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CDFM, Module 2.1|Complete Questions with 100% Correct Answers
National Security Council
The President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with the senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.
Standing Principal Members of the National Se...
CDFM, Module 2.1|Complete Questions with
100% Correct Answers
National Security Council
The President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with the
senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.
Standing Principal Members of the National Security Council
President; Vice-President; Secretary of Defense; Secretary of State; Secretary of Energy
National Security Council Statutory Advisers
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Director of National Intelligence
Standing Participants on the National Security Council
Secretary of the Treasury; Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Chief of Staff to the
President; Counsel to the President; Secretary of Homeland Security; The Attorney General;
Representatives of the U.S.A. to the United Nations; Other cabinet and selected government officials
may attend at the President's request.
National Security Strategy (NSS)
Sets forth the posture of United States; global and regional trends; and the United States' political,
economic, and defense strategies.
National Defense Strategy (NDS)
Developed by the Secretary of Defense to support the National Security Strategy. Outlines a layered
defense addressing threats throughout the world and from space, directly against the US and inside
the US; prepares for traditional military challenges, unconventional threats, catastrophic challenges
and new technology breakthroughs.
National Military Strategy (NMS)
Developed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to address objectives from the National
Defense Strategy that require a military response throughout the world. It contains recommended
national military objectives, recommended fiscally constrained force level; military strategy and force
options; and a risk assessment of the recommended strategy, forces, and military options.
Quadriennial Defense Review (QDR)
Prepared every four years following a Presidential election to summarize the military goals, objectives
and strategy for the coming for years. The QDR is required by law to be submitted to Congress in
February of the second year of a presidential administration.
Strategic Objectives of the National Defense Strategy
Secure the United States from direct attack; Secure strategic access and retain global freedom of
action; Strengthen alliances and partnerships; Establish favorable security conditions.
DoD Strategic Objectives in FY08 Performance Plan
1. Fight the Long War on Terrorism; 2. Reorient Capabilities and Forces; 3. Reshape the Defense
Enterprise; 4. Develop a 21st Century Total Force; 5. Achieve Unity of Effort
,2003 Management Initiative Decision (MID) 913
Implemented a 2-year Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Process. DoD evolved from
an annual program and budget cycle to a biennial (2-year) cycle starting with an abbreviated review
and amendment cycle for FY 2005. The DoD will formulate 2-year budgets and use the off-years (the
odd numbered years) to focus on budget execution and program performance.
Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
An automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment associated with
programs approved by the Secretary of Defense.
FYDP Contents
- Prior year, current year, the biennial budget years, and the following 4 years for resources and 3
more years for force structure (11 years of data)
- Forces, manpower, and total obligational authority (TOA) identified to a program element structure
aggregated into a major defense program.
The FYDP is usually updated ___ time(s) in the even years to coincide with:
Two; Service POMs and Budget Estimates and The President's Budget.
The FYDP is updated ____ time(s) in the odd numbered years to correspond with:
One; the President's Budget
The three principal decision-making support systems for DoD
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Process.
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS).
Defense Acquisition System.
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
A systematic method established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff for assessing gaps in military joint
warfighting capabilities and recommending solutions to resolve these gaps.
Defense Acquisition System
The management process by which the Department of Defense acquires weapon systems and
automated information systems.
Joint Capabilities Development Process
Fiscally constrained programmatic guidance to accomplish the National Defense Strategy and the
corporate Defense goals in the Quadriennial Defense Review. There are three key elements in the
process:
- Guidance for Development of the Force (GDF)
- Major Issue Analysis
-Joint Programming Guidance
Guidance for the Development of the Force (GDF)
Replaces the Strategic Planning Guidance and other guidance documents is considered by the Joint
Staff and COCOMs in finalizing the Chairman's Program Recommendation (CPR). The review of many
, Defense agencies and staffs in the guidance provided by these documents is eventually translated into
the JPG.
Major Issue Analysis
A combined OSD/Joint Staff examination of major progrommatic issues and performance metrics for
measuring success in achieving the programmatic goals. Decisions on the issues will be made by
SECDEF in the spring of the even numbered years prior to issuance of the Joint Programming
Guidance.
Joint Programming Guidance
Will contain fiscally constrained programmatic guidance for use by the Military Departments and
Defense Agencie in developing the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Budget Estimates. It
will contain specific guidance on particular issues of major importance. It will also provide
performance measures to be used in evaluating execution of the programmatic guidance.
PPBE Planning Phase Purpose
The purpose of this phase is to define the military role and posture of the United States and DoD in
accordance with National Security Strategy (NSS) and in light of threats (e.g., hostile powers and
terrorism) and other factors such as political, economic, technological, and resources.
What is the final document of the PPBE Planning Phase?
The Joint Programming Guidance which promulgates defense policy, strategy, force planning,
resource planning, and fiscal guidance.
The Planning (PPBE) Process begins:
The process begins about a year and a half in advance of the fiscal year in which the budget authority
will be requested. The process begins when the Combatant Commanders provide the Secretary of
Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with personal appraisals of major issues and
problems, and principal concerns and trends in threat and response. Analyses are based on the
National Defense Strategy, National Military Strategy, Quadriennial Review, Joint Planning Document,
and military departments' long-range plans.
The focus of the planning phase is on the following major objectives:
- Define national defense strategy supporting national security/foreign policy
- Plan integrated and balanced military force
- Ensure framework to manage resources
- Provide decision options to SECDEF
- Discuss planning goals, programming objectives, SECDEF along with remedial plans and initiatives.
Joint strategic planning helps the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff provide military advice to help the
President and Secretary of Defense:
- Provide strategic direction to the armed forces.
- Form defense policy, programs, and budgets.
Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
Identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the senior ranking member of the Armed Forces.
As such, the Chairman of the JCS is the principal military adviser to the President, the National
Security Council (NSC), and the Secretary of Defense.
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