The first-ever National Defense Strategy (NDS) was initiated by Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Rumsfeld in 2005, and then updated in 2008 by SECDEF Gates However in 2012, SECDEF Panetta released Sustaining US Global Leadership Priorities for 21st Century Defense, sometimes referred to as the ___, and widely understood to be the replacement for the NDS This strategic document was written to identify defense priorities in the face of budget cuts.

- Defense Strategic Guidance

The ___, signed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provides guidance for distributing and applying military power to attain national strategic objectives. It describes the Armed Forces' plan to achieve military objectives in the near term and provides the vision for ensuring they remain decisive in the future.

- National Military Strategy

The National Security Council (NSC) is the President's principal forum for considering national security ___ matters.

- Policy

Which of the following is NOT a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

- Commandant of the Coast Guard

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the principal military ___ to the President; NSC; and SECDEF.

- Advisor

The U.S. continues to become more dependent on the global domain within the information environment consisting of the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, including the Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers. It is imperative that we safeguard this domain known as ___.

- Cyberspace

The term Joint Force Commander refers exclusively to the following three types of commanders:

- Combatant Commander, Subordinate Unified Commander, and Joint Task Force Commander

Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC), and Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) are all examples of ___.

- Functional Component Commanders

Command authority over assigned or attached forces or commands, or military capability or forces made available for tasking, that is limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned is known as ___.

- Tactical control

General, mutual, direct and close are the four defined categories of ___ that a Combatant Commander may direct over assigned or attached forces.

- Support

The U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Strategic Command and U.S Cyber Command comprise the ___.

Functional combatant commands