AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
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What does Joint Operation mean? - ANSWER: Joint operations are military actions
conducted by joint forces and those Service forces.
The primary way through which the Department of Defense employs Services from
two or more Military Departments in a single operation.
A joint force is one composed of significant elements, assigned or attached, of two or
more Military Departments operating under a single JFC.
12 Principles of Joint Operations; - ANSWER: 1. Objective
2. Offensive
3. Mass
4. Maneuver
5. Economy of Force
6. Unity of Command
7. Security
8. Surprise
9. Simplicity
10. Restraint
11. Perseverance
12. Legitimacy
Unity of Command - ANSWER: The operation of all forces under a single responsible
commander who has the requisite authority to direct and employ those forces in
pursuit of common purpose.
Unity of Effort - ANSWER: Coordination and cooperation toward common objectives,
even if the participants are not necessarily part of the same command or
organization, which is the product of successful unified action.
Unified Action - ANSWER: The synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of
the activities of governmental and nongovernmental entities with military operation
to achieve unity of effort.
Functional Combatant Commands - ANSWER: •U.S. Special Operations Command
•U.S. Transportation Command
•U.S. Strategic Command
•U.S. Cyber Command
, Joint Functions - ANSWER: C2
Information
M&M
Fires
Intel
Protection
Sustainment
Joint doctrine currently recognizes five domains. - ANSWER: Air
Land
Maritime
Space
Information (which includes cyberspace)
Building Upon the Core Staff - ANSWER: 1 -Joint Organization
2 -Augmentation
3 -Joint Individual Augmentees
4 -Interorganizational Partners
5 -Liaison Officers
6 -Service and Special Operations Augmentees
7 - Joint Enabling Capabilities Command
Combatant Command (Command Authority) - ANSWER: •Planning, programming,
budgeting and execution process input
•Assignment of subordinate commanders
•Relations with Department of Defense agencies
•Directive authority for logistics
•Authoritative direction for all military operations and joint training
•Organize and employ commands and forces
•Assign command functions to subordinates
•Establish plans/requirements for ISR activity
•Suspend subordinate commanders from duty
•Local direction and control of movements or maneuvers to accomplish mission
Aid, assist, protect, or sustain another organization
Operational Control (OPCON) - ANSWER: •Authoritative direction for all military
operations and joint training
•Organize and employ commands and forces
•Assign command functions to subordinates
•Establish plans/requirements for ISR activity
•Suspend subordinate commanders from duty
Tactical Control (TACON) - ANSWER: Local direction and control of movements or
maneuvers to accomplish mission
Support - ANSWER: Aid, assist, protect, or sustain another organization