Homework

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Homework

• Read the National Security Strategy
• Read the National Military Strategy
• Read Joint Operations Historical Collection
  Chapter VII Operation Uphold Democracy
• Write a 1 page paper

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Advancing U.S. National Interests

• Vital Interests
• Things that are important to our survival such
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• security of our territory
• safety of US citizens
• protect economy

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Advancing U.S. National Interests

• Important National Interests
• Things that affect our national survival such as
• Halting the flow of refugees
• NATO operations in Bosnia
• Protecting the global environment

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Advancing U.S. National Interests

• Humanitarian/Other Interests such as
• Violations of human rights in Kosovo

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Weinberger Doctrine

• U.S. should not commit forces unless vital to
  national interests
• Political objectives must be clearly defined
• Must be supported by Congress and people
• Must be a last resort

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Threats to U.S. InterestsThe Strategic
Environment

• Regional Threats
• States that have the ability and desire to
  threaten our vital interests such as
• Iraq
• Iran
• North Korea
• China

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Threats to U.S. Interests The Strategic
Environment

• Transnational Threats
• terrorism
• international crime
• drug trafficking
• arms trafficking
• refugee migration
• environmental damage

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Threats to U.S. Interests The Strategic
Environment

• Spread of dangerous technologies
• advanced weapons
• weapons of mass destruction
• Foreign itelligence
• Failed States

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Shaping the International Environment

• Diplomacy
• International Assistance
• Arms Control
• Nonproliferation
• Military deterrence
• International law enforcement
• Environmental initiatives

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Shaping the International Environment

• Promoting Prosperity
• Strengthening macroeconomic coordination
• Enhancing access to foreign markets
• promoting open trade
• promoting democracy

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Regional Strategies

• Section II of NSS
• Europe
• East Asia and Pacific
• Western Hemisphere
• Middle East
• Southwest
• South Asia
• Africa

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National Military Strategy

• Strategic Environment
• The Strategy
• NMS Objectives
• Elements of the Strategy
• Strategic Concepts
• The Joint Force
• Todays Force

This document conveys my advice on the strategic
direction of the Armed Forces in implementing the
guidance in the Presidents National Security
Strategy
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Strategic Environment

• Regional Dangers
• Iran, Iraq, N. Korea, China
• Asymmetric Challenges
• Terrorism, WMD, Info Warfare
• Transnational Dangers
• ethnic disputes, religious rivalries, piracy,
  illegal drugs, refugee flows
• Wild Cards
• Loss of key alliance, overthrow of friendly regime

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National Military Objectives

• Promote Peace/Stability
• Defeat Adversaries

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Elements of Strategy

• Shaping the International Environment
• Promoting Stability
• Preventing Conflicts
• Deterrence
• Conventional warfighting
• Nuclear forces

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Elements of Strategy

• Responding to Full Spectrum of Crises
• Deterring Aggression
• Fighting and winning Major Theater Wars
• Conducting Multiple, concurrent small-scale
  contingency operations

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Elements of Strategy

• Preparing Now for an Uncertain Future
• Joint Vision 2010
• Information Superiority
• Technological Innovation

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Strategic Concepts

• Strategic Agility
• Overseas Presence
• Power Projection
• Decisive Force

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Force Levels

• Why do we have the force levels we have today?
• Force levels come from our strategic objectives
• We MUST have the forces to support these
  objectives

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Goldwater Nichols Act 1986

• 2 Principle Aims
• reduce service parochialism
• enhance unity of effort in Joint Arena
• Enhanced Role CJCS
• Created Vice CJCS
• Removed JCS from Operational Chain of Command
• Involved CINCs in budget

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Todays Force

• Army
• 4 Active Corps
• 10 active divisions
• 6 heavy
• 2 light infantry
• 1 airborne
• 1 air assault
• 2 active armored cavalry regiments
• 15 National Guard brigades

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Todays Force

• Air Force
• 187 bombers
• 12 active fighter wings
• 8 reserve fighter wings
• 4 National Guard SQD
• Coast Guard
• 50,000 personnel
• 43 medium/high endurance cutters

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Todays Force

• Navy
• 12 Aircraft Carriers
• 11 Air Wings
• 12 Amphibious Read Groups
• 116 Surface Combatants
• 50 Attack Submarines

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Todays Force

• Marine Corps
• 3 Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) each with
• Command Element
• A Division
• An Aircraft Wing
• Service Support Group

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Case Study Haiti
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Component Commands
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DETERRENCE
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SSBN

• Features The first eight Ohio class submarines
  (Tridents) were originally equipped with 24
  Trident I C-4 ballistic missiles. Beginning with
  the ninth Trident submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN
  734), all new ships are equipped with the Trident
  II D-5 missile system as they are built, and the
  earlier ships are being retrofitted to Trident
  II. Trident II can deliver significantly more
  payload than Trident I C-4 and more accurately.

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Strategic Bombers

• Primary function Multi-role heavy bomber.
• Length 69 feet (20.9 meters)
• Height 17 feet (5.1 meters)
• Wingspan 172 feet (52.12 meters)
• Speed High subsonic
• Ceiling 50,000 feet (15,152 meters)
• Range Intercontinental, unrefueled
• Armament Conventional or nuclear weapons
• Crew Two pilots
• Unit cost Approx 1.3 billion
• Inventory Active force 21

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ICBM

• Length 59.9 feet
• Weight 79,432 pounds
• Range 5,218 nm
• Speed Approx Mach 23
• Ceiling 700 miles
• Warheads Three (downloaded to one)
• Unit cost 7 million
• Date deployed June 1970, Inventory Active 530