CDP Module 2

What are the four (4) components of the National Intelligence Strategy (NIS)?

(1) "Strategic Environment"; (2) "Mission Objective"; (3) "Enterprise Objective"; (4) "Implementing the Strategy"

What are the four (4) responsibilities of A4?

(1) Build strategy, (2) write best policy, (3) advocate resources, and (4) develop our work forces

What three (3) responsibilities does the CIA assist the DCIA in carrying out?

(1) Collecting intelligence through human sources and by other appropriate means; (2) correlating and evaluating intelligence related to national security and providing appropriate dissemination of such intelligence; (3) providing overall direction for and coordination of the collection of national intelligence outside the U.S.

What is the National Security Strategy (NSS)?

(1) It addresses the tasks that, as a Nation, are necessary to provide enduring security for the American people and shape the global environment; (2) it provides a broad strategic context for employing military capability in concert with other instruments of national power; (3) National Priorities (Ends)

What is the National Military Strategy (NMS)?

(1) It dictates that the U.S. requires a military to defend the homeland, conduct sustained and distributed counter-terrorist operations, deter aggression and assure allies through forward presence and engagement; (2) It supports the aims of the NSS and implements the NDS; (3) Strategic direction (Means)

What is the Air Force Future Operating Concept (AF FOC)?

(1) It is the Air Force's overarching force development concept which describes how future Air Force forces will provide response and effective "Global Vigilance-Global Reach-Global Power" in light of the anticipated future strategic and operational environment; (2) It broadly portrays how the future AF will conduct its five core missions as part of a joint, inter-agency, or multinational force, or independently in support of national security objectives.

What is the National Defense Strategy (NDS)?

(1) It outlines DoD's approach to implementing the President's NSS; (2) it establishes a set of overarching defense objectives that guide DoD's security activities and provide direction for the National Military Strategy (NMS); (3) Department Guidance (Ways)

What are the three (3) responsibilities of INSCOM?

(1) executes mission command of operational intelligence and security forces; (2) conducts and synchronizes worldwide multi-discipline and all-source intelligence and security operations; and (3) delivers linguist support and intelligence-related advanced skills training, acquisition support, logistics, communications, and other specialized capabilities in support of Army, Joint, and Coalition Commands and the U.S. IC

What are the three (3) chapters of the AFDD 2-0, GIISR?

(1) global integrated ISR, (2) the command relationships and authorities that enable it, and (3) how these operations are planned and conducted

What are the responsibilities of A1?

(1) managing personnel programs and (2) carrying out policies affecting Air Force active-duty and civilian members.

What are the five (5) core missions of the Air Force?

(1) multi-domain command and control; (2) adaptive domain control; (3) global integrated ISR (GIISR); (4) rapid global mobility; and (5) global precision strike.

What are the three (3) responsibilities of NAF?

(1) provide operational leadership, (2) provide supervision, and (3) prepare forces for deployment and employment.

What are the five (5) Strategic Vectors the USAF SMP focuses on?

(1) provides effective 21st Century deterrence; (2) maintain a robust and flexible global intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability; (3) ensure a full-spectrum capable, high-end focused force; (4) pursue a multi-domain approach to our five core missions; and (5) continue the pursuit of game-changing technology.

What is a Unified Combatant Command (CCMD)?

A command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander.

How does the NSSP impact ISR Airmen?

AF ISR has become more reliant on U.S. Space assets to accomplish their mission, and as such, it has become a true domain and mission area for the USAF.

What is INSCOM?

Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)

What does AF/A9 represent?

Both the SECAF and CSAF in senior analytic venues as the Air Force's chief analyst, and he/she serves as a member of the Air Force Corporate Structure and Council.

Who does the DCIA report to?

DNI

What is A10?

Deterrence ane Nuclear Integration

What is the function of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)?

He/She functions within the chain of command by transmitting to the Commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands the orders of the President or the Secretary of Defense.

What is the responsibility of the DNI?

He/she serves as the head of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), overseeing and directing the implementation of the National intelligence Program (NIP); the DNI also acts as a principal advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to national security.

What is the National Intelligence Strategy (NIS)?

In direct support of the National Security Strategy (NSS), it provides the IC with the mission direction of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) for the next four to five years.

What is AF/A2/6?

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations

What does the National Military Strategy (NMS) address?

It addresses the need to counter revisionist states that are challenging international norms as well as violent extremist organizations (VEOs) that are undermining trans-regional security

What is the significance of the "Mission Objective" section of the NIS?

It describes key mission priorities and expected outcomes

What is the significance of the "Enterprise Objective" section of the NIS?

It describes resource and capability outcomes needed to enable mission success

How does the NIS impact ISR Airmen?

It details how and why the entirety of the IC will support the National Defense Strategy (NDS).

How does the National Defense Authorization Act impact ISR Airmen?

It directly funds everything from USAF manning to programs and systems for the current fiscal year and sets the overall plan for future spending.

What is the National Intelligence Priority Framework (NIPF)?

It disseminates policy and establishes responsibilities for setting the national intelligence priorities and translating them into action

What is the USAF Strategic Master Plan (SMP)?

It gives a plan of how the U.S. Air Force will operate over the next 30 years in order to ensure continues success and dominance as a Global Power while directing reflecting and supporting the U.S. NDS and NMS.

What is the National Defense Authorization Act?

It governs defense spending/budget; it authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year for (1) military activities of the DoD, for (2) military construction, for (3) defense activities of the Dept. of Energy (DoE), and (4) prescribes military personnel strengths for each fiscal year -- among others.

What is Air Staff?

It is an organization primarily composed of uniformed U.S. Air Force officials who assist the CSAF in carrying out his role as the principal military advisor to the SECAF and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

What is the responsibility of AF/A2/6?

It is responsible for functional management of all Air Force global integrated ISR capabilities, including oversight of planning, programming, and budgeting; developing and implementing the Air Force policies and guidance for managing Air Force global integrated ISR activities; and professional development, training, education, readiness, and deployment of 50,000 military and civilian United States Air Force intelligence personnel.

What is the Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-0?

It is the Air Force's keystone doctrinal publication on Globally Integrated ISR (GIISR) and defines how the Service plans and conducts these operations to enable Joint Operations.

What is the responsibility of A3?

It is the USAF's operations lead; enabling Airmen to fly, fight, and win in air, space, and cyberspace

What is the significance of the "Strategic Envrionment" section of the NIS?

It portrays the global national security conditions

What is the significance of the "Implementing the Strategy" section of the NIS?

It provides broad organizational guidance to meed the NIS's requirements

Why does the National Intelligence Priority Framework (NIPF) exist?

It reflects customer priorities for support and ensures the IC continues to meet enduring and emerging issues while acting under specific roles and responsibilities.

What does the National Military Strategy (NMS) require of the military?

It requires us to conduct synchronized operations around the globe, implement institutional reforms at home, and sustain the capabilities, capacity, and readiness required to prevail in conflicts that may differ significantly in scope, scale, and duration.

What is the responsibility of A9?

Leading, carrying out, reviewing, and ensuring the analytic integrity of studies and analyses, assessments, and the lessons learned program of the Department of the Air Force across air, space, and cyberspace domains.

What is A4?

Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection

What is A1?

Manpower, Personnel, & Services (e.g. AFPC)

What is NAF?

Numbered/Named Air Force (NAF); a command echelon that resides directly under a MAJCOM

How are Unified Commands organized?

On a geographical or functional basis

What is A3?

Operations

As an ISR Airman, your mission will ultimately be directed by the CCMD's ________________________, which are derived from national guidance.

Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs)

What is the responsibility of A10?

Provide guidance, advocacy, and oversight of the Air Force nuclear enterprise and countering weapons of mass destruction mission to ensure Airmen have the necessary capabilities to defend our nation

What is the composition of each CCMD?

Significant assigned components of two of more Military Departments

What are the three trends that drive the current and future strategic space environment?

Space is becoming (1) congested, (2) contested, and (3) competitive.

What is A5/8?

Strategic Plans, Programs, and Requirements

What is central to the efforts addressed in the National Military Strategy (NMS)?

Strengthening our global network.

What is A9?

Studies, Analyses, Assessments, and Lessons Learned

What two (2) AF documents are complementary to each other?

The AF FOC and the SMP; the AF FOC provides context for the direction in the SMP, while the SMP provides credible pathways toward the concept's projections.

What is the responsibility of the DIA?

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) provides military intelligence to warfighters, defense policymakers and force planners in the DoD and the IC in support of U.S. military planning and operations, and weapon systems acquisition

What are the responsibilities of the DOE?

The Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence is responsible for all intelligence and counterintelligence activities throughout the DOE complex, including nearly 30 offices nationwide; it also protects vital national security information and technologies, representing intellectual property of incalculable value.

How does the AFDD 2-0, GIISR, impact ISR Airmen?

The GIISR essentially combines the guidance in the NDS, NMS, NIPF, and NIS with the vision from the USAF SMP and AF FOC all into one document to give specific instructions on how the USAF conducts ISR operations. Everything from Wing/Squadron make-up to authorities and responsibilities, to assets available is broken our and directly drives how and why an ISR Airman has the mission they do.

How does the National Defense Strategy (NDS) impact ISR Airmen?

The NDS drives the U.S.'s overall plan to defend itself; it is the foundation for all other defense plans and documents to include the National Military Strategy.

What additional documents should be read alongside the National Intelligence Strategy (NIS)?

The NIS should be read along with the (1) National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF) and the (2) Unifying Intelligence Strategics (UIS) to inform and guide mission, as well as planning, programming, and budgeting activities.

How does the National Military Strategy impact ISR Airmen?

The NMS ultimately determines why the U.S. Military will conduct operations, which drives intelligence support requirements to all operations at all levels.

What is the National Security Space Policy (NSSP)?

The NSSP outlines the environment, objectives, approaches, and challenges in the Space domain with a specific focus on National Security.

Who appoints the DNI?

The president appoints the DNI with the advice and consent of the Senate

How does the AF FOC and Strategic Master Plan (SMP) impact ISR Airmen?

They drive how AF ISR operations will be conducted and gives strategic goals for AF ISR operations that will directly impact how all ISR Airmen will need to train and fight over the next 20 years.

What is the responsibility of A5/8?

They lead the AF's strategic planning and programming effort to develop and sustain unmatched capabilities through air, space, and cyberspace to win today's fight and meet tomorrow's challenges.

How does the NIPF impact ISR Airmen?

This is the most strategic document that directs the IC on who is in charge and how the IC needs to operate in order to meet the customer needs and maintain security.

What is the mission of USCYBERCOM?

To direct, synchronize, and coordinate cyberspace planning and operations to defend and advance national interests in collaboration with domestic and international partners.

What does the DoD provide military options as a reinforcement to America's traditional tools of diplomacy?

To ensure the President and our diplomats negotiate from a position of strength

Why is the Air Staff organizational structure patterned on the JS Structure?

To improve communication with other DoD organizations.

What is the DoD's mission?

To provide combat-credible military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our nation

What is the purpose of USAFRICOM?

US Africa Command is responsible for military relations with Africa nations, the Africa Union, and African regional security organizations; AFRICOM protects and defends the interests of the U.S. by strengthening the defense capabilities of African nations, and, in cooperation with African governments, conducts military missions that increase security while deterring and defeating a variety of transnational threats.

What is the purpose of USCENTCOM?

US Central Command is responsible for operations in twenty (20) countries that fall in the "central" area of the globe: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen; CENTCOM utilizes national and international partnerships to build cooperation among nations, respond to crises, deter and defeat threats, and support development that ultimately increases stability in the region.

What is the purpose of USEUCOM?

US European Command works with NATO and other partner nations to address the security and defense needs of nations in Europe and parts of the Middle East and Eurasia; EUCOM coordinates with these nations to find cooperative solutions in peace and wartime alike, to plan training missions, provide humanitarian assistance, and to develop strategies for promoting peace and stability in the region.

What is the purpose of USINDOPACOM?

US Indo-Pacific Command oversees an AOR stretching from the waters of the US west coast to the western border of India, and from Antarctica to the North Pole, encompassing 36 diverse nations; INDOPACOM and its partners work to promote the development of the region while cooperating to enhance security, deter aggression, respond with force when necessary, and to provide humanitarian assistance.

What is the purpose of USNORTHCOM?

US Northern Command operates in the AOR encompassing the continental US, Alaska, mexico, Canada, and portions of the Caribbean and surrounding waters; NORTHCOM is primarily responsible for civil support and homeland security and also oversees the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); it has few permanent forces and is instead assigned forces by the Secretary of Defense or the President whenever required for the execution of its missions.

What is the purpose of USSOUTHCOM?

US Southern Command oversees an AOR encompassing 31 nations in Latin America south of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean Sea; SOUTHCOM works to increase the security of the US by engaging its partners to enhance the peacekeeping abilities of the region, to promote human rights, to deter illegal activities associated with illicit trafficking and to conduct multinational military exercises designed to strengthen partnerships while developing collective capabilities.

What is the purpose of USSOCOM?

US Special Operations Command is responsible for planning and conducting special operations; it offers direct action in the form of short duration strikes and small-scale offensives, special reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, civil affairs operations, counterterrorism, psychological operations, information operations, counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, security force assistance, counterinsurgency operations and any specific activities directed by the President or the Secretary of Defense.

What is the purpose of USSTRATCOM?

US Strategic Command conducts global operations in partnership with other Combatant Commands, services, and U.S. government agencies to deter and detect strategic attacks against the U.S.; STRATCOM is responsible for command of U.S. nuclear capabilities, space operations, global surveillance and reconnaissance, intelligence, communications, computers, global missile defense, and combating weapons of mass destruction.

What is the purpose of USTRANSCOM?

US Transportation Command provides the DoD with an aggregate of transportation capabilities and assets; together with commercial partnerships, TRANSCOM enables a diverse array of joint mobility missions.

The NIPF is the primary source for (1)___________, (2)_____________, (3)_______________, (4)_______________ national intelligence priorities.

establishing, disestablishing, managing, and communicating

What is the 25th Air Force?

the 25 AF provides multisource ISR products, applications, capabilities and resources, to include cyber and geospatial forces and expertise; it also serves as the Service Cryptologic Component responsible to he NSA/Central Security Service for Air Force matters involving the conduct of cryptologic activities, including the full spectrum of missions directly related to both tactical warfighting and national-level operations.