…The ATO, ACO, and SPINS provide operational and tactical direction at appropriate levels of detail. The level of detail should be very explicit when forces operate from different bases and multi-component and/or composite missions…

…Collateral damage is unintentional or incidental injury or damage to persons or objects that would not be lawful military targets in the circumstances ruling at the time. Such damage is not unlawful so long as it…

…When communicating the results of intelligence analysis, the analyst must ensure the commander and the staff understand not just the conclusion reached but how the analyst arrived at the conclusion. This allows the commander and the…

Joint Operations Across the Range of Military Operations V-49 (2) JFCs can operate from an HQ platform at sea. Depending on the nature of the joint operation, a maritime commander can serve as the JFC…

…CI and HUMINT both use human sources to collect information, and while their activities may at

…Targets should be logically and causally tied to objectives at all levels—strategic, operational, and tactical. From a commander’s planning, execution, and assessment perspective, tactical actions should be ultimately tied to operational and strategic outcomes…

…Figure I-5 depicts general relationships between strategy, operational art, and tactics and between leaders who typically focus at these levels. COMMON OPERATING PRECEPT Leverage the benefits of operating indirectly through partners when strategic and operational…

…This should be done using the best guidance available at the time. A good specific objective must be understandable, require action, be attainable, allow some room to reach the solution, and provide criteria for use in…

…All three may be conducted at different times for a given contingency and products created in one process are often used in others. For instance, a JAOP that is created as part of a theater CFACC…

…IO can be employed as a means of target engagement and may be conducted at all levels from tactical through national strategic. IO planners consider all instruments of the adversary’s national power to determine how…

…NSA maintains its headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland. However, it also has three regional centers, each with a regional focus. Defense Threat Reduction Agency is a combat support agency charged with developing methods to deal more…

…Electronic versions are available on JDEIS at https://jdeis.js.mil (NIPRNET) and http://jdeis.js.smil.mil (SIPRNET), and on the JEL at http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine (NIPRNET). b. Only approved JPs and joint…

…This occurs from the moment they have surrendered because they are no longer considered “combatants” at that point. POW camps or detention facilities should be marked to be visible from the air as such. However, it…

…Although ROE are not law, they are authoritative restrictions issued at the appropriate level of command to control the use of force. ROE may be more restrictive than LoW for a given situation, but they cannot…

…However, the incidental injury or death of civilian personnel or damage to civilian objects at or near a military target is not an automatic cause for redress. Special protections are discussed below. b. Wounded and Sick…

…During Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR, deployed intelligence personnel provided aircrews and staffs at several locations with critical threat information and airfield data. Taking advantage of the Combat Intelligence System (CIS) capabilities and an emerging global connectivity to…

…Determine what would indicate a decision has been made at each decision point for each option to use in generating an integrated collection plan. e@ Step 7. Assess the implications or after effects of each alternative…

…Forcible entry operations can strike directly at the enemy COGs and can open new avenues for other military operations. (1) Forcible entry operations may include amphibious, airborne, and air assault operations, or any combination thereof. Forcible…

…on achievement of objectives and end state; all intended effects should logically support their achievement and objectives at all levels must be logically tied together; in this sense, EBO is an elaboration of “strategy-to-task…