…Network analysis can be conducted at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels, and may be conducted across strategic, operational, and tactical levels. 5-56. Analysts conducting network analysis will spend a great deal of time working…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 13 controlling operations. The J-3 typically synchronizes and integrates joint operations via a joint operations center (JOC) and may serve as the chair of the JTCB. The J…

…A single commander should have oversight of all aspects of a split operation. For example, sections of the ATO may be developed from a rear area or backup operation center to reduce the deployed AOC footprint…

…The joint air operations center (JAOC) analyzes the targets, selects aimpoints, munitions, and platforms, and includes the missions on the air tasking order (ATO) for execution. Missions are flown the following day, and battle damage assessment…

…effect or objective to focus target development. (See Air Force Operational Tactics, Techniques, And Procedures [AFOTTP] manual 2-3.2, Air and Space Operations Center, for an AOD sample). The prioritized tasks in the AOD should…

…Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), have developed a number of quantitative techniques used to estimate weapon effectiveness and collateral damage risk. The JTCG/ME develops operational and analytical models…

…These operations will require analytical skills ranging far beyond weapons effects into political, socio-economic, cultural-ideological, psychological and international arenas. It will also require coordination with analytical and academic centers outside the DOD. › Weather and…

…Commanders and their staffs must consider strategic and operational objectives, the potential for fratricide and other undesired fires effects, and legal limitations (e.g., constraints and restraints) when making targeting decisions. Successful integration of IO considerations…

…The relative importance of lethal versus nonlethal capabilities in targeting may shift as the focus of the operation shifts from direct combat to stability operations. The JTCB should be flexible enough to consider both types of…

…Intelligence analysis during operations that focus on the civil population as a center of gravity requires a different mindset and different techniques than an effort that focuses on defeating an adversary militarily. 6-13. Some situations…

…combat team operations in Ninewa Province, Iraq, had to provide commanders with intelligence assessments for an area over 60,000 square kilometers influenced by three regional powers, 3 internal governorates, 14 urban centers, and a population…

… Counter-IED Operations Integration Center.  International CIED teams. 7-19. The collection and analysis of items of forensic value have become vital to the intelligence and targeting efforts, but are only useful if the…

…For more information on interorganizational coordination, refer to JP 3-08, Interorganizational Coordination During Joint Operations. 3. Instruments of National Power and the Range of Military Operations a. The various institutions that represent the US instruments…

…Nonlinear operations were applied during Operation JUST CAUSE. The joint forces oriented more on their assigned objectives (e.g., destroying an enemy force or seizing and controlling critical terrain or population centers) and less on their…

…real world; they are useful in identifying centers of gravity, critical nodes, and other lines of effort the command may wish to influence or change during an operation. 5-59. Enemy networks do not exist in…

…The IPB process continues throughout planning by examining adversary and friendly capabilities, adversary intent, and the operational environment. Enemy and friendly centers of gravity (COG) are also identified during this initial stage of the JAEP. As…

…Federation provides commands conducting operations access to organizations and individuals that are experts in their respective analytic areas. Federation allows supported commanders to request assistance from outside the theater in such areas as: (1) Target Development…

…Elements of Operational Design Elements of Operational Design        Termination Military end state Objective Effects Center of gravity Decisive point Lines of operation and lines of effort   …

…Indicators serve as a means of prediction across all levels—strategic, operational, and tactical. (See levels of war in ADRP 3-0.) 4-31. A threat may attempt to create false or misleading patterns of intentions…

…systems understanding of the operational environment typically will require cross-functional participation by other joint force staff elements and collaboration with various intelligence organizations, USG departments and agencies, and nongovernmental centers that possess relevant expertise. The…