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…Items to be considered in the risk assessment include: › Risk to friendly forces (fratricide), risk to non-combatants, and collateral damage potential. › LOAC and ROE compliance. › Increased risk to attacking forces due to accelerated planning and…

…Three additional principles―restraint, perseverance, and legitimacy―are relevant to how the Armed Forces of the United States use combat power across the range of military operations. These three, added to the original nine, comprise 12…

…Assisting the joint force in establishing, coordinating, and/or supporting federated intelligence operations, to include target development and assessment. 4. Assisting the joint force with coordination of IC target vetting. 5. Providing functional expertise on targeting…

…Organizing the Joint Force a. General. How JFCs organize their assigned or attached forces directly affects the responsiveness and versatility of joint operations. The first principle in joint force organization is that JFCs organize forces to…

…However, combat assessment methodology also can be applied by joint force functional and Service components to other tactical tasks not associated with joint fires (e.g., disaster relief delivery assessment, relief effectiveness assessment, and future relief…

…The capabilities analysis and force assignment phases of the joint targeting cycle are closely related. The primary purpose of capabilities analysis is to maximize the employment efficiency of forces through application of enough force to create…

…Commander, United States Strategic Command (CDRUSSTRATCOM) supports joint targeting with assigned forces and capabilities including: 1. United States Cyber Command. USCYBERCOM (a subunified command under USSTRATCOM) plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes, and conducts activities to direct the…

vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMMANDER’S OVERVIEW • Provides an understanding of Targets and Targeting • Explains the Joint Targeting Cycle • Addresses Joint Force Targeting Duties and Responsibilities Understanding Targets and Targeting Targeting is the process of selecting and…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 42 Air Force Weapon System TTPs (AFTTPs):  AFTTP 3-1.DCGS, Distributed Common Ground Station  AFTTP 3-3.AOC, Combat Fundamentals–Air Operations Center  AFTTP 3…

…Once the crisis is defined, these actions may include mobilization, tailoring of forces, and other predeployment activities; initial deployment into a theater; employment of ISR assets; and development of mission-tailored C2, intelligence, force protection, and…

Joint Operations Across the Range of Military Operations V-43 (4) The electromagnetic spectrum, which has become increasingly complex, contested, and congested as technology has advanced, can significantly affect joint force operations. Operational experiences demonstrate not…

…Research and development will include adapting to effective multinational force countermeasures. Recruiting People at all levels that recruit willingly, or force coerced people, into performing tasks in the other nodes. Looking for all skill levels. Finding…

Chapter III III-32 JP 3-0 against friendly forces and assets. These measures include camouflage, concealment, deception, dispersion, reconstitution, redundancy, detection and warning systems, and the use of protective construction. For additional guidance on countering…

…staff JAOC joint air operations center JDPI joint desired point of impact JFACC joint force air component commander JFC joint force commander JFCC-GS Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike JFCC-ISR Joint Functional Component…

…For additional guidance on CID, refer to JP 3-09, Joint Fire Support. (8) Force Health Protection. FHP complements force protection efforts, and includes all measures taken by the JFC and the Military Health System to…

The Joint Targeting Cycle II-21 The joint targeting process monitors these changes in order to allow commanders to decisively use joint force capabilities to seize and maintain the initiative. These dynamic changes require particular attention…

…Targeting and assessment, which are integrally related, impose most of the intelligence collection burden the joint force carries—to support deliberate targeting efforts before, dynamic targeting efforts during, and assessment during and after ATO execution. Successful…

…For more information on the instruments of national power, refer to JP 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States. Refer to Chapter V, “Joint Operations Across the Range of Military Operations,” for more…

…Joint force presence often keeps unstable situations from escalating into larger conflicts. The sustained presence of strong, capable forces is the most visible sign of US commitment to allies and adversaries alike. However, if sustained forward…

…Within a campaign, combat forces of a single or several Services, coordinated in time and place, conduct major operations to achieve strategic or operational objectives in an operational area. Forces conduct these actions simultaneously or sequentially…