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Joint Chiefs of Staff. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III. : Gen Mark A. Welsh III since: August 10, 2012. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffGeneral Martin E. Dempsey
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III :GenMark A. Welsh IIIsince: August 10, 2012
Preserve, Protect & DefendTerms & Concepts • 1. Containment • - keeping communism in its borders • 2. Counterinsurgency • - combating guerrilla warfare and subversion • 3. Deterrence • - preventing hostile action by threat of retaliation • 4. Insurgency • - rebellion within a group – members vs. leader
5. Military-Industrial Complex • - a network of a nation’s military force together with all the industries that support it • 6.NATO • - North Atlantic Treaty Organization • - formed in 1949 – 15 nations working together for defense against aggression • 7. second Strike Capability • - a country’s ability to respond to a nuclear attack with powerful retaliation
8. Multilateralism • - more than two nations participating • 9. Nuclear Triad • - Nuclear arsenal that consists of three components – land, sea or air • 10. OOTW • - Operations Other Than War • - peace keeping missions