SNCOA - Test 3: Joint Warfighter Top Possible Questions and Answers 2024

policy - "what needs to be done," a document that may change due to changes in national leadership, political considerations, or for fiscal reasons. strategy - a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim. area of consensus - fundamental national goals the U.S. should be seeking in order to establish our national security; security, prosperity, and values national security strategy (nss) - a document approved by the president that expresses vision, what the U.S. stands for, and sensing of how the instruments of national power will be arrayed. national defense strategy (nds) - a document that outlines the DoD approach to implement the NSS national military strategy (nms) - a document approved by the CJCS for distributing and applying military power to attain NSS and NDS objectives doctrine - fundamental principles by which the military forces or elements guide their actions in support of national objectives; it is authoritative but requires judgment in application joint doctrine - fundamental principles that guide the employment of the U.S. military forces in coordinated action towards a common objective operational art - the application of creative imagination to design strategies, campaigns, and major operations to organize and employ military forces; headed by the commander operational art elements - logistics and technology, commander has some degree of control contextual elements - elements the commander has little or no control over, but must take into account when devising a strategy operational design - the conception and construction of the intellectual framework that underpins joint operations plans and their subsequent execution military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence - ongoing routine activities that establish, shape, maintain, and refine relations with other nations crisis response and limited contingency operations - small scale, limited duration operations such as strikes, raids, and peace enforcement; conduct operations individually or in conjunction with major operation or campaign major operations and campaigns - extended duration, large scale operations that usually involve combat such as battles, engagements, and strike (major operations) | series of related major operations (campaigns) instruments of national power - diplomatic, informational, military, and economic (DIME) diplomatic - principal instrument for engaging with other states and foreign groups to advance U.S. values, interests, and objectives; credible threat of force = deterrence and enables the democratic process informational - information is freely exchanged with minimal government controls; information readily available from multiple sources; support via IO and PA military - fight and win the nation's war, must ensure adherence to US values; used both domestically and internationally