National Security Basics
What council was created in 1947 to coordinate foreign and defense policy?
Answer: What is the National Security Council?
Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces?
Answer: Who is the President?
What are the two general forms of warfare?
Answer: What are conventional and irregular warfare?
Who advises the President on military matters?
Answer: Who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)?
What does HLD stand for?
Answer: What is Homeland Defense?
Which act in 1986 increased transparency and accountability in national security?
Answer: What is the Goldwater-Nichols Act
Who exercises authority over the Department of Defense?
Answer: Who is the Secretary of Defense
Which warfare involves tanks, aircraft, and follows international laws?
Answer: What is conventional warfare?
What is the main focus of the Joint Staff?
Answer: What is readiness, policy, planning, and training?
What is the purpose of Civil Support (CS) missions?
Answer: What is to assist civil authorities during emergencies?
The National Security Council is primarily responsible for overseeing what?
Answer: What is national security?
The operational branch chain of command flows from the President to whom?
Answer: Who is the Combatant Commander?
Which warfare uses guerrilla tactics and propaganda?
Answer: What is irregular warfare?
What is the difference between geographic and functional Combatant Commands?
Answer: Geographic is location-based; functional is mission-based.
What is an example of a Civil Support mission?
Answer: What is FEMA support during a natural disaster?
Integrating military power with other national instruments ensures what kind of approach?
Answer: What is a whole-of-government approach
What is the administrative chain of command used for?
Answer: What is organizing, training, and equipping the services?
What are the three levels of warfare?
Answer: What are strategic, operational, and tactical?
Name one Combatant Command with a functional area of responsibility.
Answer: What is USTRANSCOM or USCYBERCOM?
What is the A-Staff used for in the Air Force?
Answer: What is operational and administrative planning?
Defense organizations align with national interests through which overarching structure?
Answer: What is the National Security Structure?
Why are clear lines of authority essential in the military?
Answer: What is to ensure unity of command and operational effectiveness
Which level of warfare links strategy and tactics through campaigns?
Answer: What is the operational level?
What does the Combatant Commander ensure across the competition continuum?
Answer: What is detecting, deterring, and preventing attacks?
What does HLD protect?
Answer: What is U.S. sovereignty, territory, and population?