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…Whereas the term joint operations focuses on the integrated actions of the Armed Forces of the United States in a unified effort, the term unified action has a broader connotation. JFCs are challenged to achieve and…

…Targeting and Joint Operation Planning Target development and selection are based on the JFC’s desired end state rather than on the available ways and means to achieve them. In other words, the focus should be…

…clear targeting guidance to components and supporting commands and DOD agencies consistent with the operation’s end state. (c) Maintain currency of mission planning guidance, intent, and priority intelligence requirements (PIRs) throughout the operation. (d) Direct…

…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…

…campaign transition to a new phase, branch, or sequel? › How are operations impacting follow-on or end state considerations? CA consists of the same elements as OA, but is an amalgamation of component operational, rather than…

…The joint targeting cycle is a six phase iterative process (see Figure II-2): (1) End state and commander’s objectives. (2) Target development and prioritization. (3) Capabilities analysis. (4) Commander’s decision and force assignment…

…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…

…The parachute assault forces strategically deployed at staggered times from bases in the continental United States, some in C-141 Starlifters, others in slower C-130 transport planes. One large formation experienced delays from a sudden…

…End states, objectives, tasks, effects, MOEs, and MOPs. (b) Phase 2: TM, to include characteristics, critical elements, and functional linkages. (c) Phase 3: Target vulnerability, weaponeering solutions, and collateral damage estimates. (d) Phase 4: Tasking orders…

…They help the analyst to understand intentions of adversaries especially when not clearly stated or known. Contrarian techniques look at the problem from different (often multiple) perspectives, and in so doing allow analysts to better accept…

…attempt to meld them as seamlessly as possible. › EBO should focus on achievement of objectives and end state; all intended effects should logically support their achievement and objectives at all levels must be logically tied together…

…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…

…It melds ends (objectives and end states), ways (actions and effects of actions leading to the ends), means (resources needed and available to carry out planned actions), and risk (the probable “cost” of attaining the ends…

…The ability to project the military instrument of national power from the United States or another theater, in response to requirements for military operations. (Approved for incorporation into JP 1-02 with JP 3-0 as…

…Thus, those conducting weaponeering must always keep campaign objectives and the end state in mind, as must those in other CAOC teams and divisions who review weaponeering solutions and the MAAP. The methodologies and data used…

…The United States employs its military capabilities in support of its national security goals in a variety of military operations. Operations such as counterinsurgency (COIN) and counterterrorism are primarily related to IW. Large-scale combat operations…

…From the targeting perspective, an effect is a change in the physical or behavioral state of a target system, a target system component, a target, or a target element that results from an action, a set…

…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…

…Authorship The lead agent for this publication is the United States Joint Forces Command. The Joint Staff doctrine sponsor for this publication is the Director for Operational Plans and Joint Force Development (J-7). 3. Supersession…