SNCO 14 Course POA
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- People,organizations, processes, and systems are best describes as
- Components of the nuclear enterprise
- Air Force Global strike Command stood up in ___ and is located at __________
- 2009 barksdale afb
- Responsive to national leadership continuosly on alear and deployed to widely dispersed locations BEST describes
- 20th Air Forces ICBM's
- WSA PNAF, and WS3 are best described as
- Nuclear Mission areas
- deterence is
- A state of mind brought about by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction.
- Which of the following are charecterists of deterrence theory
- National will perception and capability
- in his briefing to the NCO acadamy class, the commandant says as NCO's you must understand how your readiness impacts the Air Force's capability to wage war and how adverseries judge our leaders and our national powers
- Deterrence theory
- During her orientation briefing MSgt Abbot hears, As specialist on WMD, our job is to discourage terrorist and rogue nations from attacking the US; however should we fail in that duty, it is also our job to stop any conflict as quickly as possible under c
- Role of Nuclear Weapons in deterrence
- The Statement"How operations will be conducted, the plans for achieving national ofbectives, and nuclear detterence makes up the majority of US detternce" Best indicates the relationship between
- nuclear detterence and national strategy and policy
- The decision to employ nuclear weapons requires the authority of the
- President
- knowledge of enemy force strenght, types of weapons available and status, dspostion of friendly forces best describes
- Nuclear employment planning factors
- Who is the authority for the requirements and planning documents used for DOD stockpiles planning projections?
- Nuclear Weapons Council
- Who is the authority for national security directives used for nuclear weapons emplyment?
- President
- Capabilities including non-kinetic and conventional strike capabilities infrastucture robust C2 system and advanced intelligence adaptive planning systems BEST describe
- The new triad
- nuclear employment is BEST summarized as the authority, planning documents and planning and employment factors that involve the
- President, Secretary of Defencs, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combatant Commanders
- What a nation does affect other nations differently
- world is multilateral
- self ruling and geographically seperated
- Nations Sovereign and Unique
- International political functions are not regulated or ethical
- Decentralized Anarchy
- over 190 countries are included in the international environment
- Many actors
- antions political relations are a mixture of interetst
- interests
- Georgraphic location and Isolationism
- Pre-World War II
- The cause of foreign policy contreversy
- Changing International Environment
- Beginning of fundamental Change in US foreign policy
- Vietnam Conflict
- Little strategy shared in the international area
- No Consensus in United States
- Which of these factors is not a regional problem impacting US foreign policy
- arms control
- Which of these is not a factor impacting US foreign policy in the Third World
- access to oil
- Competing and cooperating economically is a US foreign policy objective in Europe. Which of hte following choices is another
- maintain the balance of power
- Which US foreign policy objective is most likely to deal effectively with the break up of the Soviet Union
- Maintain balance of power
- Which is a problem impacting US foreign policy in the middle East
- regional stability, oil, arab-Israel conflict
- Where is security of sea lines of communication SLOCs a problem impacting US foreign policy
- Third World
- which of the following impacts US foreign policy in the Middle East
- regional stability
- Which of the following is the greatest problem impacting US foreign policy in ASIA
- Maintaining a security balance without war
- Which of the following was the first enlisted airman to recieve the Medal of Honor
- Sgt Maynard H. Smith
- became the lowest ranking airman in history to earn the Medal of Honor
- A1C John L. Levitow
- Which two medal of honor reciepients recieved their honor posthumously
- SSgt Archibald Mathies/A1C William H. pitsenbarger
- recieved Medal of Honor for actions during a mission over Bremen Germany
- TSgt Forrest L. volser
- Which article within the Code of Conduct requires a captured airman to try to escape.
- Article 3
- responsible for our actions during captivity
- article 6
- takes command if senior in rank
- aritcle 4
- which of the following is the only museum dedicated to the accomplishment of our enlisted corps
- enlisted Heritage hall
- Paving the way for aproximately 3,000 enlisted aviators, who was the first enlisted pilot
- sgt vernon burge
- Name the individual to score the first of only two areail kills ever from a b52 during operation linebacker II in Vietnam
- SSGt Samuel Turner
- ANG state role
- Protection of life, property, and preservation of peace, order and public safety
- ANG federal role
- Augment major commands of the active Air Force.
- Agile Combat support
- Virtually all enlisted airmen provide this distinctive capablity
- ANG state missions
- Firefighting regional emergencies counter drug operations
- Provided a permanent cadre of civilian technicians ready for instant mobilization
- air reserve technician program
- established ready, standbye, and retired reservist categories
- The armed forces reserve act
- automatically enslisted able bodied men between 18-45 into hometown armed service
- The militia act of 1792
- Which of the following is not categerized as a Air Force Reserve special Mission
- Aerial Refueling
- which of hte following is not categerized as a mission of the Air Force reserve
- weather reconnaissance
- which Air Force reserve mission is responsible for providing intr/inter theater air medical movements
- aeromedical evacuation mission
- Name the types of reserve civil engineer units
- RED HORSE/Prime BEEF
- whicgh Air Force reserve special mission includes activities such as unconvential warfare, foreign internal defesne and psychological operations
- special operations
- The spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-related nuclear technology and information BEST describes
- Nuclear Proliferation
- The statement "measures to limit and/or stop the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-related nuclear technology and information" best describes
- Nuclear Nonproliferation
- Iran enriching uranium to make its own fuel and North Korea refusing the US's offor of proliferation safer reactors are examples of
- Regional nuclear security issues
- A reduction in the nuclear stockpile and forces assigned to operate maintain, and support nuclear capability coupled with the ongiong challenge of achieving a focused and dedicated workforce BEST describes
- events after the Cold war that afected the AF Nuclear Enterprise
- A serious erosion of focus, expertise, mission readiness, resources, and discipline within the nuclear enterprise resulted in.
- The inadvertent shipment of ICBM components to Taiwan in 2006
- The dismantling of SAC, diversion of critical resources and little or no empasis on training and discipline best summarizes
- the devaluing of the nuclear mission
- A base initiated shipping transaction plus improper documentation mislabeling and a failure to accomplish proper notificatation best summarized mistakes that led to the inadverten shipment of
- MK12 Forward Sections to Taiwan
- Following established procedures, holding people accountable, focusing on expertise, mission readiness, and discipline best summarizes.
- Lessons learned from recent nuclear weapons related incidents
- While breifing recently promoted master sergeants, the CMSAF says "AS SNCO's you must train our Airmen to follow instructions you must not be afraid to hold them accountable when they don't. Make compliance and accountabilty your motto. Instil professio
- SNCO responsibilities
- World is mutilateral
- what a nation does affect other nations differently
- decentralized anarchy
- international political functions are not regulated or ethical
- Pre world war II
- Geographic location and isolationism
- changing International environment
- the cause of foreing policy controversy
- No concensus in the us
- little strategy shared in the international area
- where is security of sea lines of comminciation a problem impacting a us forgeing policy?
- third world
- which of the following impacts us forgeign poclliy in the middle east
- regional stability
- which of the following recieved the medal of honor for throwing out a faulty phosphorus bomb over the skies of koriyama japan
- Henry E. Erwin
- which 2 Medal of Honor recipients recieved their honor posthumously
- archibald Mathies/A1C william H. pitsenbarger
- Air and Space Superiority
- Counterai includes offensive and defesived operations to attatin and maintain a desired degrre of air superiority.
- strategic attacks
- are those operations intended to directly achieve strategic effects by striking at the enemy's center's of gravity (COG) the attack should affect the enemy's entire effort rather than just a single action,k battle or operation.
- AnG state mission
- firefightin regional emergencies, counter drug operations
- National Will
- Political resolve to actually employ capbility
- pereception
- our opponents' perception of our capability and our national will
- role of nuclear weapons
- to deter an attack against the us and its interests and, should deterrence fail, to terminate the conflict as quickly as possible on terms on favorable to the us.
- nuclear weapons systems safety
- the application of engineering and management principles, criteria and techniques to protect nuclear weapons against the risk and threats inherent in their environments within the constraints of operation effectiveness
- nuclear weapons security
- the total spectrum of procedures, facilities equipment and personnel employed to proved protection agains loss of custody theft or diversion of a nuclear weapon system.
- nuclear weapons security standard
- deny unauthorized access to nuclear weapons prevent damage or sabotage to nuclear weapons prevent the loss of custody and prevent to the maximum extent possible radiological contamination caused by unathorized acts is
- weapons system reliabililty
- the probabliity without regard to countermeasures that anuclear weapon subassembly component or other part will perform in accordance with its design intent or requirements is best described
- use of control
- weapons system design features operationl procedures security and system safety rules and active passive or disablement systems
- use of control and command and control
- these two control elements establish the framework through which absolute control of nuclear weapons is maitnated at all times
- Nuclear Weapons council
- requirements and planning document, dod stockpile planning projections
- combatant commanders
- operational plans, nuclear weapon plans in support of theater objectives
- president
-
national security presidential directives nuclear weapons employment
nuclear weapons stockpile plan
plan for weapon quantities - reserve 3 components
- ready, standbye, and retired
- deterrence theory
- national will, X capability X perception
- role nuclear weapons
- deter an attack against us and its interests should detterrence fail to terminate the conflict as quickly as possible.
- us role in nuclear detterence
- provide safe secure reliable and ready forces.
- article 1
- prepared to give my life
- Weapons Storage Areas (WSA) Prime Nuclear Airlift Forces (PNAF) and Weapon Storage & Security System (WS3) are best described as?
- Nuclear Mission areas
- The 13 day strategic chess match between the US and the Soviet Union resulted in?
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
-
Soviets ended the US nuclear monopoly in?
1951, 1949, 1947 - 1949
- Albert Einstein sending a letter to the President, Manhattan Project, Little Boy and Fat Man are examples of?
- Pre-cold War history of nuclear weapons
- Capabilities including non-kinetic and conventional strike capabilities infrastructure robust C2 system and advanced intelligence adaptive planning systems BEST describe.
- The new triad
- What a nation does affect other nations differently.
- World is multilateral
- The cause of foreign policy controversy.
- Changing International Environment
- Deterrence is?
- A state of mind brought about by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction.
- Received Medal of Honor for actions during a mission over Bremen Germany.
- TSgt Forrest L. Volser
- Which article within the Code of Conduct requires you take command if senior in rank.
- Article 4
- Provided a permanent cadre of civilian technicians ready for instant mobilization?
- Air reserve technician program
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The material, personnel, and procedures that contribute to the safety, security, reliability, and control of nuclear weapons that assuring that no nuclear incident unauthorized detonations or degradation in performance occur?
- Nuclear Surety
- Applies to all mission essential assets delivery system or platform associated support systems equipment, facilities personnel command and control links and supporting logistical elements.
- Survivability
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The stand-up of the Air Combat Command signaled the?
- End of the Cold War
- People, organization, processes, procedures, and systems are best described as?
- Components of the Nuclear Organization
- Responsive to national leadership continuously on alert and deployed to widely dispersed locations BEST describes?
- 20th Air Forces ICBM's
- Heavily secured areas within base perimeter, six above ground and one below underground and igloos Best describe:
- Weapons Storage Areas
- Electronic monitoring and controls, storage vaults built into the floor, reduced need for convoys, and eliminate exposure Best describe:
- Weapons Storage & Security Systems
- Underground structure, blast and pressure protected, capable of launching 50 missiles Best describes:
- Missile Launch Control Facilities
- Einstein letter to the president, the Manhattan Project, Soviets 1949 Nuclear Test, Strategic Air Command, U.S. \"peace dividend\" cash in, and the stand up of ACC are BEST described as
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History of Nuclear Enterprise
History of Nuclear Employment
History of Nuclear Deterrence
HISTORY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS - Heavily secured areas within base perimeter, six above ground and one below underground and igloos Best describe
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Weapons Storage Areas