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…Supported by other joint SOF, they frequently directed massive and effective close air support from Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps assets. The effects of the continuous SOF-directed air strikes so weakened the Taliban and…

…Applying theory begins with the formulation of a theory based on the evaluation of other examples of the same phenomenon. This technique is based on the supposition that when a given set of conditions arise, certain…

…The joint targeting cycle and supporting component processes (such as the six-stage air tasking cycle) must adapt to the joint force battle rhythm and decision cycle. g. Deliberate targeting typically supports all three planning horizons…

85 SUGGESTED READINGS Air Force Publications (NOTE: AFDDs and AFDC publications can be accessed via the HQ Air Force Doctrine Center website at https://www.doctrine.af.mil/Main.asp) AFDD 2: Operations and Organization AFDD…

…DOS or the US Ambassador in country is responsible for declaring a foreign disaster or situation that requires US Navy Sailors and members of Joint Task Force-Bravo working with Project Handclasp, a San Diego-based…

…To extend the targeting enterprise to the edge user base, targeting automation must also be able to accommodate producers and consumers of information on low bandwidth, message-based environments. The following sections detail considerations associated with…

…AIR FORCE CONTINENTAL US-BASED SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS Headquarters USAF HQ USAF. AF/A2 and A3I are the focal points for coordinating the Air Force’s CONUS-based targeting and assessment reachback support. Air Force Network Operations…

…postal support, morale, welfare and recreational support, financial support, and legal services. (4) Building and maintaining sustainment bases. (5) Assessing, repairing, and maintaining infrastructure. (6) Acquiring, managing, and distributing funds. (7) Providing common-user logistics support…

…Commanders adjust operations based on their assessment to ensure tasks are completed, effects created, objectives achieved, and the desired end state reached. The assessment process is continuous and directly tied to the commander’s decisions throughout…

…However, for proper data base management, such mobile targets still require some sort of identification. While the numbers may not be actual BE#s, the theater must still have some way of identifying the target. Again…

…The JFACC is normally the supported commander for the JFC’s overall air interdiction effort, while JFLCCs and JFMCCs are supported commanders for interdiction in their AOs. (b) In coordination with the JFLCCs and JFMCCs, other…

…US forces operating from coalition bases (e.g., Diego Garcia) may also have restrictions placed on them—and on the targeting they execute—by coalition ROE as well. Close coordination is required with coalition partners during…

…A JSA is a specific surface area, designated by the JFC as critical, that facilitates protection of joint bases and supports various aspects of joint operations such as LOCs, force projection, movement control, sustainment, C2, airbases…

…The air component commander can internally arrange for distributed or split operations. If the requirements outpace internal capacity or if there are deficiencies in manpower and specialized expertise, the air component may request reachback support from…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 8 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS NOTE: This section is not all-encompassing and is no substitute for legal advice from the appropriate staff judge advocate (SJA) office or designated judge advocate…

65 as shifting the priority of air and space targeting, changing the overall weight of effort, transitioning to another operational phase, or branch initiation. OA is primarily a component responsibility. Again, in the more traditional assessment…

…Reachback is a subset of federation; the cooperative effort between the CAOC and other Air Force agencies. Peacetime AOGs and AIGs are not manned to provide all the expertise needed to support wartime targeting and assessment…

8 Examining these stages in light of the air tasking cycle and its relationship to deliberate targeting, described in Chapter Two, it is easy to see that targeting is absolutely integral to the tasking process. Further…

…Groups based on religious or single-issue motives may lack a specific political or nationalistic agenda. They have less need for a hierarchical structure to coordinate plans and actions. Instead, they can depend and even thrive…

…The first principle in joint force organization is that JFCs organize forces to accomplish the mission based on their intent and CONOPS. Unity of command, centralized planning and direction, and decentralized execution are key considerations. Joint…