PDG: CHAPTER 4 - MILITARY ORGANIZATION AND COMMAND,
SECTIONS A-C & E QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Buy Quality Materials!
Command Authority
Established levels of responsibility for command, control, and communication
throughout a chain of command. "Chain of Command"
Department of Defense (DOD)
Army
Navy (including the Marine Corps)
Air Force (including the Space Force)
Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)
Appointed by POTUS
Lloyd J. Austin III
Principal defense policy advisor
Armed Forces Policy Council
Secretary of Defense
Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
The chairman
Joint chiefs of Staff
Under Secretaries of Defense
the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
The four service chiefs
Under Secretaries of Defense
6: (Policy; Comptroller; Personnel and Readiness; Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S); Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering; and Intelligence)
Assist the Secretary of Defense through Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Security
Service, and Defense Logistics Agency
Joint Staff
Several hundred officers from the four services (Army, Navy, USAF, and USSF) who
assist the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Appointed by POTUS
General Charles Q. Brown Jr., USAF
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Appointed by POTUS
Admiral Christopher W. Grady, USN
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman
SEAC Troy E. Black
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
, high-ranking military officers who represent the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines who
assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense-advise the president on security
matters.
Military Departments
the Army, Navy (including
the Marine Corps and, in wartime, the Coast Guard), and the USAF (including the
Space Force),
Combined Command
Consists of forces from more than one nation.
Unified Combatant Command (COCOM)
two or more services, organized on a functional/geographical basis and has a broad,
continuing mission.
"Joint Base Lewis/McChord"
Unified Command Plan
unclassified document prepared by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
reviewed and updated every two years.
Combatant Command Organization
11 total
6 are arranged Geographically
Africa, Central, Northern, Southern, European, and Indo-Pacific
5 are arranged Functionally (across geographic boundaries)
Special Operations, Strategic, Cyber, Transportation, and Space
US Africa Command
Kelley Barracks: Stuttgart, Germany.
US Central Command
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Utilizes international partnerships to build cooperation, respond to crisis, defeat threats
and support development.
US European Command
Patch Barracks: Stuttgart, Germany
Plan training missions and provide humanitarian assistance
US Northern Command
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Civil support and homeland security
Indo-Pacific Command
Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii
Illicit trafficking
US Southern Command
Miami, Florida
SECTIONS A-C & E QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Buy Quality Materials!
Command Authority
Established levels of responsibility for command, control, and communication
throughout a chain of command. "Chain of Command"
Department of Defense (DOD)
Army
Navy (including the Marine Corps)
Air Force (including the Space Force)
Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)
Appointed by POTUS
Lloyd J. Austin III
Principal defense policy advisor
Armed Forces Policy Council
Secretary of Defense
Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
The chairman
Joint chiefs of Staff
Under Secretaries of Defense
the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
The four service chiefs
Under Secretaries of Defense
6: (Policy; Comptroller; Personnel and Readiness; Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S); Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering; and Intelligence)
Assist the Secretary of Defense through Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Security
Service, and Defense Logistics Agency
Joint Staff
Several hundred officers from the four services (Army, Navy, USAF, and USSF) who
assist the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Appointed by POTUS
General Charles Q. Brown Jr., USAF
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Appointed by POTUS
Admiral Christopher W. Grady, USN
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman
SEAC Troy E. Black
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
, high-ranking military officers who represent the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines who
assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense-advise the president on security
matters.
Military Departments
the Army, Navy (including
the Marine Corps and, in wartime, the Coast Guard), and the USAF (including the
Space Force),
Combined Command
Consists of forces from more than one nation.
Unified Combatant Command (COCOM)
two or more services, organized on a functional/geographical basis and has a broad,
continuing mission.
"Joint Base Lewis/McChord"
Unified Command Plan
unclassified document prepared by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
reviewed and updated every two years.
Combatant Command Organization
11 total
6 are arranged Geographically
Africa, Central, Northern, Southern, European, and Indo-Pacific
5 are arranged Functionally (across geographic boundaries)
Special Operations, Strategic, Cyber, Transportation, and Space
US Africa Command
Kelley Barracks: Stuttgart, Germany.
US Central Command
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Utilizes international partnerships to build cooperation, respond to crisis, defeat threats
and support development.
US European Command
Patch Barracks: Stuttgart, Germany
Plan training missions and provide humanitarian assistance
US Northern Command
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Civil support and homeland security
Indo-Pacific Command
Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii
Illicit trafficking
US Southern Command
Miami, Florida
