…Joint doctrine calls the targets prosecuted in this manner “time-sensitive targets” (TST): “those targets requiring immediate response because they pose (or will soon pose) a danger to friendly forces or are highly lucrative, fleeting targets…

Understanding Targets and Targeting I-5 (3) Denial and deception measures. (4) Physical relationships (such as proximity to civilians, noncombatants, or friendly forces, etc.). (5) Dependencies (raw materials, personnel, energy, water, and command/control, etc.). e…

C-1 APPENDIX C COMPONENT TARGETING PROCESSES 1. Component Commander Inputs to Joint Targeting Cycle Component commanders are instrumental to the joint targeting cycle by assisting the JFC in formulating guidance, controlling many of the collection…

The Joint Targeting Cycle II-29 3. The target step begins with target validation. That is, operations personnel ensure that all vetted targets meet the objectives and criteria outlined in the commander’s guidance. Additionally, validation…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 36 high-accuracy, all-weather, day-or-night strikes against ground targets. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is a component MAJCOM of USSTRATCOM. AFGSC provides combat ready forces…

69 › Target Development › Point Mensuration › Weaponeering › Assessment › BE Number & DPI Standardization › Database Management › Datum Management › Establishing CAOC Relationships › Establishing Federated and Reachback Relationships › Equipping Targeting Organizations › Training and Exercises Figure 5.1. Readiness Responsibilities for Targeting…

The Joint Targeting Cycle II-15 (3) All estimates generated during this phase are situation-specific, reflecting the pairing of forces against targets under particular conditions of employment. As such, users of this information must use…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 33 and conducting operational fires and precision engagements against deep and TSTs. In the AOC, JADOCS is typically used by the dynamic targeting cell, the PR cell, and the…

…However, as non-kinetic and non-lethal weapons continue to make their way into the Air Force inventory, targeteers will have to expand their thinking of what weaponeering is. Commanders can assist by ensuring targeteers have…

Joint Force Targeting Duties and Responsibilities III-19 transfer, or use of WMD and related materials and precursors by adversaries (i.e., to combat WMD). The SCC-WMD director is dual-hatted as the director of…

76 with those in combat operations is essential for seamless targeting support when the ATO requires modification. This importance is magnified when supporting dynamic targeting operations, especially those involving TSTs. › Dynamic Targeting Team. The targeting team…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 14 Air Force Forces (AFFOR) A2. The AFFOR A2 provides intelligence support to the air component commander and assigned or attached Service component forces. The A2 guides Service component…

III-1 CHAPTER III JOINT FORCE TARGETING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Joint Targeting Integration and Oversight a. The JFC’s primary targeting responsibility lies in establishing the objectives that component commanders will achieve throughout the operational…

Chapter III III-14 JP 3-60 identifying targeting support and assessment partners or work directly with other combatant commands to provide information to the JS regarding any inter-command targeting coordination. The JS J-2…

…See Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 3122.06, Sensitive Target Approval and Review (STAR) Process (classified publication), for more information on sensitive targets. (2) All potential targets and all targets nominated for…

…Dispersion is the geographic distribution of the targets in a target system and/or target elements within a target. A target with a large number of dispersed target elements presents a more difficult target engagement problem…

93 Personnel involved in targeting should be involved in the development and refinement of ROE along with the judge advocates. Just as tasking and targeting are cyclical, so too is ROE development, and it may require…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 34 APPENDIX B: TARGETING SUPPORT AGENCIES Support organizations and agencies to provide the air component with in-depth knowledge and targeting expertise. Since theater forces typically cannot fulfill all…

…Target development is the systematic examination of potential target systems to determine the type and duration of action that must be exerted on each target to create desired effects that achieve the commander’s objectives. Target…

…Targeting applies to targets, which are areas, complexes, installations, forces, equipment, capabilities, functions, individuals, groups, systems, or behaviors identified for possible action to support the commander's objectives, guidance, and intent. Targeting is a central component…