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AFH 1; TSGT WAPS - (4) MilitaryOrganization and Command
(4.1) What is command authority? - ANS-The established levels of responsibility for
Command, Control and Communication (C3) throughout a chain of command.
(4.1) Responsibility and authority for the US Armed Forces extends from the President
through whom? - ANS-Through the SecDef, through two distinct branches of command
and through every commander at every level.
(4.1) Each level in the chain of command is _____ for all lower levels and _____ to all
higher levels. - ANS-Responsible; accountable.
(4.1) What establishes the basic principle of civilian control of the armed forces? -
ANS-The US Constitution.
(4.1) As Commander in Chief, the President has the final command authority. How is
this authority limited? - ANS-As head of the executive branch, he or she is subject to the
"checks and balances" of the legislative and judicial branches.
(4.1) By statute, the chain of command runs from the President through the SecDef to
the _____. - ANS-Combatant Commanders (CCDR)
(4.1) For all forces not assigned to the CCDRs, the chain of command runs through
whom? - ANS-From the President, through the SecDef, to the Secretaries of the military
departments.
(4.1) What allows the President to authorize communications through the Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)? - ANS-A provision of the Goldwater-Nichols DoD
Reorganization Act of 1986.
(4.2) Headquartered at the Pentagon, the DoD is America's largest government agency.
It includes over _____ million Regular Force members, 826,000 National Guard and
Reserve members and 742,000 civilian personnel. - ANS-1.3 million Regular Force
members.
(4.2) What is the DoD's mission? - ANS-To provide military forces to deter war and
protect the security of our country.
, (4.2) What departments form the DoD? (6 answers) - ANS-- Office of the SecDef
- Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
- Joint Staff
- Departments of the Army, Navy (including the US Marine Corps), and Air Force.
- Unified combatant commanders
- Forces dedicated to combined commands, defense agencies and DoD field activities
(4.2) Who is the head of the DoD? - ANS-The SecDef
(4.2) Who formulates general defense policy (and policy related to all matters of direct
and primary concern to the DoD), is the civilian head of the DoD and executes approved
policy as the principal defense policy advisor to the President? - ANS-The SecDef;
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(4.2) In what areas does the Armed Forces Policy Council assist the SecDef? - ANS-In
matters requiring a long-range view, in formulating broad defense policy and advises the
SecDef on policies, as requested.
(4.2) Who is on the Armed Forces Policy Council? (7 answers) - ANS-- The SecDef
(Chairman)
- Deputy SecDef
- Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
- Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
- Under Secretaries of Defense for Policy and for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
- Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
- Service Chiefs
(4.2) Name the five Under Secretaries of Defense. - ANS-- Policy
- Comptroller
- Personnel and Readiness
- Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
- Intelligence
(4.2) Name three special agencies that provide staff assistance to the SecDef. - ANS--
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Security Service
- Defense Logistics Agency
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