SNCOA TEST 3 || All Answers are Valid.
Policy (The What) correct answers Think about some of the policies at your organization.
All organizations are driven by policies,
for example: reporting hours, dress and appearance
standards, technical procedures, standard
procedures driven by Operating Instructions, etc.
Policy is "what needs to be done".
Strategy (The How) correct answers To understand Strategy, you need to know additional
information on what it provides:
•• The "How" operations will be conducted to achieve national interests
Areas of consensus correct answers are the fundamental national goals the US should be seeking
in order to establish our national security
The current NSS with the same three items listed "Security, prosperity, and value"
The Developmental Process of the National Security Strategy correct answers The National
Security Council
(NSC) is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy
matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.
National Defense Strategy (NDS) correct answers The NDS will support the NSS by establishing
a set of overarching
defense objectives that guide DOD's security activities and provide direction for the National
Military
Strategy (discussed next). The NDS objectives will serve as links between military activities and
those
other government agencies in pursuit of national goals.
,National Military Strategy (NMS) correct answers The NMS, signed by the CJCS, supports the
aims of the NSS and
implements the NDS. It describes the Armed Forces plan to achieve military objectives in the
near term
and provides the vision for ensuring they remain decisive in the future.
Doctrine (The Playbook) correct answers is...our national playbook that highlights
lessons learned, best practices, effective SOPs and ROEs.
Operational Art correct answers is the application
of creative imagination by commanders and staffs — supported
by their knowledge, experience, and skills — to design strategies,
campaigns, and major operations and organize and employ military
forces. This is the ability to integrate ends, ways, and means across
the levels of warfare (strategic, operational, and tactical).
A thought process uses skill, knowledge, experience, and judgment to overcome the ambiguity
and
uncertainty of a complex environment and understand the problem at hand.
Operational Art Elements correct answers such as logistics and technology to name only a couple
are elements
in which a commander has some degree of control.
Contextual Elements correct answers such as ours and the enemy's political systems, the physical
environment
and the enemy's/our national leadership to name just a few are elements the
commander has little or no control over, but must nonetheless take into account when
devising a strategy.
, Operational Design correct answers The key to Operational Design essentially involves:
understanding
the strategic guidance (determining the end state and objectives), identifying the adversary's
principal strengths and weaknesses, and developing an operational concept that will achieve
strategic
and operational objectives.
In more simple terms, Operational Art entails the items a commander has to consider when
weighing
how to approach a task (Strategy). correct answers Operational Design is comprised of the
overhead guidance and
structure a commander must follow, ensuring the strategy will accomplish a larger national or
military
objective. In other words, Operational Design ensures a certain amount of structure exists and the
strategy a commander uses fits into the larger national ―big picture.
Instruments of National Power: correct answers diplomatic,
informational, military, and economic (DIME).
Diplomatic correct answers Diplomacy is the principal instrument for engaging with other states
and foreign groups to advance U.S.
values, interests, and objectives.
Informational correct answers the informational instrument of national power has a diffuse and
complex set of
components with no single center of control.
Information readily available from multiple sources influences domestic and
foreign audiences including citizens, adversaries, and governments.
Policy (The What) correct answers Think about some of the policies at your organization.
All organizations are driven by policies,
for example: reporting hours, dress and appearance
standards, technical procedures, standard
procedures driven by Operating Instructions, etc.
Policy is "what needs to be done".
Strategy (The How) correct answers To understand Strategy, you need to know additional
information on what it provides:
•• The "How" operations will be conducted to achieve national interests
Areas of consensus correct answers are the fundamental national goals the US should be seeking
in order to establish our national security
The current NSS with the same three items listed "Security, prosperity, and value"
The Developmental Process of the National Security Strategy correct answers The National
Security Council
(NSC) is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy
matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.
National Defense Strategy (NDS) correct answers The NDS will support the NSS by establishing
a set of overarching
defense objectives that guide DOD's security activities and provide direction for the National
Military
Strategy (discussed next). The NDS objectives will serve as links between military activities and
those
other government agencies in pursuit of national goals.
,National Military Strategy (NMS) correct answers The NMS, signed by the CJCS, supports the
aims of the NSS and
implements the NDS. It describes the Armed Forces plan to achieve military objectives in the
near term
and provides the vision for ensuring they remain decisive in the future.
Doctrine (The Playbook) correct answers is...our national playbook that highlights
lessons learned, best practices, effective SOPs and ROEs.
Operational Art correct answers is the application
of creative imagination by commanders and staffs — supported
by their knowledge, experience, and skills — to design strategies,
campaigns, and major operations and organize and employ military
forces. This is the ability to integrate ends, ways, and means across
the levels of warfare (strategic, operational, and tactical).
A thought process uses skill, knowledge, experience, and judgment to overcome the ambiguity
and
uncertainty of a complex environment and understand the problem at hand.
Operational Art Elements correct answers such as logistics and technology to name only a couple
are elements
in which a commander has some degree of control.
Contextual Elements correct answers such as ours and the enemy's political systems, the physical
environment
and the enemy's/our national leadership to name just a few are elements the
commander has little or no control over, but must nonetheless take into account when
devising a strategy.
, Operational Design correct answers The key to Operational Design essentially involves:
understanding
the strategic guidance (determining the end state and objectives), identifying the adversary's
principal strengths and weaknesses, and developing an operational concept that will achieve
strategic
and operational objectives.
In more simple terms, Operational Art entails the items a commander has to consider when
weighing
how to approach a task (Strategy). correct answers Operational Design is comprised of the
overhead guidance and
structure a commander must follow, ensuring the strategy will accomplish a larger national or
military
objective. In other words, Operational Design ensures a certain amount of structure exists and the
strategy a commander uses fits into the larger national ―big picture.
Instruments of National Power: correct answers diplomatic,
informational, military, and economic (DIME).
Diplomatic correct answers Diplomacy is the principal instrument for engaging with other states
and foreign groups to advance U.S.
values, interests, and objectives.
Informational correct answers the informational instrument of national power has a diffuse and
complex set of
components with no single center of control.
Information readily available from multiple sources influences domestic and
foreign audiences including citizens, adversaries, and governments.
