Which NMCS node is located at USSTRATCOM and serves as the NMCS's secondary command node?

Which NMCS node is located at USSTRATCOM and serves as the NMCS's secondary command node?

• A. USSTRATCOM Global Operations Center (GOC)
• B. National Military Command Center (NMCC)
• C. National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC)
• D. Global Information Grid (GIG)

Answer: (A)

The NMCS uses a primary command node and a ready backup located at USSTRATCOM to ensure command and control can continue even if the primary hub is unavailable. The Global Operations Center at USSTRATCOM serves as the NMCS’s secondary command node, providing an alternate, fixed-location facility to process guidance, coordinate global operations, and issue orders if the NMCC in the Pentagon cannot operate. The National Airborne Operations Center is a separate, mobile airborne post used for survivable C2, but it is not the fixed secondary NMCS node located at USSTRATCOM. The Global Information Grid is the communications network that links these nodes, not a command post itself.

The NMCS uses a primary command node and a ready backup located at USSTRATCOM to ensure command and control can continue even if the primary hub is unavailable. The Global Operations Center at USSTRATCOM serves as the NMCS’s secondary command node, providing an alternate, fixed-location facility to process guidance, coordinate global operations, and issue orders if the NMCC in the Pentagon cannot operate. The National Airborne Operations Center is a separate, mobile airborne post used for survivable C2, but it is not the fixed secondary NMCS node located at USSTRATCOM. The Global Information Grid is the communications network that links these nodes, not a command post itself.