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Joint Force Targeting Duties and Responsibilities III-9 2. Disseminating the JFC’s targeting guidance and priorities to components and JFC staff. 3. Reviewing and refining ISR collection requirements and joint ISR assessment guidance based on JFC priorities, intent, and CONOPS, to include refinement of MOPs and MOEs, as appropriate. 4. Submitting the draft JIPTL for JTCB review. 5. Maintaining and updating the JTL, NSL, RTL, and other relevant target-related lists. (d) Inputs to the JTWG may include commander’s guidance, current target- related lists (JTL and RTL) including TSTs, TNLs, the NSL, and estimated availability of resources/capabilities. (e) Some of the products the JTWG should produce are recommended JIPTL and apportionment, changes to target lists (particularly any targets nominated from the RTL), and changes to TSTs collection requirements and recommended priorities. b. Joint Force Staff Responsibilities. The JFC should determine the relative burden sharing for the joint targeting cycle between the JFC staff and those of the component commanders. The JFC develops guidance that directs and focuses planning and targeting to support the CONOPS. Collaboration between joint force staff and component targeteers and planners is a critical element of the execution of the joint targeting cycle. Supporting and subordinate commanders, functional and Service, will have their own targeting processes that will complement and support the supported JFC’s targeting process. The supported JFC is responsible for coordinating these various targeting processes and delineating the responsibilities of each supporting and subordinate commander to support the JFC’s targeting cycle. Interaction between the joint force and component planners occurs throughout the phases of the joint targeting cycle, but is especially important during phase 4 as forces are assigned. Figure III-4 provides a notional model for the division of functional responsibility between the JFC and the components throughout the joint targeting cycle. Although the JFC establishes the joint targeting cycle, all subordinate commanders must have the ability to nominate targets for joint targeting consideration. The supported JFC is responsible for providing opportunities for coordination between these various targeting processes and delineating the responsibilities of each supporting and subordinate commander to support the JFC’s targeting process. (1) Intelligence Directorate. The J-2 has the primary responsibility for prioritization of intelligence collection efforts, analysis, validation, and assessment for all joint operations. In addition, the J-2 provides a major input to the J-3 and J-5 in the form of adversary COA assessments critical to the joint target prioritization process and identification of HVTs and HPTs. Joint targeting related duties that are normally performed by the J-2 are as follows: