AF Core Missions
Joint Forces
Operational Concepts
NMO
NDS
100

What core mission provides robust, adaptable, and survivable systems of communications for joint operations?

What is Command and Control 

100

What requires the integration and synchronization of all domains to create synergistic effects and compensate for vulnerabilitie?

What is JADO

100

What is a solemn promise that enlisted members of the U.S military make when they join the service?

What is the Oath of enlistment

100

Who is the head of the Department of War and responsible for formulating defense policies and programs to advise the President.

What is the Secretary of Defense (War)

100

What instrument involves enforcing laws, maintaining order, and addressing criminals and terrorist?

What is Law Enforcement 

200

What core mission enables the ability to quickly provide air refueling, personnel, and equipment delivery anywhere on the face of the Earth?

What is rapid global mobility

200

What are the core values of the Navy?

what is honor, courage, and commitment 

200

At what level of warfare are national policy decisions made in support of defense and military strategies?

What is the Strategic?

200

Who provides military advice and guidance to SecDef, but does not execute military operations?

What is the Joint Chiefs of Staff

200

What is defined as members capable of accomplishing tasks outside of their AFSC creating cross functional teams to provide combat support in support of the ACE elements.

What is Mission Ready Airmen (MRA)

300

What core mission allows the U.S to effectively hold any target on the planet rapidly and disable or destroy it promptly?

What is Global Strike

300

What provides the focus, purpose, and context for the subordinates’ actions and decisions?

What is Commanter’s intent

300

What level of warfare involves the realm of combatant commanders and their subordinates linking strategy and tactics through campaigns and operations?

What is Operational

300

Who plays a role in coordinating and advising the president on national security matters in the United States?

What is the National Security Council (NSC)

300

What instrument involves engaging with other nations through dialogue, negotiations, cooperation, and providing foreign aid?

What is diplomacy

400

What is a scheme of maneuver designed to enhance survivability by dispersing forces, complicating the enemy’s target process, and creating flexibility for friendly forces. 

What is Agile Combat Employment (ACE)

400

What tier of the military links commanders and their forces by ensuring enlisted skills and resources are woven into joint plans, counsel senior leaders, and plan and execute joint missions.

What is the NCO/petty officer tier

400

What level of warfare is defined as the level where the conduct of battles and engagement seek to achieve military objectives assigned to joint force commanders and subordinate units?

What is the tactical level

400

What chain of command directs the employment of U.S military forces through combatant commands?

What is the Operational chain of command

400

What instrument focuses on economic resources and financial leverage including freezing assets, imposing sanctions, and denying funding?

What is financial

500

Who provides intel analysis, ISR planning, and targeting support to decision makers?

What is the ISRD (intelligence, surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division)

500

What is required for joint forces to work together in pursuit of strategic objectives?

What is cooperation 

500

What is a concept that describes the relationship between the United States and another strategic actor concerning policies, competition, and armed conflicts?

What is competition continuum?

500

What emphasizes trust and decentralized execution within the commander’s vision?

What is mission command

500

What supports JADO by creating dilemmas for the enemy, enabling convergence across domains, and allowing the joint force to operate inside the adversary’s decision-making cycle.

Agile Combat Employment (ACE)