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…When required to achieve national strategic objectives or protect national interests, the US national leadership may decide to conduct a major operation or campaign involving large-scale combat, placing the United States in a wartime state…

…JFCs may increasingly find it advantageous or necessary to pursue operational and strategic objectives by enabling and supporting such partners, whether friendly nations, international organizations, or some other entity. 6. Levels of War a. General. Three…

…The staff should develop metrics to determine if operations are properly linked to the JFC’s overall strategy and the larger hierarchy of operational and national objectives. These metrics evaluate the results achieved during joint operations…

…Theater-strategic and national guidance also shape the commander’s objective(s). An important result of mission analysis is the commander’s initial intent statement. This is a clear and concise expression of the purpose of…

…Joint forces must be prepared to plan and execute operations with forces from other nations within the framework of an alliance or coalition under US or other- than-US leadership. However, US forces often will be…

…The relative combat power that military forces can generate against an adversary is constrained by a nation’s capability to plan for, gain access to, and deliver forces and materiel to required points of application. Logistics…

…This is the most important step in the joint targeting process, because it encapsulates all the national-level guidance in a set of outcomes relevant to the present situation and set the course for all that…

…Intelligence The intelligence function supports this understanding by providing integrated, evaluated, analyzed, and interpreted information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations. Intelligence tells JFCs what…

…Air Force Reachback and Joint / National Federation. Develop relationships and agreements by which components can work directly with reachback and federated partners as necessary. For example, if analysts at DIA are helping determine the capability of…

…CCDRs generally use the phasing model in Figure V-3 to link security cooperation activities in the TCP to pertinent OPLANs. Following is a discussion of each phase in the phasing model. For more information on…

…The United States employs its military capabilities in support of its national security goals in a variety of military operations (Figure I-6). Operations generally involve military action or the accomplishment of a strategic, operational, or…

…execution. (1) Security cooperation efforts likely will impact countries throughout a region. Traditional rivalries among neighboring states and hostility toward the United States may be factors. For example, US assistance to a nation with long-standing…

Chapter III III-12 JP 3-0 (1) Information management is an essential process that receives, organizes, stores, controls, and secures an organization’s wide range of data and information in a manner that facilitates availability…

…area (JOA), the perceptions and plans of those partners, the expectations of the local populace and host nation (HN) government, and the regional and global implications. c. Operational art, operational design, and JOPP blend in complementary…

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…Among others, common considerations include C2, the information environment, intelligence requirements, communications support, protection, security, LOCs, terrain management, movement control, airspace control, surveillance, reconnaissance, air and missile defense, PR, targeting and fires, interorganizational interactions, and environmental…

…For additional guidance on JSAs, refer to JP 3-10, Joint Security Operations in Theater. (4) Amphibious Objective Area. The AOA is a geographic area within which is located the objective(s) to be secured by…

…Deployed joint forces must be capable of understanding and effectively communicating with native populations, local and national government officials, and coalition partners. Supporting this capability should be an understanding of the regional and local culture, economy…

…National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) is the sole national center for integrated intelligence analysis on air and space systems, forces, and threats. It assesses current and projected foreign air and space capabilities and intentions…

…While intended primarily to guide the use of military power, campaign plans consider all instruments of national power and how their integrated efforts work to attain national strategic objectives. e. Campaigns are joint in nature—functional…