operational security

Joint Functions III-39 all operations, contracted support must be properly planned, integrated, coordinated, and managed to ensure accurate, timely, and effective support to the deployed joint force. For more detailed information and guidance on contracting…

…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…

…Targeting links intelligence, plans, and operations across all levels of command and phases of operations. Targeting leverages the commander’s guidance and operational end state from the Adaptive Planning and Execution system to translate and operationalize…

Joint Operations Across the Range of Military Operations V-41 military and nonmilitary FDOs can be used to dissuade actions before a crisis arises or to deter further aggression during a crisis. FDOs are developed for…

Chapter V V-46 JP 3-0 (4) Successful OPSEC and MILDEC may confuse the adversary and ease forcible entry operations. OPSEC helps foster a credible MILDEC. Additionally, the actions, themes, and messages portrayed by all…

Fundamentals of Joint Operations I-9 b. The JFC’s Role. JFCs are challenged to achieve and maintain operational coherence given the requirement to operate in conjunction with interorganizational partners. CCDRs play a pivotal role in…

… Determine the impact of civil considerations and displaced civilians on friendly and enemy operations. 6-7. Offensive operations are either force oriented or terrain oriented. Force-oriented operations focus on the threat. Terrain-oriented operations…

…Operational maneuver usually takes large forces from a base of operations to an area where they are in position to achieve operational objectives. The objective for operational maneuver is usually a COG or decisive point. (4…

…Introduction It is DOD policy that members of DOD comply with law of war during all armed conflicts, however such conflicts are characterized, and in all other military operations. International law considerations may directly affect all…

Chapter III III-18 JP 3-60 Information Operations Warfare Center. The JIOWC provides federated support, including intelligence, to CCDRs, and can be tasked through the JS J-3. The JIOWC provides full spectrum IO to…

…Organizing Operational Areas Except for areas of responsibility, which are assigned in the Unified Command Plan, geographic combatant commanders and other JFCs designate smaller operational areas (e.g., joint operations area and area

Joint Operations Across the Range of Military Operations V-55 operations designed to achieve the military strategic and operational objectives. Moreover, maneuver by air, land, or maritime forces can be conducted to interdict enemy military potential…

Principles of Joint Operations A-5 civil military operations help develop a sense of legitimacy for the supported government. Because the populace perceives that the government has genuine authority to govern and uses proper agencies for…

…Formal relationships for targeting support, through distributed operations, reachback, or federation, should be established and documented. Distributed operations. Distributed operations in support of targeting occur when independent or interdependent forces, some of which may be outside…

…Operational art encompasses operational design—the conception and construction of the intellectual framework that underpins joint operation plans and their subsequent execution. Operational Design Operational design supports operational art with a general methodology using elements of…

…Network Operations (1) Network Operations (NETOPS) is the DOD-wide operational, organizational, and technical capabilities for operating and defending DOD information networks. NETOPS includes, but is not limited to, enterprise management, net assurance, and content management…

…Commanders establish the operational and intelligence requirements and continuous feedback needed to ensure optimum intelligence support to operations. This interface is essential to support the commander, to support operational planning and execution, to avoid surprise, to…

Organizing for Joint Operations IV-7 assigned commands and forces and normally of attached forces within the assigned operational or functional area. (3) Joint Task Forces (JTFs). A JTF is a joint force that is constituted…

17 CHAPTER TWO DELIBERATE TARGETING GENERAL Planning encompasses all the means through which strategies and courses of action (COA) are developed, such as contingency and crisis action planning, as well as operational or campaign design. The…

…AFIWC produces IO analyses and data for combat operations and targeting (and acquisition programs as well). It also assesses IO vulnerabilities of units and conducts adversary IO operation and vulnerability assessments. National Air and Space Intelligence…