Course 14 POA
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- decentralized anarchy
-
no international central govt
no central agency
no common sense of values
no agreement of right and wrong - many actors
-
190 countries
EU
WTO - nations sovereign and unique
-
self ruling- independent
every country is different
geography
culture
religion
history
ideology - interests
-
common and opposed
agree on some things and not others - world is multilateral
- everything that you do affects someone else
- pre WWII
-
we live in a relatively threat free environment
we choose when we want to engage in war
before WWII isolationism - post war globalism
-
containment
domino theory - vietnam conflict
-
consensus destroyed
no longer agreed when where how and why to get involved - changing international environment
-
world is changing after Vietnam Carter Reagan
end of cold war accelerated the rate of change - no consensus in the US
-
the world is getting more complicated
no longer bipolar cold war relationship
us has to learn how countries interacted before cold war - Europe
-
Russia great power in Europe and Asia
Germany the greatest power in Europe
No longer in a leader follower relationship with the US - Asia
-
The great powers
Russia China Japan
The world is multilateral
difuse Korean situation
neighbors want it resolved
won't be rsolved without their influence - Middle east
-
arab israeli conflict
who is arab?
interarab problems
jordanian king shogt by palestinian both arab countries - third world countries
-
sea lines of communications
international trade
must keep the sea lanes open - strategy
- a plan of action
- grand strategy
- the art and science of of coordinating the use and development of those instruments to achieve national security objectives
- military strategy
- coordinating the development, deployment, and employment of military forces
- operational strategy
- the art and science of planning, orchestrating and directing military compaigns within a theatre of operations to achieve national security objectives
- battlefield strategy
- tactics
- factors influencing strategy decision making process
-
politics
doctrine
economics
technology
principles of war
nature of the threat - Maynard Smith
-
WWII
Europe
through exploding ammo overboard
extinguished a/c fire by hand - Forest Vosler
-
Germany
volunteered to be thrown overboard
saved wounded tailgunner from certain death - Archibal Mathies
-
Europe
Tried to land wounded a/c
on 3rd attempt plane crashed everyone killed - Henry Erwin
-
Koriama Japan
threw phosphorous bomb out co-pilots window - Pits
-
Vietnam
pj
evacuated 9
volunteered to stay on the ground and help defend wounded
originally awarded AF Cross
2001 upgraded by Clinton to CMH - Levitow
-
Vietnam
loadmaster
magnesium flare in spilled ammo canisters
threw flare out a/c
flare ignited immediately
saved a/c and crew - Code of Conduct Article 1
- I am an American fighting in the forces that guard my country and our way of life, I am prepared to give my life in their defense
- Code of Conduct Article 2
- I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.
- Code of conduct Article 3
- If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.
- Code of conduct Article 4
- If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.
- Code of conduct Article 5
- Should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies.
- Code of conduct Article 6
- I will never forget that I am an American fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.
- Vernon L. Burge
- first enlisted pilot
- Ruth Law
- first enlisted Army aviatrix.
- Private Frederick Libby
- first American to down five enemy aircraft in WWI,
- Corporal Eugene Bullard
- (Lafayette Escadrille), the WORLD's first black pilot
- MSgt Harley Fogleman
- founded and served as the first commander of Muroc Bombing Range, later to become Edwards AFB.
- First Sergeant Lawrence Lambert
- received the Distinguished Flying Cross when he became the first human in the United States to eject from the P-61 aircraft using the newly developed pilot ejection seat
- Esther Blake
- first woman in the Air Force.
- Grace A. Peterson
- first female chief master sergeant
- SSgt Samuel Turner
- two aerial kills ever from a B-52 during OPERATION Linebacker II in Vietnam.
- TSgt Timothy Wilkinson
-
responded with his crew to the downing of a UH-60 helicopter in the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia.
He was awarded the Air Force Cross, the first since Vietnam, for his actions. - ANG State Roles and Missions
-
Civil Defense
Regional Emergencies
assist in natural disasters - Preserve peace order and public safety
-
Law enforcement
counter drug - AirForce Reserve Missions
-
Refueling
Aeromedical evac
Air Trans--passengers
Airlift--equipment
maintenance
civil engineer
global fighter support
medical
mission support
security forces - Air ForceReserve Special Missions
-
aerial firefighting
aerial spray
search and rescue
space command
special operations
wx recon