Student Pre-Reading:
How do we as a military decide what our priorities are?
The 2018 NDS stated:
Professional Military Education (PME). PME has stagnated, focused more on the accomplishment of mandatory credit at the expense of lethality and ingenuity. We will emphasize intellectual leadership and military professionalism in the art and science of warfighting, deepening our knowledge of history while embracing new technology and techniques to counter competitors. PME will emphasize independence of action in warfighting concepts to lessen the impact of degraded/lost communications in combat. PME is to be used as a strategic asset to build trust and interoperability across the Joint Forces and with allied and partner forces.
Cognitive Lesson Objectives:
Summarize the relationship between the NSS, NDS & NMS and the impact these documents have on their home organizations
Describe how the NSS, NDS & NMS are executed using the instruments of national power
Affective Lesson Objective:
Appreciate how their home organization connects to the NSS, NDS & NMS
4 Corners Exercise
Who are the statutory members of the NSC? Why do you think that is?
Why did the United States create the National Security Council?
How does the National Security Council impact the NSS?
What is the purpose of the National Security Council?
National Strategy Activity
Break into 3 groups:
Group 1: The pillars/priorities of the NSS
Group 2: Defense Priorities of the NDS
Group 3: Focus areas of the NMS
Part I: Each group will find information from their assigned national strategy and provide a specific example of how at least one of the group members' organization is supporting those priorities and focus areas.
Part II: Find a current event in which the US has used an Instrument of National Power and describe how it supports their assigned National Strategy. Address the following:
The instrument(s) used
How their example is linked to the NSS, NDS or NMS
Groups have no more than 15 minutes to present, either in front of the class or as a "press conference".
Working independently, draw a picture to illustrate the relationship between the NSS, NDS, NMS & AFDP-1. Include how the mission of your organization fits into the big picture.
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Cognitive Lesson Objectives:
Summarize the relationship between the NSS, NDS & NMS and the impact these documents have on their home organizations
Describe how the NSS, NDS & NMS are executed using the instruments of national power
Affective Lesson Objective:
Appreciate how their home organization connects to the NSS, NDS & NMS