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Describe the three characteristics of a profession according to Samuel P. Huntington
- Expertise
- Technical expertise Learning the tools of the trade
- Theoretical expertise Understanding the "how" and "why" of the job
- Broad-liberal expertise Understanding their role in the grand scheme of things
- Professional Responsibility
- Corporateness
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Differentiate between an institution and an occupation
- Institutions ar based on norms beyond self-interest
- Occupations are based on supply and demand of the market
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What are the 3 tiers of the enlisted force structure?
- Junior tier (E-1 - E-4) technicians
- NCO tier (E-5 - E-6) first line supervisors
- Senior NCO tier (E-7 - E-9)operational supervisors
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What special positions can a senior NCO hold?
- First sergeant / shirt - commander's link to enlisted matters
- Superintendant - enlisted leader of squad
- Command chief MSgt - functional manager to first sergeants
- CMSgt of the air force - head enlisted rank, advisor to AF chief of staff
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What are the milestones in the evolution of the NCO?
- 1958- senior MSgt and Chief MSgt are created
- 1964 - chief MSgt becomes advisor to joint chiefs through AF
- 1970 - received term senior enlisted advisiors
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What is the purpose of each of the enlisted professional military education schools?
- Airman leadership school - senior airmen to become supervisors
- NCO academy - prepares tsargents for future leadership roles
- Senior NCO academy - prepares individuals to be future expeditionary leaders
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What are the different types of pay?
- Basic - monthly standard
- Special - specialized skills
- Incentive - specialized duty (hazard, submarine, explosives etc)
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What are the different types of allowances?
- BAH - basic housing allowance
- BAS - substance (food)
- Uniform allowanced
- PCS allowance
- TDY allowance
- Family separation allowance
- Dislocation allowance
- Station allowance
- Temporary lodging and expense
- Overseas housing
- Cost of living adjustment
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What 3 types of leave can a military member take?
- Ordinary
- Convalescent - postop, not takin from ordinary leave
- Emergency
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How is leave accrued earned and used
- 2.5 days per month
- Up to 60 days may carry over...or use or lose
- Not required to sell leave back to military
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What are the rights that the declaration of independence is based on?
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
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What are the purposes of each article of the constitution?
- Article 1 legislative power
- Article 2 executive power
- Article 3 judicial power
- Article 4 full faith and credit (states will honor judgements of courts in other states...helped create union out of multiple soverrigns)
- Article 5 amendments to the constitution
- Article 6 constitution is the supreme law of the land
- Article 7 ratification (details on who signed from original 13states)
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What is the purpose, application and scope of AF doctrine 2
- Purpose: to establish doctrinal guidance for leadership and force development
- Application: total force
- Scope: baseline for all leaders, guide to exercise judgement, not a set of mandatory rules
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What is the 8 step process?
General concept: determine if something is broken and/or whether it can be made better
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What are the steps in the 8 step process?
- Clarify and validate problem (observe)
- Break down the problem and identify the gaps
- Set improvement targets
- Determine root cause of problem
- Develop countermeasures
- Act
- Confirm results and process
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What are the 4 processes in the ooda loop?
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What are the 5 personal conflict management styles?
- Forcing - breeds hostility
- Accommodating - results in lower self esteem/progress (lose/win)
- Avoiding - results in inaction and frustration among leaders and subordinates
- Compromising (lose lose) - complex and important issues without simple solutions
- Collaborating (win win)
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What are some sources of conflict?
- Personal differences - Daily experiences, emotionally charged, "people-focused"
- Informational deficiencies - More factual and straightforward, emotions/values not involved
- Role Incompatibility - different entities with different goals
- Environmental Stress - shortage of resources, uncertainty
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What are the 5 stages of hierarchy according to maslow?
- Survival
- Safety
- Belonging
- Esteemv(ego)
- Self-actualization
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What are McGregor's 2 motivational approaches
- X: don't like to work, lack ambition, prefer to be told what to do and resist change
- Y: actively seek work, prefer participative management, setting their own goals
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How do theory x or y people need to be lead?
- X: hard (coercion)or soft approach (relaxing standards)
- Y: create positive atmosphere, integrate personal/organizational goals, no unkept promises
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What are the 4 basic management functions?
- Planning
- Organizing up to groups of 5
- Leading
- Controlling
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What are 3 primary roles of managers?
- Figurehead - performs routine duties, symbolic person in charge
- Leader - motivating and activating subordinates. Staffing/training
- Liaison -
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What are the 4 stages of group growth?
- Forming
- Norming
- Storming
- Performing
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What are the 5 key services of the af equal opportunity program?
- MEO formal/informal complaint processing
- Civilian complaint processing
- Out and about assessments
- Human relations education
- Quarterly statistical reporting
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What are the elements of full-range leadership model?
- Laissez-faire
- Transactional
- Management by exception
- Active: focuses more on correcting mistakes (micromanagement)
- Passive: Most reactionary, constantly putting out fires
- Contingent reward: Motivation is mostly based on receiving rewards for efforts
- Transformational
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What situational leadership models are there?
- Delegating
- Participating
- Selling
- Telling
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What it the performance readiness level in situational leadership model
- R1 - Unable and unwilling or insecure
- R2 - Unable but willing
- R3 - Able but unwilling or insecure
- R4 - Ready, willing, able
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how do you describe the leadership style appropriate for each performance readiness level.
- R1 - Task leadership (low relationship, high task) Telling behavior (one way communication, etc)
- R-2 - Selling leadership (high relationship, high task) two way communication, etc
- R-3 - Participating (high relationship, low task)
- R-4 - Delegation (low relationship, low task)
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What is the function of the secretary of the air force?
SecAF Conduct administrative affairs of the department; reports to SecDef
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What is the function of the AF chief of staff?
AF CoS Responsible for efficiency and readiness of the air force; advises the president; reports to SecAF;
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What is the function of the chief master sergeant of the air force?
CMSgt AF Highest ranking enlisted personnel; advises SecAf and AFCoS on enlisted matters
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What is the USAF organizational structure from the president to the flight level
- POTUS President of the United States
- SecDef Secretary of Defense
- SecAF Secretary of the Air Force
- MAJCOMS Major Commands
- Numbered AF Tactical operations with specific focus (ex.: Ramstein AFB supporting USEUCOM)
- Wing The local unit; has ops, maintenance, medical, and support groups
- Squadron Part of a particular group (above)
- Flight The most basic unit you can get to; equivalent to a platoon
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What are the tenets of airpower?
- Centralized control and Decentralized Execution
- Flexibility
- Synergistic Effects
- Concentration
- Priority
- Balance
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What are the air force functions?
- Nuclear Operations
- Counterair
- Counterland
- Space Operations
- Cyberspace Operations
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Identify the role of the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- POTUS Chief Executive Officer
- Determines security needs of the nation
- SecDef Plans, advises, and carries out POTUS' security policies
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and unified commands
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What are the 6 geographically based unified combatant commands:
- US Africa
- US European
- Us northern
- Us central
- Us southern
- US pacific
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State the three enduring truths that describe the fundamental nature of war.
- War is an instrument of national policy
- War is a complex and chaotic human endeavor
- War is a clash of opposing wills
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Define war according to Clausewitz.
War is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will
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Identify the basic themes of war.
- Politics and violence are intertwined
- War is policy "...that fights battles instead of writing notes"
- War is the continuation of politics with the addition of other means
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Differentiate among the four viewpoints on war: Pacifism, Realism, Holy War, and Just War Theory.
- Pacifism Avoidance of war at all costs, only to be pursued as a last resort
- Realism Self-interest shall overrule any moral question - war is about power
- Holy War Wars are instruments of divine judgment sent down by God
- Just War Theory Killing is unacceptable, but sometimes a particular cause will justify killing. Do so causing the least amount of collateral damage. Play by the rules
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List the three factors that dominate war.
Fog, Friction, and Chance
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Describe the evolution of warfare according to Alan Beyerchen's taxonomy of four world wars.
- WWI - The Chemists' War
- Development of synthetic gunpower, poisonous gas predominated
- WWII - The Physicists' War
- Development of Radar, wireless communications, and the atomic bomb
- WWIII - The Information Researchers' War
- Development of information gathering and application of actionable intelligence won the cold war
- WWIV - The Social Scientists' War
- Knowledge about other cultures and development of sympathy and empathy will play a major role in international conflict today
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Identify the Air Force definition of culture.
- A tool that transforms over time, is learned and shared
- A state of mind
- "Creation, maintenance and transformation across generations of semi-shared patterns of meaning, sense-making, affiliation, action and organization by groups"
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