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| Who are the key players in the joint planning process? |
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| The National Command Authorities (NCA) and Joint Planning and Execution Community or JPEC. They are supported by the executive departments and organizations within the Office of the President, primarily the National Security Council or NSC. |
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| The ________ provides the framework to establish national security strategy and policy decisions for implementation by the President in his role as commander-in-chief. |
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| NSC, National Security Council |
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| The headquarters, commands, and agencies involved in joint operations planning or committed to conduct military operations are collectively termed the _________ |
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| Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC). |
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| The primary means by which the CJCS performs joint strategic planning |
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| Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS); JSPS is essentially the link between strategic planning and joint operation planning.It enables the CJCS to assist the President and Secretary of Defense in providing unified strategic direction to the Armed Forces. |
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| Who establishes theater campaigns, organizes joint forces, designates operational areas, and directs campaigns? |
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| What organization provides interoperable forces and logistical support to combatant commanders? |
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| The Services and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) |
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| What provides two-year direction to combatant commands for operational planning, force management, security cooperation, and posture planning? (It consolidates and integrates DoD planning guidance related to operations and other military activities into a single, overarching guidance document.) |
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| The Guidance for Employment of the Force (or GEF) |
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| The GEF (Guidance for Employment of the Force) provides DoD-wide global defense posture guidance—forces, footprint, and agreements. With this guidance in mind, what organization aligns U.S. forces globally through a compilation of three related processes: assignment, allocation, and apportionment? |
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| Global Force Management (or GFM) |
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| This is defined as: the distribution of U.S. Forces at execution of limited resources among competing requirements for employment. It is accomplished in _____________________ orders. |
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| allocation; Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (or JOPES) |
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| Pursuant to Title 10, USC, Section 153, the _______ shall be responsible for preparing strategic plans, including plans which conform with resource levels projected by the SecDef to be available for the period of time for which the plans are to be effective. |
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| ___________ forces are types of combat and related support forces provided to combatant commanders as a starting point for planning purposes only. |
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| Within the chain of command, the _________ prepares component-level OPORDS in support of taskings assigned to the combatant commands, recommends the proper force composition and employment of Service forces, and provides Service forces and support information for joint planning. |
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| What is the Defense Department's resource allocation system? (It provides the best mix of forces, equipment, and support attainable within fiscal constraints.) |
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| The Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES). (The PPBES process has a framework that decides on future capabilities and provides an opportunity to reexamine prior decisions in light of evolving threats, economic conditions, and security concerns.) |
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| Combines individual service terminology and procedures into one standard multifaceted system. |
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| A non-standing or regularly meeting entity, it includes the headquarters, commands, and agencies involved in joint operation planning: |
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| Defined as time-sensitive planning for situations involving military planning: |
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| What are the four interrelated and overlapping phases of the PPBES? |
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| Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution |
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| During this phase of PPBE, the military departments match available resources (fiscal, manpower, and material) against validated requirements to achieve the strategic plan and submit program proposals. Planning policies and guidance are addressed, and initial program costs are established. The key objective during this phase is to develop a balanced, capabilities-based program in the form of the program objective memorandum or POM. |
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| The budgeting process in PPBES principally addresses the years to be justified in the __________. In continues, during the off-year, with the submission of the Program Budget Review and Fact of Life changes via the ________ |
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| President's budget; Notification Document |
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| _______ is an important system because it allows mission requirements to be balanced against available and projected resources based on a constrained budget. |
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| During the _____ phase of PPBES, initial program costs are established. |
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| During the ______ phase of PPBES, a balanced, capabilities-based program is developed, in the form of the program objective memorandum or POM. |
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| What phase of the PPBES includes formulation and justification? |
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| Which phase of the PPBES process provides a platform for a detailed review of a programs's pricing? |
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| In the _____ phase of PPBES, the military departments match available resources (fiscal, manpower, material) against validated requirements to achieve the strategic plan and submit program proposals. |
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| What system was designed to provide interoperability in Joint planning--providing uniform policies, procedures, and reporting structures supported by modern communications and computer systems? |
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| The Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) |
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| covers the planning spectrum from the National Command Authorities (NCA) through the Chairman, to the combatant commanders and the joint task force commanders. |
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| governs all aspects of conventional joint military operations planning and execution. |
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| JOPES; It is the tool used by all echelons of planners and operators to speak a commonly understood language. |
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| uses a set of command and control techniques and processes, supported by a computerized information system, to ensure the right amount of timely support gets to the warfighter to ensure a decisive victory |
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| What is the defense-wide process that relates resources to strategy? |
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| PPBES (Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System |
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| The primary objective of the _________ is the acquisition and allocation of resources to meet the operational requirements of the combatant commanders and the provisioning requirements of the Services and combat support agencies. |
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| PPBES (Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System) |
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| In the _____ process, the SecDef establishes policies, strategy, and prioritized goals for the DoD, which are subsequently used to guide resource allocation decisions that balance the guidance with fiscal constraints. |
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| Allows combatant commanders to translate national strategy and objectives into unified plans for military action by specifying how operations and logistics will be used to achieve success within a given space and time. |
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| What type of operational planning embodies the combatant commander's strategic vision of the relate operations necessary to attain theater strategic objectives? |
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| The ________ uses Contingency Planning to develop plans for a broa range of contingencies based on tasks identified in the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG), Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP), or other planning directive. |
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| Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC) |
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| When a planning requirement is dictated, the ________ directs contingency planning in anticipation of hypothetical future contingencies. |
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| chairman, Joint Chief of Staff (CJCS) |
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| A scheduled process that takes from 12 to 24 months and involves the entire JPEC. |
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| What are the five phases in contingency planning? |
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| Initiation, concept development, plan development, plan review, supporting plan |
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| Phase 1 of contingency planning, initiation, specifies strategic objectives and planning assumptions, specifies the type of plan for each task, and apportions major combat aNd strategic forces to the combatant commanders for planning. This info is provided to the combatant commanders in the ________ |
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| Joint Strategic Capabilities lan (JSCP) |
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| During phase ____, the combatant commanders conduct mission analysis, identify friendly and enemy centers of gravity, and determine the commander's overall intent for the operation and develop the staff estimates, all in response to the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan assigned task. |
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| Products of this contingency planning stage include force, support, and transportation planning documents to support the combatant commander's concept of operations. |
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| phase 3--plan development |
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| The final result of this phase is a combatant commanders strategic concept, which is submitted to the CJCS for review and approval. |
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| phase 2-- concept development |
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| An ______ includes a full description of the concept of operatiAn OPLAN includes a full description of the concept of operations using all documentation applicable to a JOPES structured plan. It identifies the specific forces, functional support, and resources necessary to implement the plan and provides closure estimates for their movement into the theater. |
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| ______ can be quickly converted to Operation Orders (or OPORDs). |
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| In a ______, all the elements of the basic OPLAN are included in summary form except mission, situation, assumptions, and concept of operations. These elements are fully developed. |
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| A _______requires considerable expansion or alteration to convert into an OPLAN, campaign plan, or OPORD. |
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| A _____ may be developed by combatant commanders to address functional peacetime operations, such as disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, or peace operations. |
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| May be developed in response to Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan tasks, as a combatant commander initiative, or as tasked by a Service or defense agency acting as an executive agent for the Secretary of Defense |
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| Functional Plans (FUNCPLAN) |
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| ______ provides additional crisis action planning procedures for the time-sensitive development of OPORDs for the likely use of military forces in response to a crisis. |
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| With the decision of the President or SecDef to develop military options, the CJCS issues the _______, which defines the objectives, anticipated mission or tasks, pertinent constraints, command relationships, and, if applicable, tentative combat forces available to the commander for planning and strategic lift allocations. |
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| There are ____ phases in Crisis Action Planning |
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| When an event occurs that has potential national security implications, the ______ prepares and submits an assessment of the event to the President, SecDef, and the CJCS. |
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| In Phase 2 of the Crisis Action Planing (CAP), National Command Authorities and CJCS evaluate a combatant commander's assessement and determine if a crisis is imminent and requires a military response. If yes, then the CJCS prepares a to affect combatant commanders. |
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| This order establishes command relationships and identifies the mission and any planning constraints. |
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| During Crisis Action Planing, an alert order is issued during phase ____ . This order announces the Course of Action selected by the President and SecDec and initiates Execution Planning (phase 5) |
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| 4--course of Action (COA) Selection |
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| During phase 5, Execution Planning, of the Crisis Action Planning process, the CCDR develops a campaign plan or Operation Order (OPORD) and TPFDD. |
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| Phase 5, Execution Planning, the CCDR develops a ______ and TPFDD |
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| campaign plan or Operation Order (OPORD) |
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| A planning directive that describes the situation, allocates forces and resources, establishes command relationships, provides other initial planning guidance, and initiates subordinate unit mission planning |
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| What tool is used to help MCOM staff to determine the best Crisis Course of Action (COA)? |
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| Specific criteria and a decision matrix, created and handed down by the MCOM commander, is used to grade the COAs. The staff and the MCOM commander then refine the best chosen COA in conference with the component commanders. |
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| After a COA is MCOM approved and presented to the President for his approval, the CJCS sends an ALERTORD to the joint planning group, who convert the COA into an ________ |
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| The final OPORD is presented to the President and SecDef by the MCOM commander or CJCS to either execute, hold, or cancel. |
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| Contingency planning will result in plan development, while crisis action planning typically will lead directly to ______ development |
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| During plan or order development, the commander and staff, in collaboration with subordinate and supporting components and organizations, expand the approved COA into a detailed joint OPLAN or OPORD by first developing an executable _____; the eventual centerpiece of the operation plan or order. |
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| The _______ concisely plans the order of operations, including integration, synchronization, and phases, including branches for possible alternative developments, such as a change of leadership of the aggressive nation. |
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| Only the President or SecDef can authorize the Chairman to issue an _______. It directs the MCOM commander to initiate military operations, defines the time to initiate operations, and conveys guidance not provided earlier. |
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| Upon receipt of the Chairman's EXORD, the _____ commander would issue an execute order to subordinate commanders |
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| This structure increases management effectiveness by applying judgment and experience to programs, resource limitations, and other program adjustments. |
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| sncos contribute to ______ by establishing and forecasting a budget to ensure sufficient funds are available to accomplish the mission. |
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| How are JOPES and PPBES used to achieve national military objectives? |
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| They enhance interoperability and ensure the best mix of forces is available to execute contingency and crisis action plans. |
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| Name operations where Joint, Coalition, and Total Force worked together to execute Joint Operations: |
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Operation Noble Eagle, Homeland Defense
Operation Enduring Freedom, Major Combat Operation, Afghanistan
Operation Tomodachi, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) |
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