WAPS SSGT- Military Org and Command-
US Armed Forces
What are the established levels of responsibility for command, control, and
communication throughout a chain of command called? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Command authority.
What extends from the U.S President through the Secretary of Defense, through
two distinct branches of command, and through each commander at every level
in the branches of service? - CORRECT ANSWER-Responsibility and authority.
The various levels within the chain of command have different responsibilities
and authority; however, each level in the chain is responsible for and accountable
to whom? - CORRECT ANSWER-Responsible for al lower levels and
accountable to all higher levels.
What document establishes the basic principle of civilian control of the U.S
Armed Forces? - CORRECT ANSWER-U.S Constitution.
As Commander in Chief, The U.S President has final command authority,
however as head of the executive branch, is the president subject to what? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Checks and Balances system of the legislative and judicial
branches.
By statute, the chain of command runs from the U.S President, through the
SecDef, then to whom? - CORRECT ANSWER-Combatant commanders
For all forces not assigned to the Combatant commanders, the chain of
command runs from the U.S President, through the SecDef, and then to whom? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Secretaries of the military departments.
When forces are assigned to the Combatant Commanders, administrative control
over those forces typically flows through whom? - CORRECT ANSWER-Their
respective service branches.
, A provision of what act permits the U.S President to authorize communications
through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, placing the Chairman in the
communications chain of command? - CORRECT ANSWER-The
Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986
What is America's largest government agency? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Department of Defense (DOD)
Whose mission is to provide military forces to deter war and protect the security
of our country? - CORRECT ANSWER-Department of Defense (DOD)
Headquartered at the Pentagon, which offices are included in the Department of
Defense? - CORRECT ANSWER--Office of the SecDef.
-The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
-The Joint Staff
-The Departments of the Army, Navy (including the Marine Corps), and the Air
Force.
-Unified combatant commands.
-Forces dedicated to combined commands, defense agencies, and field
activities.
As the civilian head of the Department of Defense, to whom does the SecDef
report directly? - CORRECT ANSWER-The U.S President.
The U.S President appoints the SecDef with the advice and consent of whom? -
CORRECT ANSWER-the Senate.
Who Serves as principal defense policy advisor to the U.S President and is
responsible for the formulation of general defense policy, policy related to all
matters of direct and primary concern to the Department of Defense, and for the
execution of approved policy? - CORRECT ANSWER-Secretary of Defense
(SecDef)
Who exercises operational chain of command between the U.S President and
the Combatant Commanders? - CORRECT ANSWER-Secretary of Defense
(SecDef)
US Armed Forces
What are the established levels of responsibility for command, control, and
communication throughout a chain of command called? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Command authority.
What extends from the U.S President through the Secretary of Defense, through
two distinct branches of command, and through each commander at every level
in the branches of service? - CORRECT ANSWER-Responsibility and authority.
The various levels within the chain of command have different responsibilities
and authority; however, each level in the chain is responsible for and accountable
to whom? - CORRECT ANSWER-Responsible for al lower levels and
accountable to all higher levels.
What document establishes the basic principle of civilian control of the U.S
Armed Forces? - CORRECT ANSWER-U.S Constitution.
As Commander in Chief, The U.S President has final command authority,
however as head of the executive branch, is the president subject to what? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Checks and Balances system of the legislative and judicial
branches.
By statute, the chain of command runs from the U.S President, through the
SecDef, then to whom? - CORRECT ANSWER-Combatant commanders
For all forces not assigned to the Combatant commanders, the chain of
command runs from the U.S President, through the SecDef, and then to whom? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Secretaries of the military departments.
When forces are assigned to the Combatant Commanders, administrative control
over those forces typically flows through whom? - CORRECT ANSWER-Their
respective service branches.
, A provision of what act permits the U.S President to authorize communications
through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, placing the Chairman in the
communications chain of command? - CORRECT ANSWER-The
Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986
What is America's largest government agency? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Department of Defense (DOD)
Whose mission is to provide military forces to deter war and protect the security
of our country? - CORRECT ANSWER-Department of Defense (DOD)
Headquartered at the Pentagon, which offices are included in the Department of
Defense? - CORRECT ANSWER--Office of the SecDef.
-The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
-The Joint Staff
-The Departments of the Army, Navy (including the Marine Corps), and the Air
Force.
-Unified combatant commands.
-Forces dedicated to combined commands, defense agencies, and field
activities.
As the civilian head of the Department of Defense, to whom does the SecDef
report directly? - CORRECT ANSWER-The U.S President.
The U.S President appoints the SecDef with the advice and consent of whom? -
CORRECT ANSWER-the Senate.
Who Serves as principal defense policy advisor to the U.S President and is
responsible for the formulation of general defense policy, policy related to all
matters of direct and primary concern to the Department of Defense, and for the
execution of approved policy? - CORRECT ANSWER-Secretary of Defense
(SecDef)
Who exercises operational chain of command between the U.S President and
the Combatant Commanders? - CORRECT ANSWER-Secretary of Defense
(SecDef)
