…COMBATANT COMMAND ORGANIZATIONS Joint Intelligence Operations Centers (JIOCs) centralize theater intelligence tasking, collection, analysis, and production. Their targeting offices create target folders based on 45See AFI 13-500, Air Force Nuclear Mission Responsibilities, for additional information.

…During this stage, the AOC is the focal point for changes to the ATO and serves as the centralized control node for tasking joint air capabilities and forces. The AOC’s Combat Operations Division (COD) supervises…

…An approved JIPTL is the central product of the target development phase. Targets and priorities are derived from the recommendations of components in conjunction with their proposed operations supporting the CFC’s objectives and guidance. Although…

…Standard DPI numbering is also important, and the joint targeting committee is finalizing the adoption of the joint designated point of impact (JDPI) concept using a six-character format with a central numbering registry involving the…

…It is our job to do our best to ensure that only appropriate targets be struck. —George Tenet Former Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) Remarks to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 22 The first…

…deter strategic attacks against the United States and its allies, prevent, reduce, and counter WMD and emerging threats, and prevail against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict.46 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) gathers, analyzes, and…

…It is a protracted politico-military struggle designed to weaken the control and legitimacy of an established government, an interim governing body, or a peace process while increasing insurgent control and legitimacy—the central issues in…

…The Commander, United States Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM), balanced the arrival of these forces to provide an early, viable deterrent capability and the logistic capability needed to receive, further deploy, and sustain the rapidly growing force. Planning…

…The commander is the central figure in operational art, not only due to education and experience, but also because the commander’s judgment and decisions are required to guide the staff throughout joint operation planning and…

…Through C2, JFLCCs and JFMCCs integrate and synchronize movement and maneuver with intelligence, fires, protection, and sustainment and the supporting IO COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS DURING OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM In December 2002, representatives from United States Central Command…

…Non-Military Organizations Central Intelligence Agency gathers, analyzes, and produces most of the nation’s HUMINT. HUMINT may be able to provide targeteers with information not available though other intelligence collection methods. This may be particularly…

…Employing the “art of war,” which has been the commander’s central historical command role, remains critical in the contemporary complex environment regardless of technological and informational improvements in control—the “science of war.” Successful commanders…

…As such, it is called upon to support US Air Forces Europe (USAFE), Central Air Forces (CENTAF), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), and other targeting efforts, often at the same time. Unless clear guidance or memoranda of…

…commander, joint task force (CJTF) to accomplish missions with specific, limited objectives and which do not require centralized control of logistics. However, there may be situations where a CJTF may require directive authority for common support…

…The commander is the central figure in operational design. The elements of operational design are individual tools that help the JFC and staff visualize and describe the broad operational approach. Operational art, operational design, and joint…

…Thus, the question of possible damage to the Embassy was never a consideration. —George Tenet, Former Director of Central Intelligence Remarks to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence concerning the inadvertent Chinese Embassy bombing, Operation…

…Networks are analyzed by examining the organizational structure, centrality of nodes within the network, and organizational-level analysis. Figure 5-6. Nodal linkage example Organizational Structure 5-62. The cell is the smallest element of organizations…

…These techniques may originate in the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, business, academics, and other organizations, and areas of expertise. Army analysts are finding some of the techniques, often in a modified format, to…

…It is a central part of an effects-based approach to conflict. It consists of four distinct levels: tactical assessment (which includes assessment of physical damage), component-level operational assessment, CFC-level operational assessment, and national…

…Understanding a target’s decision-making process, sources of influence, or cultural factors can be critical to creating desired effects, especially when targeting a system’s central controlling function. As with functional characteristics, these are often…