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…Those same targeteers are critical team members in the MEA process, providing inputs as part of a collective responsibility with operations experts. While some FA may be accomplished at the CAOC level, most is performed by…

…It is useful where COAs are ambiguous or are of similar likelihood. The CARVER technique provides a framework for comparing each COA against all others and helps to show the difference in importance between factors. MATHEMATICAL…

…The assessment cell evaluates the effectiveness of operations to achieve command objectives, answering the questions: “Are we doing things right?” and “Are we doing the right things?” 4. Special Operations Component Targeting Special operations targeting and…

…Suspected associations between persons of interest are considered to be associations which are possible or even probable, but cannot be confirmed using the above criteria. Examples might be—  A known party calling a known telephone…

Chapter III III-8 JP 3-0 include, but are not limited to organizing the staff, planning, coordinating, and monitoring joint air operations, and the allocation and tasking of joint air operations forces based on the…

…Although no two analysts may employ the same techniques to reach a conclusion, experience has shown there are preferred techniques. The most significant factors when conducting intelligence analysis during any decisive action are time and whether…

…The primary staff functional areas also are generally consistent with those at Service component HQ, which facilitates higher, lower, and lateral cross- command staff coordination and collaboration. Some HQ may combine functions under a staff principal…

…Target development and selection are based on the JFC’s desired end state rather than on the available ways and means to achieve them. In other words, the focus should be on creating the desired target…

…Joint fires are those delivered during the employment of forces from two or more components in coordinated action to produce desired results in support of a common objective. Fires typically produce destructive effects, but various nonlethal…

…These operations typically begin with significant military involvement, to include some combat, and then move increasingly toward enabling civil authority as the threat wanes and civil infrastructures are reestablished. As progress is made, military forces will…

…EMSO planners, including weapons system SMEs who serve as liaison officers, are integrated into each AOC division. US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Joint AOC (608 AOC) executes USSTRATCOM’s Air Tasking Cycle through all phases of conflict…

…The net result of this part of the tasking cycle—and of deliberate targeting efforts—is that there are usually five ATOs in various stages of progress at any one time. (This is illustrated in figure…

…JFCs and their component commanders are the key players in planning and conducting intelligence tasks. Commanders are more than just consumers of intelligence. They are ultimately responsible for ensuring that intelligence is fully integrated into their…