Mission Command
What is the common abbreviation for Command and Control?
C2
What does ACE stand for?
Agile Combat Employment
What does JADO stand for?
Joint All Domain Operations
What does Mission Ready Airmen mean?
Refers to AF personnel trained to be versatile and adaptable, capable of performing tasks beyond their primary skillset to ensure the AF can effectively execute its missions in various and contested environments.
How many steps are in the Joint Planning Process?
7
What is the term for the commander's clear, concise statement of what they want their force to achieve and its end state?
How does ACE differ from traditional AF operations?
It shifts from relying on large, centralized bases to operating from a network of smaller, dispersed locations, enhancing agility, resilience, and survivability.
What is competition continuum?
Describes a comprehensive and flexible spectrum of strategic relations between the United States and other actors.
Why are MRA considered an enabler of ACE?
Airmen are trained to operate independently in expeditionary environments, providing combat support and service with the resources available, and can adapt to evolving mission requirements.
This step is a potential way (solution, method) to accomplish the assigned mission.
Step 3: Course of Action (COA) Development
What is Mission Command?
A philosophy of leadership that empowers Airmen to operate in uncertain, complex, and rapidly changing environments through trust, shared awareness, and understanding of the Commander's intent.
What are tailorable force packages?
Specialized, mission-focused units designed to be rapidly deployed and adapted to specific operational needs and austere locations.
This is the delegation of authority to lower echelons and to other component and Service leaders as required.
JADO principle
How are MRA concepts used to generate airpower?
By foresting a highly adaptable and flexible workforce
This step is when the staff briefs the commander on the COA comparison and the analysis and wargaming results. This also includes a review of important supporting information.
Step 6: COA Comparison
One of the Five Principles of Mission Command include this, which is is shared confidence between commanders, subordinates, and partners.
Build Teams Through Mutual Trust
What are the three ACE enablers?
Expeditionary and multi-capable Airmen
Mission Command
Tailorable forces packages
What are the key points of competition contiuum?
Cooperation, Competition, Armed Conflict
How do expeditionary skills and MRA enable ACE?
It enables the AF to operate in contested, degraded, and operationally limited environments, creating combat power through distributed operations and cross-functional teams.
What is Step 2 of the Joint Planning Process?
Mission Analysis: focuses the commander and the staff on the problem at hand and lays a foundation for effective planning.
This means taking proactive action to achieve the commander's intent, even when orders are incomplete or unforeseen situations arise.
Exercise Disciplined Initiative
What is the definition of ACE?
Proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to increase survivability while generating combat power, aiming to complicate or negate adversary responses.
This JADO principle is described as the ability to leverage information capabilities and influence to gain an advantage.
Infomation Sharing
What is the location of the MRA-MG Academy?
Travis Air Force Base
This step is the process of closely examining potential COAs to reveal detail that enables the commander and staff to evaluate COA validity and ID the advantages and disadvantages of each proposed COA.
Step 4: COA Analysis and Wargaming