CDFM Module 2 Questions and Answers
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Mission of the DoD - ANSWER to provide military forces needed to deter war and
protect the security of our country.
3 military departments; 17 defense agencies and field activities. - ANSWER Who
reports to the SECDEF?
Military Departments - ANSWER Who is responsible for organizing, staffing, training,
equipping and sustaining America's military forces?
Combatant Commanders - ANSWER When the President and the SECDEF determine
that military action is required, these trained and ready forces are assigned to ?
USD(C)/CFO - ANSWER A key DoD principal who acts as resource consultant and
advisor to the SECDEF as well as manager and arbiter of the Defense resource
management process.
National Security Act of 1947 - ANSWER Most important basic reorganization of
Defense activists.
This Act established
- National Security Council
- CIA
- Civilian SECDEF
- OSD
- JCS
1949 National Security Act Amendment - ANSWER - Created the DoD
- Consolidated Military Department under the SECDEF direct control
- Made the SECDEF the only military representative on the President's cabinet
SECDEF - ANSWER The principal Defense policy advisor to the President and is
responsible for the formulation of general Defense policy and policy related to all
matters direct and primary concern to the DoD.
Defense Agencies - ANSWER Provide consolidated services to support military
departments
Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) - ANSWER The staff of the SECDEF and
DEPSECDEF. This staff helps management the DoD
, Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 - ANSWER - Identified Chairman of
the JCS as the senior ranks member of the armed forces
- Chairman of the JCS is the principal military advisor to the President, the National
Security Council (NSC) and the SECDEF.
Chairman JCS - ANSWER Provides strategic direction & planning for the armed forces
CJCS advises SECDEF on the following non-financial matters - ANSWER - critical
deficient and strengths in force capabilities (including manpower, logistics, and mobility
support)
- the priorities of the requirement identified by the commanders of the combatant
command and the extent to which program recommendations and budget proposals of
the military departments and other DoD components for a fiscal year conform with
priorities established in strategic plans and requirements of the Combatant Commands
President to SECDEF to Combatant Commands - ANSWER The operational chain of
command runs from....
National Security Council (NSC) - ANSWER The President's principal forum for
consideration national security and foreign policy matters with the senior national
security advisors and cabinet officials.
NSC Statutory Advisors - ANSWER - Chairman of the JCS
- Director of National Intelligence
Standing Principal Members of the NSC - ANSWER - President
- Vice President
- SECDEF
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of Energy
Standing Participants on the NSC - ANSWER - Secretary of Treasury
- Asst to President for National Security Affairs
- Chief of Staff to the President
- Counsel to the President
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations
- Secretary of Homeland Security
- Other Cabinet and Selected Government Officials at the Presidents request
National Security Strategy (NSS) - ANSWER Emerges from the National Security
Council. Decisions from the NSC discussions are documented as the National Security
Presidential Directives. The NSS sets forth the posture of the US; global and regional
trends; and the US political, economic, and defense strategies
Qaudrennial Defense Review - ANSWER - DoD Strategic as required by GPRA
- Signed by the SECDEF
Top Rated A+
Mission of the DoD - ANSWER to provide military forces needed to deter war and
protect the security of our country.
3 military departments; 17 defense agencies and field activities. - ANSWER Who
reports to the SECDEF?
Military Departments - ANSWER Who is responsible for organizing, staffing, training,
equipping and sustaining America's military forces?
Combatant Commanders - ANSWER When the President and the SECDEF determine
that military action is required, these trained and ready forces are assigned to ?
USD(C)/CFO - ANSWER A key DoD principal who acts as resource consultant and
advisor to the SECDEF as well as manager and arbiter of the Defense resource
management process.
National Security Act of 1947 - ANSWER Most important basic reorganization of
Defense activists.
This Act established
- National Security Council
- CIA
- Civilian SECDEF
- OSD
- JCS
1949 National Security Act Amendment - ANSWER - Created the DoD
- Consolidated Military Department under the SECDEF direct control
- Made the SECDEF the only military representative on the President's cabinet
SECDEF - ANSWER The principal Defense policy advisor to the President and is
responsible for the formulation of general Defense policy and policy related to all
matters direct and primary concern to the DoD.
Defense Agencies - ANSWER Provide consolidated services to support military
departments
Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) - ANSWER The staff of the SECDEF and
DEPSECDEF. This staff helps management the DoD
, Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 - ANSWER - Identified Chairman of
the JCS as the senior ranks member of the armed forces
- Chairman of the JCS is the principal military advisor to the President, the National
Security Council (NSC) and the SECDEF.
Chairman JCS - ANSWER Provides strategic direction & planning for the armed forces
CJCS advises SECDEF on the following non-financial matters - ANSWER - critical
deficient and strengths in force capabilities (including manpower, logistics, and mobility
support)
- the priorities of the requirement identified by the commanders of the combatant
command and the extent to which program recommendations and budget proposals of
the military departments and other DoD components for a fiscal year conform with
priorities established in strategic plans and requirements of the Combatant Commands
President to SECDEF to Combatant Commands - ANSWER The operational chain of
command runs from....
National Security Council (NSC) - ANSWER The President's principal forum for
consideration national security and foreign policy matters with the senior national
security advisors and cabinet officials.
NSC Statutory Advisors - ANSWER - Chairman of the JCS
- Director of National Intelligence
Standing Principal Members of the NSC - ANSWER - President
- Vice President
- SECDEF
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of Energy
Standing Participants on the NSC - ANSWER - Secretary of Treasury
- Asst to President for National Security Affairs
- Chief of Staff to the President
- Counsel to the President
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations
- Secretary of Homeland Security
- Other Cabinet and Selected Government Officials at the Presidents request
National Security Strategy (NSS) - ANSWER Emerges from the National Security
Council. Decisions from the NSC discussions are documented as the National Security
Presidential Directives. The NSS sets forth the posture of the US; global and regional
trends; and the US political, economic, and defense strategies
Qaudrennial Defense Review - ANSWER - DoD Strategic as required by GPRA
- Signed by the SECDEF
