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POTUS NSC Roles
- Commander-in-Chief
- Senior Member & Chairman
- Responsible for strategic direction
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Statutory Members of the NSC
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary of Defense
- Secretary of State
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Statutory Advisors to the NSC
- Director of National Intelligence
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Operational Control (OPCON)
- May organize & employ, assign tasks,designate objectives.
- No logisitics, admin or training authority.
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Tactical Control (TACON)
- May assign movement & maneuver, operations.
- No logistics or admin control.
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Support Relationship Tasks
- Aid
- Protect
- Complement
- Sustain
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National Security Strategy
- Employs elements of national power (DIME)
- Directed & approved by POTUS, created by NSC
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National Military Strategy
- Based on National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy
- Provides focus to the military
- Approved by CJCS
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National Policy Ways, Means, Ends
- Ways: Broad course of action or statems of guidance adopted by the government at the national level in pursuit of national objectives.
- Means: Military capabilities required to execute the strategy.
- Ends: National objectives achieved across all areas of national power.
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