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…For additional details, see JP 3-13, Information Operations. (h) United States Strategic Command. Commander, United States Strategic Command (CDRUSSTRATCOM) supports joint targeting with assigned forces and capabilities including: 1. United States Cyber Command. USCYBERCOM (a…

…An overarching term encompassing various military missions, tasks, and activities conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure environment, provide essential governmental services…

…Nevertheless, it is imperative to have a clear national strategic end state for all types of contingencies. b. Intelligence Collection. As soon as practical, JFCs and their staffs determine intelligence requirements to support the anticipated operation…

…The operational approach is a commander’s description of the broad actions the force must take to achieve the desired military end state. It is the commander’s visualization of how the operation should transform current…

…Subordinates’ emphasis is on timely decision making, understanding the higher commander’s intent, and clearly identifying the subordinates’ tasks necessary to achieve the desired end state. Well- crafted commander’s intent improves subordinates’ ability to act…

…Establishing support relationships between components (as described in JP 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States), is a useful option to accomplish needed tasks. The JFC can establish support relationships among all functional…

…target consistent with LOAC and ROE? › Is the desired effect on the target consistent with the end state? › Is the target politically or culturally “sensitive?” ›› What will the effect of striking it be on public opinion…

…Joint targeting entails participation from all elements of the JFC’s staff, component commanders’ staffs, other agencies, departments, organizations, and multinational partners. Systematic. The joint targeting cycle is designed to create effects in a systematic manner…

…Effects estimates should also take into account estimated repair and recuperation times when matching capabilities with vulnerabilities and account for reuse and reconstruction during later plan phases to avoid negatively affecting the end state. The IC…

…Finally, as the [United States Strategic Bombing Survey] states, the lack of this ability at the beginning of a future national emergency might prove disastrous! —John Glock “The Evolution of Air Force Targeting,” Airpower Journal, Fall…

…Subordinate 363 ISRG units also include Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard targeting units that provide steady-state and surge-to-war target production and analysis capability accomplished through the use of imagery analysts…

…Strategic Communication and Communications Strategy (1) The term strategic communication, an aspect of strategic guidance, applies to USG-level department and agency activities. CCDRs are the primary interface for implementing SC in the context of their…

…Restraint requires the careful and disciplined balancing of the need for security, the conduct of military operations, and the national strategic end state. For example, the exposure of intelligence gathering activities, such as interrogation of detainees…

…It entails participation from all elements of the JFC’s staff, component commanders’ staffs, other agencies, departments, organizations, and multinational partners.

…It provides the doctrinal foundation and fundamental principles that guide the Armed Forces of the United States in joint operations across the range of military operations. 2. Purpose This publication has been prepared under the direction…

…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…

… Adds United States Cyber Command’s role in support of joint targeting and discussion on integration of cyberspace operations in joint targeting.  Adds detailed description of battle damage assessment and its role in the…

…SOF are most effective when SO are fully integrated into the overall plan, and the execution of SO is through proper SOF C2 elements employed intact. (2) Commander, United States Special Operations Command (CDRUSSOCOM) is responsible…

…Unless specifically stated otherwise, Air Force doctrine applies to the full range of military operations, as appropriate, from stability, security, transition, and reconstruction operations to major operations and campaigns. The doctrine in this document is authoritative…

…Increase in the size of embassy or consulate staffs from a country or countries that support indigenous disaffected groups, particularly those hostile to the United States or the current intervention. Increase in neighboring countries of staff…