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Define strategy and doctine.
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Strategy: is a prudent idea or set of ideas for employing the instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or multinational objectives
Doctrine: is a set of fundamental principles by which the military forces, or elements thereof, guide their actions in support of national objectives.
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List the essential tasks outlined in our National Security Strategy document
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-Championing Aspirations for Human Diginty
-Transform American national security institutions
-Strengthening alliances to defeat terrorism
-Defuse regional conflict
-Prevent threats from WMD
-Engage and confront globalization
-Ignite economic growth
-Expand the Circle of Development
-Develop agendas for cooperative action
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What is the Quadrennial Defense Review
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The Quadrennial Defense Review is a report published every four years that lays out how the military will be used for the defense of our country
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How are Joint Forces Commanders provided information on unit readiness, personnel, and equipment availability?
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Through the Global Force Management
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According to the 2006 QDR, identify the two fundemental changes essential to military strategy.
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-Implement broad changes to ensure that organizational structures, processes, and procedures effectively support the DoD's strategic direction.
-Continue to reorganize the DoD's capabilities and forces in order to be more agile in this time of war, while preparing for wider asymmetric challenges.
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What are the four major areas that DoD senior leaders identified to focus on to implement changes?
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-Defeating terrorist networks
-Defending the homeland in depth
-Shaping the choices of countries at strategic crossroads
-Preventing hostile states and non-state actors from acquiring or using weapons of mass destruction
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Describe the following type of doctrine
Joint
Multinational
Service
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Joint - Land and Maritime forces
Multinational - Allied Forces
Service - Official beliefs and war fighting principles
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List the three levels of air and space doctrine
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-Basic
-Operational
-Tactical
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Which level of war focuses on the campaigns and incorporates the strategy for when, where, and what conditions our forces will attack
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Operational
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Which of the following is not a principal of war, according to the AFDD 1
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Strategy
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Which air and space power function allows us to gain knowledge of the enemy's actions and provide this information in real time to the forces on the battlefield
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Intelligence
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Define tempo band
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The term used to desbribe U.S. Air Force deployment categories
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Define battle rhythm
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A deliberate daily cycle of command, staff, and unit activities intended to synchronize current and future operations
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Which tempo band provides a dwell ratio of 1:2 with 6 months vulnerability/deployment and 12 months non-deployment?
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Band D
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What does force readiness include
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Technical competence and the dimensions of wellness(physical, emotional, social, and spiritual)
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