Quadrennial Defense Review

military budget process will introduce significant strategic, military and political risk. Joint Forces capability, capacity and readiness requirements are derived from the National Security Strategy, National Military Strategy and the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and provide the framework for Joint Force future strategy. Sequestration has severely impacted the Joint Forces ability to plan and program resources necessary to achieve these strategic objectives. Sequestration requires the DOD

States Army Recruitment, Training and Compensation The United States Army serves as the land-based branch of the U.S. military. It is the largest and oldest established branch of seven U.S. uniformed services. The Army reports to the Department of Defense and is made up of three components: the active component, the Regular Army; and two reserve components, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve (U.S. Army, 2012). Both reserve components are made up of part-time soldiers who train once a month

have an important role in these interactions with other nations and peoples.” Strategic Landpower White Paper (2013) This statement at a glance gives the reader insight into why landpower is so important to the nation’s defense. Landpower functions in concert with the whole of government; which make United States(US) policies and alliances more effective than they would be if they were employed in isolation. This paper will analyze the role of Landpower in the achievement

Risk management contributes in a number of ways by Homeland Security entities, both the 22 major components and partners, to support protection of the U.S. in today’s brackish waters where government and civil defense converge in the battle against terrorism. The very nature of Homeland Security is focused on reducing the risks of terrorism, therefore Homeland Security depends on Risk Management practices. Risk management is one of the main charges of the Secretary of Homeland Security (Napolitano

The United States (US) is facing a worldwide changing political landscape and an uncertain fiscal environment, and both will shape the United States military in the coming years. The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and other national strategy documents vaguely outline the path that the US military will take in response to these two stressors. With over a decade of counterinsurgency (COIN) and irregular warfare, the leaders of the US military strategic leadership must decide to what level

“War is merely the continuation of policy by other means.” Thus, in the sense of Clausewitz, national military objectives have to derive from national policy. The 2015 NMS identifies three National Military Objectives with an integrated approach: “to deter, deny, and defeat state adversaries; to disrupt, degrade, and defeat Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOs); and to strengthen our global network of allies and partners.” The most important lessons for military leaders for achieving these three

University of Westminster School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages Project Module Continuity in Foreign Policy of the Obama Administration By: Chao Huang ………………………….. Project Supervisor: Ali Tajvidi March 2016 I. Introduction The formulation of US foreign policy has always been a controversial issue with different views emphasizing on various factors—the role of the president, the influence of the congress, the impact of interests group and public opinion,

There has been a lot of discourse, over the last decade especially, about what constitutes a national security risk and how to prioritize these risks. The world has had to deal with threats from many different sources and our security environment is constantly changing. Terrorists wish to do us harm, failed states have the potential to impact our security, and the effects of climate change has impacted our security. Wait climate change impacts our security? How does extreme weather change, droughts

on Jan 15th, 2007. The act was proposed to increase performance abilities for electricity generation and motor vehicles with the choice in emissions “cap and trade” system. Unfortunately, the bill failed to pass committee in 2013. (Environmental Defense Fund, 2007) American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, an act initiated by Henry Waxman on May 15th, 2009, was proposed to create more clean energy working positions, assuage global warming and transfer to clean energy economy. The bill passed

1.The general differences between a geographic combatant command (GCC) and a functional command start with the titles, and is codified in what is called the Unified Command Plan establishing joint commands. A geographic combatant is responsible for a specific geographic portion of the world called an Area of Responsibility. The world is divided into 6 geographic areas, and respectively the commands that are responsible for all military operations in those regions are as follows: 1. AFRICOM- The continent