknowledge their duties and act accordingly |
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Term
| Why is "faith in the system" an important tenet of service before self? |
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Definition
| It's important to believe that the processes and people in place with do the right thing, that justice in the end will prevail, and that others will act responsibly in their actions. When we lose faith in these systems, we start to adopt a view that our way of doing things is better; we start to undermine these systems for our own personal reasons; and our subordinates may be tempted to follow suit. |
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Term
| What are some examples of the Air Force "systems" we trust? |
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Definition
| The Enlisted Evaluation System, the decoration system, the promotion system, the UCMJ, proper supervisors, the chain of command, and the IG system. |
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Term
| What are some of the important milestones in the history of the Code of Conduct? |
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Definition
| 1) Aftermath of the Korean Conflict (2) 18 May 1955, Sec. of Def. Wilson appointed a committe to draft the Code of Conduct to be used by POWs (3) EO 10631 was signed by president Eisenhower in 1955 (4) After Vietnam, the DOD coducted a review of the Code of Conduct and determined that training was needed to help prisoners overcome the guilt of "breaking" by giving more information than the Code of Conduct allowed (5) November 1977, president Carter ammended Article V to read "When question, should I become a POW, I am required (instead of BOUND) to give (instead of give ONLY) name, rank, sevice number, and DOB (6) March 1988, president Regan issued EO 12633, amending the COde with gender neutral language |
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Term
| Define the term "parole" in the context of prisoner of war. Why would the enemy employ parole? |
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Definition
| Parole is a promise by a POW to a captor to fulfill certain conditions, such as agreeing not to escape nor fight again once released, in exchange for such favors as releif from physical bondage, improved food and living conditions or repatriation ahead of the sick, injured or longer-held prisoners. The enemy employs parole to get on our good side to gain information. They want to use positive propaganda to undermine the POW organization, communication, and resistance efforts, which are their ulterior motives |
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Term
| Define the three general types of hostile peacetime detention. |
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Definition
| Hostile government detention involves a hostile gov't legally detaining a U.S. citizen/serviceman for violations of its law. Hostile government-sponsorted terrorist detention refers to the detention of U.S. citizens by terrorists who are sponsored by the gov't of the country in which the U.S. citizens are being held. Persons held under these circumstances are referred to as hostages and their capture and continued detention are violations of international law. Independent terrorist group detention is the detention of U.S. citizens by terrorists who are not sponsored by a hostile gov't. The independent terrorist groups illegally hold US citizens for the purposes of propaganda or to coerce the US to take some action |
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Term
| What are the key points of Article IV? |
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Definition
| Even while in captivity we are to carry out our responsibilities and exercise our authority. The senior person, regardless of branch of service, must take command. Without discipline, camp organization, resistance, even personal survival may be impossible. Communication breaks down the barriers of isolation that an enemy may attempt to construct. The guideline for Article IV of the Code of Conduct pretty much pertain to the peacetime interment also. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of LOAC? |
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Definition
| A broad base set of rules defining how a war if fought. The rules are generalized rather than extremely specific, and are designed to apply to any armed conflict. Their purpose is to prevent unnecessary loss of lives or destruction of property on the battlefield. |
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| What forbidden targets, tactics, and techniques are covered by the laws of war? |
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Definition
| (1) Civilians, medical personnel, chaplains, POWs and detainees, sick and wounded are considered noncombatants or people not participating in military operations and activities (2) Parachutists from an ejected aircraft are considered helpless until they reach the ground (3) Don't fire at any medical facilities, vehicles, or personnel or mark yourself with a medical emblem unless performing medical duties (4) you are not permitted to attack villages, towns, or cities (5) Enemy captives and detainees (6) Enemy's who have surrendured (7) civilian and private property (8) ensure civilan protection (9) poisoning enemies is unauthoized (10 - 12) altered weapons or ammunition for the purpose of unnecessary suffering or injury is illegal |
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Term
| Under LOAC, what should your response be if you are given an order which would result in a crime being committed? |
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Definition
| You are not required to carry out the order; you are required to do what you can to stop the act from occurring and to report it to your chain of command. |
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