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Glossary of Military Terms
J-2X
A J-2 staff element normally associated with a deployed
joint force, consisting of the human intelligence operations
cell and the task force counterintelligence coordinating
authority. The J-2X is responsible for coordination and
deconfliction of all human source-related activity. See also
counterintelligence; human intelligence.
jamming
See barrage jamming; electronic attack; electromagnetic jamming;
selective jamming; spot jamming.
j-axis
A vertical axis in a system of rectangular coordinates;
that line on which distances above or below (north or south) the
reference line are marked, especially on a map, chart, or graph.
jet advisory service
The service provided certain civil aircraft while
operating within radar and nonradar jet advisory areas. Within
radar jet advisory areas, civil aircraft receiving this service
are provided radar flight following, radar traffic information,
and vectors around observed traffic. In nonradar jet advisory
areas, civil aircraft receiving this service are afforded
standard instrument flight rules separation from all other
aircraft known to air traffic control to be operating within
these areas.
jet propulsion
Reaction propulsion in which the propulsion unit obtains
oxygen from the air, as distinguished from rocket propulsion, in
which the unit carries its own oxygen-producing material. In
connection with aircraft propulsion, the term refers to a
gasoline or other fuel turbine jet unit that discharges hot gas
through a tail pipe and a nozzle which provides a thrust that
propels the aircraft. See also rocket propulsion.
jet stream
A narrow band of high velocity wind in the upper
troposphere or in the stratosphere.
jettison
The selective release of stores from an aircraft other
than normal attack.
jettisoned mines
Mines which are laid as quickly as possible in order
to empty the minelayer of mines, without regard to their
condition or relative positions.
joiner
An independent merchant ship sailed to join a
convoy. See also joiner convoy; joiner section.
joiner convoy
A convoy sailed to join the main convoy. See also
joiner; joiner section.
joiner section
A joiner or joiner convoy, after rendezvous, and
while maneuvering to integrate with the main convoy.
joint
Connotes activities, operations, organizations, etc., in
which elements of two or more Military Departments participate.
joint after action report
A report consisting of summary joint universal lessons
learned. It describes a real world operation or training
exercise and identifies significant lessons learned. Also called
JAAR.
joint air attack team
A combination of attack and/or scout rotary-wing aircraft
and fixed-wing close air support aircraft operating together to
locate and attack high-priority targets and other targets of
opportunity. The joint air attack team normally operates as a
coordinated effort supported by fire support, air defense
artillery, naval surface fire support, intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance systems, electronic warfare
systems, and ground maneuver forces against enemy forces. Joint
terminal attack controllers may perform duties as directed by
the air mission commander in support of the ground commander's
scheme of maneuver. Also called JAAT. See also close air
support.
joint airborne advance party
An advance ground party that provides terminal guidance,
air traffic control, ground control measures, intelligence
gathering, and surface weather observation in the objective area
of an airlift operation. It may consist of US Air Force combat
control team members and a US Army long-range surveillance team
or similar forces. Also called JAAP.
joint airborne training
Training operations or exercises involving airborne and
appropriate troop carrier units. This training includes: a. air
delivery of personnel and equipment; b. assault operations by
airborne troops and/or air transportable units; c. loading
exercises and local orientation fights of short duration; and d.
maneuvers and/or exercises as agreed upon by Services concerned
and/or as authorized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
joint air operations
Air operations performed with air capabilities/forces made
available by components in support of the joint force
commander's operation or campaign objectives, or in support of
other components of the joint force.
joint air operations center
A jointly staffed facility established for planning,
directing, and executing joint air operations in support of the
joint force commander's operation or campaign objectives. Also
called JAOC. See also joint air operations.
joint air operations plan
A plan for a connected series of joint air operations to
achieve the joint force commander's objectives within a given
time and joint operational area. Also called JAOP. See also
joint air operations.
joint amphibious operation
An amphibious operation conducted by significant
elements of two or more Services.
joint amphibious task force
A temporary grouping of units of two or more Services
under a single commander, organized for the purpose of engaging
in an amphibious landing for assault on hostile shores. Also
called JATF.
joint base
For purposes of base defense operations, a joint base is a
locality from which operations of two or more of the Military
Departments are projected or supported and which is manned by
significant elements of two or more Military Departments or in
which significant elements of two or more Military Departments
are located. See also base.
joint captured materiel exploitation center
A physical location for deriving intelligence information
from captured enemy materiel. It is normally subordinate to the
joint force/J-2. Also called JCMEC.
joint civil-military operations task force
A joint task force composed of civil-military operations
units from more than one Service. It provides support to the
joint force commander in humanitarian or nation assistance
operations, theater campaigns, or a civil-military operations
concurrent with or subsequent to regional conflict. It can
organize military interaction among many governmental and
nongovernmental humanitarian agencies within the theater. Also
called JCMOTF. See also civil-military operations; joint task
force; task force.
joint combat search and rescue operation
A combat search and rescue operation in support of a
component's military operations that has exceeded the combat
search and rescue capabilities of that component and requires
the efforts of two or more components of the joint force.
Normally, the operation is conducted by the joint force
commander or a component commander that has been designated by
joint force commander tasking. See also combat search and
rescue; search and rescue.
joint combined exchange training
A program conducted overseas to fulfill US forces training
requirements and at the same time exchange the sharing of skills
between US forces and host nation counterparts. Training
activities are designed to improve US and host nation
capabilities. Also called JCET.
joint communications control center
An element of the J-6 established to support a joint force
commander. The joint communications control center (JCCC) serves
as the single control agency for the management and direction of
the joint force command, control, communications, and computer
systems. The JCCC may include plans and operations,
administration, system control, and frequency management
sections. Also called JCCC.
joint communications network
The aggregation of all the joint communications systems in
a theater. The joint communications network includes the joint
multi-channel trunking and switching system and the joint
command and control communications system(s). Also called JCN.
joint concept
A description of how a joint force commander might plan,
prepare, deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy a joint force. It
guides the further development and integration of joint
functional and Service concepts into a joint capability, and
articulates the measurable detail needed for experimentation and
decision making.
joint decision support tools
A compilation of processes and systems developed from the
application of maturing leading edge information systems
technologies that provide the warfighter and the logistician the
means to rapidly plan, execute, monitor, and replan logistic
operations in a collaborative environment that is responsive to
operational requirements. Also called JDST
joint deployable intelligence support system
A transportable workstation and communications suite that
electronically extends a joint intelligence center to a joint
task force or other tactical user. Also called JDISS.
joint doctrine
Fundamental principles that guide the employment of US
military forces in coordinated action toward a common objective.
Joint doctrine contained in joint publications also includes
terms, tactics, techniques, and procedures. It is authoritative
but requires judgment in application. See also Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff instruction; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff manual; doctrine; joint doctrine development community;
Joint Doctrine Development System; joint publication; joint test
publication; multinational doctrine.
joint doctrine development community
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Services,
the combatant commands, the Joint Staff, the combat support
agencies, and the doctrine development agencies of the Services
and the joint community. Also called JDDC. See also joint
doctrine; Joint Doctrine Development System.
Joint Doctrine Development System
The system of lead agents, Joint Staff doctrine sponsors,
primary review authorities, coordinating review authorities,
technical review authorities, assessment agents, evaluation
agents, Joint Doctrine Working Party, procedures, and
hierarchical framework designed to initiate, develop, approve,
and maintain joint publications. See also joint doctrine; joint
doctrine development community.
Joint Doctrine Working Party
A forum to include representatives of the Services,
combatant commands, and the Joint Staff (represented by the
Operational Plans and Joint Force Development Directorate, J-7,
Joint Staff) that meets at least semiannually to address, vote
and make recommendations on project proposals; discuss key joint
doctrinal or operational issues; keep up to date on the status
of the joint publication projects and emerging publications; and
keep abreast of other initiatives of interest to the members.
The Joint Doctrine Working Party meets under the sponsorship of
the Director, Joint Staff/J-7. Also called JDWP. See also joint
doctrine; joint publication; joint test publication.
joint document exploitation center
A physical location for deriving intelligence information
from captured adversary documents including all forms of
electronic data and other forms of stored textual and graphic
information. It is normally subordinate to the joint force/J-2.
Also called JDEC. See also intelligence.
joint duty assignment
An assignment to a designated position in a multi-Service,
joint or multinational command or activity that is involved in
the integrated employment or support of the land, sea, and air
forces of at least two of the three Military Departments. Such
involvement includes, but is not limited to, matters relating to
national military strategy, joint doctrine and policy, strategic
planning, contingency planning, and command and control of
combat operations under a unified or specified command. Also
called JDA.
Joint Duty Assignment List
Positions designated as joint duty assignments are
reflected in a list approved by the Secretary of Defense and
maintained by the Joint Staff. The Joint Duty Assignment List is
reflected in the Joint Duty Assignment Management Information
System. Also called JDAL.
joint engagement zone
See weapon engagement zone.
Joint Facilities Utilization Board
A joint board that evaluates and reconciles component
requests for real estate, use of existing facilities,
inter-Service support, and construction to ensure compliance
with Joint Civil-Military Engineering Board priorities.
joint fires
Fires produced during the employment of forces from two or
more components in coordinated action toward a common objective.
See also fires
joint fires element
An optional staff element that provides recommendations to
the operations directorate to accomplish fires planning and
synchronization. Also called JFE. See also fire support; joint
fires.
joint fire support
Joint fires that assist air, land, maritime, amphibious,
and special operations forces to move, maneuver, and control
territory, populations, airspace, and key waters. See also fire
support; joint fires.
joint flow and analysis system for transportation
System that determines the transportation feasibility of a
course of action or operation plan; provides daily lift assets
needed to move forces and resupply; advises logistic planners of
channel and port inefficiencies; and interprets shortfalls from
various flow possibilities. Also called JFAST. See also course
of action; operation plan; system.
joint force
A general term applied to a force composed of significant
elements, assigned or attached, of two or more Military
Departments operating under a single joint force commander. See
also joint force commander.
joint force air component commander
The commander within a unified command, subordinate
unified command, or joint task force responsible to the
establishing commander for making recommendations on the proper
employment of assigned, attached, and/or made available for
tasking air forces; planning and coordinating air operations; or
accomplishing such operational missions as may be assigned. The
joint force air component commander is given the authority
necessary to accomplish missions and tasks assigned by the
establishing commander. Also called JFACC. See also joint force
commander.
joint force commander
A general term applied to a combatant commander,
subunified commander, or joint task force commander authorized
to exercise combatant command (command authority) or operational
control over a joint force. Also called JFC. See also joint
force.
joint force land component commander
The commander within a unified command, subordinate
unified command, or joint task force responsible to the
establishing commander for making recommendations on the proper
employment of assigned, attached, and/or made available for
tasking land forces; planning and coordinating land operations;
or accomplishing such operational missions as may be assigned.
The joint force land component commander is given the
authoritynecessary to accomplish missions and tasks assigned by
theestablishing commander. Also called JFLCC. See also joint
force commander.
joint force maritime component commander
The commander within a unified command, subordinate
unified command, or joint task force responsible to the
establishing commander for making recommendations on the proper
employment of assigned, attached, and/or made available for
tasking maritime forces and assets; planning and coordinating
maritime operations; or accomplishing such operational missions
as may be assigned. The joint force maritime component commander
is given the authority necessary to accomplish missions and
tasks assigned by the establishing commander. Also called JFMCC.
See also joint force commander.
joint force meteorological and oceanographic officer
Officer designated to provide direct meteorological and
oceanographic support to a joint force commander. Also called
JMO. See also meteorological and oceanographic.
joint force special operations component commander
The commander within a unified command, subordinate
unified command, or joint task force responsible to the
establishing commander for making recommendations on the proper
employment of assigned, attached, and/or made available for
tasking special operations forces and assets; planning and
coordinating special operations; or accomplishing such
operational missions as may be assigned. The joint force special
operations component commander is given the authority necessary
to accomplish missions and tasks assigned by the establishing
commander. Also called JFSOCC. See also joint force commander.
joint force surgeon
A general term applied to a medical officer appointed by
the joint force commander to serve as the joint force special
staff officer responsible for establishing, monitoring, or
evaluating joint force health service support. Also called JFS.
See also health service support; joint force.
joint guidance, apportionment, and targeting team
A group that makes recommendations for air apportionment
to engage targets, and provides other targeting support
requiring component input at the joint force air component
commander level. Also called JGAT team. See also air
apportionment; apportionment; joint force air component
commander; targeting.
joint information bureau
Facility established by the joint force commander to serve
as the focal point for the interface between the military and
the media during the conduct of joint operations. When operated
in support of multinational operations, a joint information
bureau is called a "combined information bureau" or an "allied
press information center." Also called JIB. See also public
affairs.
joint integrated prioritized target list
A prioritized list of targets and associated data approved
by the joint force commander or designated representative and
maintained by a joint force. Targets and priorities are derived
from the recommendations of components in conjunction with their
proposed operations supporting the joint force commander's
objectives and guidance. Also called JIPTL. See also target;
target list.
joint intelligence
Intelligence produced by elements of more than one Service
of the same nation.
joint intelligence architecture
A dynamic, flexible structure that consists of the
National Military Joint Intelligence Center, the theater joint
intelligence centers or joint intelligence center equivalents,
and subordinate joint force joint intelligence support elements.
This architecture encompasses automated data processing
equipment capabilities, communications and information
requirements, and responsibilities to provide national,
geographic combatant, operational, and tactical commanders with
the full range of intelligence required for planning and
conducting operations. See also architecture; intelligence.
joint intelligence center
The intelligence center of the combatant command
headquarters. The joint intelligence center is responsible for
providing and producing the intelligence required to support the
combatant commander and staff, components, subordinate joint
forces and elements, and the national intelligence community.
Also called JIC. See also intelligence; joint intelligence;
joint intelligence architecture.
joint intelligence liaison element
A liaison element provided by the Central Intelligence
Agency in support of a unified command or joint task force.
joint intelligence preparation of the battlespace
The analytical process used by joint intelligence
organizations to produce intelligence assessments, estimates and
other intelligence products in support of the joint force
commander's decision making process. It is a continuous process
that includes defining the total battlespace environment;
describing the battlespace's effects; evaluating the adversary;
and determining and describing adversary potential courses of
action. The process is used to analyze the air, land, sea,
space, electromagnetic, cyberspace, and human dimensions of the
environment and to determine an opponent's capabilities to
operate in each. Joint intelligence preparation of the
battlespace products are used by the joint force and component
command staffs in preparing their estimates and are also applied
during the analysis and selection of friendly courses of action.
Also called JIPB. See also battlespace; intelligence; joint
intelligence.
joint intelligence support element
A subordinate joint force element whose focus is on
intelligence support for joint operations, providing the joint
force commander, joint staff, and components with the complete
air, space, ground, and maritime adversary situation. Also
called JISE. See also intelligence; joint force; joint
operations.
joint interrogation and debriefing center
A physical location for the exploitation of intelligence
information from enemy prisoners of war and other nonprisoner
sources. It is normally subordinate to the joint force/J-2. Also
called JIDC. See also information; intelligence.
joint interrogation operations
1. Activities conducted by a joint or interagency
organization to extract information for intelligence purposes
from enemy prisoners of war, dislocated civilians, enemy
combatants, or other uncategorized detainees. 2. Activities
conducted in support of law enforcement efforts to adjudicate
enemy combatants who are believed to have committed crimes
against US persons or property. Also called JIO. See also enemy
combatant.
joint logistics
The art and science of planning and carrying out, by a
joint force commander and staff, logistic operations to support
the protection, movement, maneuver, firepower, and sustainmentof
operating forces of two or more Military Departments of the same
nation. See also logistics.
Joint Logistics Operations Center
The Joint Logistics Operations Center is the current
operations division within the Logistics Directorate of the
Joint Staff. It monitors crisis, exercises, and interagency
actions. It also works acquisition and cross-servicing
agreements as well as international logistics. The Joint
Logistics Operations Center reviews deployment orders produced
by the Operations Directorate of the Joint Staff for logistic
issues and ensures the correct airlift priority code is
assigned. Also called JLOC. See also logistics.
joint logistics over-the-shore commander
The joint logistics over-the-shore (JLOTS) commander is
selected by the joint force commander (JFC) and is usually from
either the Army or Navy components that are part of the JFC's
task organization. This individual then builds a joint
headquarters from personnel and equipment in theater to organize
the efforts of all elements participating in accomplishing the
JLOTS mission having either wet or dry cargo or both. JLOTS
commanders will usually integrate members from each
participating organization to balance the overall knowledge base
in their headquarters. See also joint logistics over-the-shore
operations
joint logistics over-the-shore operations
Operations in which Navy and Army logistics over-the-shore
(LOTS) forces conduct LOTS operations together under a joint
force commander. Also called JLOTS operations. See also joint
logistics; logistics over-the-shore operations.
joint manpower program
The document that reflects an activity's mission,
functions, organization, current and projected manpower needs
and, when applicable, its required mobilization augmentation. A
recommended joint manpower program also identifies and justifies
any changes proposed by the commander or director of a joint
activity for the next five fiscal years. Also called JMP.
Joint Materiel Priorities and Allocation Board
The agency charged with performing duties for the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in matters that establish materiel
priorities or allocate resources. Also called JMPAB. See also
materiel.
joint meteorological and oceanographic forecast unit
An organization consisting of a jointly supported
collective of meteorological and oceanographic personnel and
equipment formed to provide meteorological and oceanographic
support to the joint force commander. Also called JMFU. See also
meteorological and oceanographic.
joint mission-essential task
A mission task selected by a joint force commander deemed
essential to mission accomplishment and defined using the common
language of the universal joint task list in terms of task,
condition, and standard. Also called JMET. See also condition,
universal joint task list.
Joint Mobility Control Group
The Joint Mobility Control Group is the focal pointfor
coordinating and optimizing transportation operations. This
group is comprised of seven essential elements. The primary
elements are US Transportation Command's Mobility Control
Center, Joint Operational Support Airlift Center, Global Patient
Movement Requirements Center, Tanker/Airlift Control Center,
MilitarySealift Command's Command Center, Military Traffic
Management Command's Command Operations, and the Joint
Intelligence Center-US Transportation Command. Also called JMCG.
See also Global Patient Movement Requirements Center; mobility;
United States Transportation Command.
joint mortuary affairs office
Plans and executes all mortuary affairs programs within a
theater. Provides guidance to facilitate the conduct of all
mortuary programs and to maintain data (as required) pertaining
to recovery, identification, and disposition of all US dead and
missing in the assigned theater. Serves as the central clearing
point for all mortuary affairs and monitors the deceased and
missing personal effects program. Also called JMAO. See also
mortuary affairs; personal effects.
joint movement center
The center established to coordinate the employment of all
means of transportation (including that provided by allies or
host nations) to support the concept of operations. This
coordination is accomplished through establishment of
transportation policies within the assigned operational area,
consistent with relative urgency of need, port and terminal
capabilities, transportation asset availability, and priorities
set by a joint force commander. Also called JMC. See also
concept of operations.
joint multi-channel trunking and switching system
That composite multi-channel trunking and switching system
formed from assets of the Services, the Defense Information
Systems Agency, other available systems, and/or assets
controlled by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide an
operationally responsive, survivable communication system,
preferably in a mobile, transportable, and/or recoverable
configuration, for the joint force commander in an operational
area.
Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual-Special Operations
A publication providing a single, comprehensive source of
information covering weapon effectiveness, selection, and
requirements for special operations munitions. In addition, the
closely related fields of weapon characteristics and effects,
target characteristics, and target vulnerability are treated in
limited detail required by the mission planner. Although
emphasis is placed on weapons that are currently in the
inventory, information is also included for some weapons not
immediately available but projected for the near future. Also
called JMEM-SO.
joint nuclear accident coordinating center
A combined Defense Special Weapons Agency and Department
of Energy centralized agency for exchanging and maintaining
information concerned with radiological assistance capabilities
and coordinating that assistance in response to an accident or
incident involving radioactive materials. Also called JNACC.
joint operation planning
Planning for contingencies that can reasonably be
anticipated in an area of responsibility or joint operations
area of the command. Planning activities exclusively associated
with the preparation of operation plans, operation plans in
concept format, campaign plans, and operation orders (other than
the Single Integrated Operational Plan) for the conduct of
military operations by the combatant commanders in response to
requirements established by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Joint operation planning is coordinated at the national
level to support Secretary of Defense Contingency Planning
Guidance, strategic requirements in the National Military
Strategy, and emerging crises. As such, joint operation planning
includes mobilization planning, deployment planning, employment
planning, sustainment planning, and redeployment planning
procedures. Joint operation planning is performed in accordance
with formally established planning and execution procedures. See
also contingency plan; execution planning; implementation
planning; Joint Operation Planning and Execution System; joint
operation planning process.
Joint Operation Planning and Execution System
A system that provides the foundation for conventional
command and control by national- and combatant command-level
commanders and their staffs. It is designed to satisfy their
information needs in the conduct of joint planning and
operations. Joint Operation Planning and Execution System
(JOPES) includes joint operation planning policies, procedures,
and reporting structures supported by communications and
automated data processing systems. JOPES is used to monitor,
plan, and execute mobilization, deployment, employment,
sustainment, and redeployment activities associated with joint
operations. Also called JOPES. See also joint operation
planning; joint operations.
joint operation planning process
A coordinated Joint Staff procedure used by a commander to
determine the best method of accomplishing assigned tasks and to
direct the action necessary to accomplish the mission. See also
joint operation planning; Joint Operation Planning and Execution
System.
joint operations
A general term to describe military actions conducted by
joint forces or by Service forces in relationships (e.g.,
support, coordinating authority) which, of themselves, do not
create joint forces.
joint operations area
An area of land, sea, and airspace, defined by a
geographic combatant commander or subordinate unified commander,
in which a joint force commander (normally a joint task force
commander) conducts military operations to accomplish a specific
mission. Joint operations areas are particularly useful when
operations are limited in scope and geographic area or when
operations are to be conducted on the boundaries between
theaters. Also called JOA. See also area of responsibility;
joint special operations area.
joint operations center
A jointly manned facility of a joint force commander's
headquarters established for planning, monitoring, and guiding
the execution of the commander's decisions. Also called JOC.
joint patient movement requirements center
A joint force health service support center under the
control of the subordinate joint force surgeon, established to
coordinate and control, in terms of identifying bed space
requirements, the movement of patients within and out of the
joint operations area. The joint patient movement requirements
center also generates subordinate joint force commander (JFC)
plans and schedules to evacuate the subordinate JFC's patients
to medical treatment facilities in accordance with the supported
combatant commander's theater patient movement requirements
center theater plans and schedules for movement of the patient
to the medical treatment facility. Also called JPMRC. See also
health service support; joint force surgeon; joint operations
area; medical treatment facility; patient.
joint personnel training and tracking activity
The continental US center established (upon request of the
supported combatant commander) to facilitate the reception,
accountability, processing, training, and onward movement of
both military and civilian individual augmentees preparing for
overseas movement to support a joint military operation. Also
called JPTTA.
joint planning and execution community
Those headquarters, commands, and agencies involved in the
training, preparation, movement, reception, employment, support,
and sustainment of military forces assigned or committed to a
theater of operations or objective area. It usually consists of
the Joint Staff, Services, Service major commands (including the
Service wholesale logistic commands), unified commands (and
their certain Service component commands), subunified commands,
transportation component commands, joint task forces (as
applicable), Defense Logistics Agency, and other Defense
agencies (e.g., Defense Intelligence Agency) as may be
appropriate to a given scenario. Also called JPEC.
joint planning group
A joint force planning organization consisting of
designated representatives of the joint force headquarters
principal and special staff sections, joint force components
(Service and/or functional), and other supporting organizations
or agencies as deemed necessary by the joint force commander
(JFC). Joint planning group membership should be a long-term
assignment and members should be designated spokespersons for
their respective sections or organizations. Responsibilities and
authority of the joint planning group are assigned by the JFC.
Normally headed by the joint force chief planner, joint planning
group responsibilities may include, but are not limited to,
crisis action planning (to include course of action development
and refinement), coordination of joint force operation order
development, and planning for future operations (e.g.,
transition, termination, follow-on). Also called JPG. See also
course of action development; crisis action planning; joint
operation planning.
joint psychological operations task force
A joint special operations task force composed of
headquarters and operational assets. It assists the joint force
commander in developing strategic, operational, and tactical
psychological operation plans for a theater campaign or other
operations. Mission requirements will determine its composition
and assigned or attached units to support the joint task force
commander. Also called JPOTF. See also joint special operations
task force; psychological operations; special operations.
joint publication
A publication containing joint doctrine that is prepared
under the direction and authority of the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and applies to all US military forces. Also
called JP. See also Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
instruction; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff manual; joint
doctrine; joint test publication.
joint readiness
See readiness.
joint rear area
A specific land area within a joint force commander's
operational area designated to facilitate protection and
operation of installations and forces supporting the joint
force. Also called JRA. See also joint force; joint force
commander; rear area.
joint rear area coordinator
The officer with responsibility for coordinating the
overall security of the joint rear area in accordance with joint
force commander directives and priorities in order to assist in
providing a secure environment to facilitate sustainment,
host-nation support, infrastructure development, and movements
of the joint force. The joint rear area coordinator also
coordinates intelligence support and ensures that area
management is practiced with due consideration for security
requirements. Also called JRAC.
joint rear area operations
Those operations in the joint rear area that facilitate
protection or support of the joint force. See also joint force;
joint rear area; rear area.
joint rear tactical operations center
A joint operations cell tailored to assist the joint rear
area coordinator in meeting mission responsibilities. Also
called JRTOC.
joint reception center
The center established in the operational area (per
direction of the joint force commander), with responsibility for
the reception, accountability, training, processing, of military
and civilian individual augmentees upon their arrival in the
operational area. Also the center where augmentees will normally
be outprocessed through upon departure from the operational
area. Also called JRC.
joint reception complex
The group of nodes (air and/or sea) designated by the
supported combatant command, in coordination with the host
nation and United States Transportation Command, that receives,
processes, services, supports, and facilitates onward movement
of personnel, equipment, materiel, and units deploying into, out
of, or within a theater line of communications. See also group;
node
joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration
A phase of joint force projection occurring in the
operational area. This phase comprises the essential processes
required to transition arriving personnel, equipment, and
materiel into forces capable of meeting operational
requirements. Also called JRSOI. See also integration; joint
force; reception; staging.
joint regional defense command
A joint task force headquarters formed on order of the
Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command within
designated continental United States (CONUS) multistate regions,
to command and control (1) execution of land defense of CONUS;
and (2) military assistance to civil authority missions.
joint restricted frequency list
A time and geographically-oriented listing of TABOO,
PROTECTED, and GUARDED functions, nets, and frequencies. It
should be limited to the minimum number of frequencies necessary
for friendly forces to accomplish objectives. Also called
JRFL.See also electronic warfare; guarded frequencies; protected
frequencies; TABOO frequencies.
joint search and rescue center
A primary search and rescue facility suitably staffed by
supervisory personnel and equipped for planning, coordinating,
and executing joint search and rescue and combat search and
rescue operations within the geographical area assigned to the
joint force. The facility is operated jointly by personnel from
two or more Service or functional components or it may have a
multinational staff of personnel from two or more allied or
coalition nations (multinational search and rescue center). The
joint search and rescue center should be staffed equitably by
trained personnel drawn from each joint force component,
including US Coast Guard participation where practical. Also
called JSRC. See also combat search and rescue; joint search and
rescue center director; rescue coordination center; search and
rescue.
joint search and rescue center director
The designated representative with overall responsibility
for operation of the joint search and rescue center. See also
combat search and rescue; joint search and rescue center; search
and rescue.
joint servicing
That function performed by a jointly staffed and financed
activity in support of two or more Military Services. See also
servicing.
joint special operations air component commander
The commander within a joint force special operations
command responsible for planning and executing joint special
operations air activities. Also called JSOACC.
joint special operations area
A restricted area of land, sea, and airspace assigned by a
joint force commander to the commander of a joint special
operations force to conduct special operations activities. The
commander of joint special operations forces may further assign
a specific area or sector within the joint special operations
area to a subordinate commander for mission execution. The scope
and duration of the special operations forces' mission, friendly
and hostile situation, and politico-military considerations all
influence the number, composition, and sequencing of special
operations forces deployed into a joint special operations area.
It may be limited in size to accommodate a discrete direct
action mission or may be extensive enough to allow a continuing
broad range of unconventional warfare operations. Also called
JSOA.
joint special operations task force
A joint task force composed of special operations units
from more than one Service, formed to carry out a specific
special operation or prosecute special operations in support of
a theater campaign or other operations. The joint special
operations task force may have conventional non-special
operations units assigned or attached to support the conduct of
specific missions. Also called JSOTF.
joint specialty officer or joint specialist
An officer on the active duty list who is particularly
trained in, and oriented toward, joint matters. Also called JSO.
joint staff
1. The staff of a commander of a unified or specified
command, subordinate unified command, joint task force, or
subordinate functional component (when a functional component
command will employ forces from more than one Military
Department), that includes members from the several Services
comprising the force. These members should be assigned in such a
manner as to ensure that the commander understands the tactics,
techniques, capabilities, needs, and limitations of the
component parts of the force. Positions on the staff should be
divided so that Service representation and influence generally
reflect the Service composition of the force. 2. (capitalized as
Joint Staff) The staff under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff as provided for in the National Security Act of 1947, as
amended by the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense
Reorganization Act of 1986. The Joint Staff assists the Chairman
and, subject to the authority, direction, and control of the
Chairman and the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in
carrying out their responsibilities. Also called JS. See also
staff.
Joint Staff doctrine sponsor
A Joint Staff directorate assigned to coordinate a
specific joint doctrine project with the Joint Staff. Joint
Staff doctrine sponsors assist the lead agent and primary review
authority as requested and directed and process the final
coordination (and test publications if applicable) for approval.
Also called JSDS. See also joint doctrine.
joint state area command
A joint task force headquarters formed on order of
Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command, within
existing state boundaries to command and control United States
and federalized state elements designated to execute land
defense of the continental United States, military support to
civil defense, and military assistance to civil authority
missions. See also joint regional defense command.
Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
The Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan provides guidance to
the combatant commanders and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to
accomplish tasks and missions based on current military
capabilities. It apportions resources to combatant commanders,
based on military capabilities resulting from completed program
and budget actions and intelligence assessments. The Joint
Strategic Capabilities Plan provides a coherent framework for
capabilities-based military advice provided to the President and
Secretary of Defense. Also called JSCP. See also combatant
commander; joint.
Joint Strategic Planning System
The primary means by which the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with the other members of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and the combatant commanders, carries out
the statutory responsibilities to assist the President and
Secretary of Defense in providing strategic direction to the
Armed Forces; prepares strategic plans; prepares and reviews
contingency plans; advises the President and Secretary of
Defense on requirements, programs, and budgets; and provides net
assessment on the capabilities of the Armed Forces of the United
States and its allies as compared with those of their potential
adversaries. Also called JSPS.
joint suppression of enemy air defenses
A broad term that includes all suppression of enemy air
defense activities provided by one component of the joint force
in support of another. Also called J-SEAD. See also air defense
suppression; suppression of enemy air defenses.
joint table of allowances
A document that authorizes end-items of materiel for units
operated jointly by two or more military assistance advisory
groups and missions. Also called JTA.
joint table of distribution
A manpower document that identifies the positions and
enumerates the spaces that have been approved for each
organizational element of a joint activity for a specific fiscal
year (authorization year), and those spaces which have been
accepted for planning and programming purposes for the four
subsequent fiscal years (program years). Also called JTD. See
also joint manpower program.
Joint Tactical Air Reconnaissance/Surveillance Mission Report
A preliminary report of information from tactical
reconnaissance aircrews rendered by designated debriefing
personnel immediately after landing and dispatched prior to
compilation of the initial photo interpretation report. It
provides a summary of the route conditions, observations, and
aircrew actions and identifies sensor products. Also called
MISREP.
joint targeting coordination board
A group formed by the joint force commander to accomplish
broad targeting oversight functions that may include but are not
limited to coordinating targeting information, providing
targeting guidance and priorities, and refining the joint
integrated prioritized target list. The board is normally
comprised of representatives from the joint force staff, all
components, and if required, component subordinate units. Also
called JTCB. See also joint integrated prioritized target list;
targeting.
joint targeting steering group
A group formed by a combatant commander to assist in
developing targeting guidance and reconciling competing requests
for assets from multiple joint task forces. Also called JTSG.
See also group; joint; targeting.
joint target list
A consolidated list of selected targets considered to have
military significance in the combatant commander's area of
responsibility. Also called JTL. See also joint; target.
joint task force
A joint force that is constituted and so designated by the
Secretary of Defense, a combatant commander, a subunified
commander, or an existing joint task force commander. Also
called JTF.
joint task force counterintelligence coordinating authority
An authority that affects the overall coordination
ofcounterintelligence (CI) activities (in a joint force
intelligence directorate counterintelligence and human
intelligence staff element, joint task force configuration),
with subordinate command CI elements, other supporting CI
organizations, and supporting agencies to ensure full CI
coverage of the task force operational area. Also called TFCICA.
See also counterintelligence; counterintelligence activities;
joint task force.
Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness
A Joint Staff-level organization tasked to produce generic
target vulnerability and weaponeering studies. The special
operations working group is a subordinate organization
specializing in studies for special operations. Also called
JTCG-ME.
joint terminal attack controller
A qualified (certified) Service member who, from a forward
position, directs the action of combat aircraft engaged in close
air support and other offensive air operations. A qualified and
current joint terminal attack controller will be recognized
across the Department of Defense as capable and authorized to
perform terminal attack control. Also called JTAC. See also
terminal attack control.
joint test publication
A proposed publication produced for the purpose of
field-testing an emergent concept that has been validated
through the Joint Experimentation Program or a similar joint
process. Also called JTP. See also Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff instruction; joint doctrine; joint publication.
joint theater missile defense
The integration of joint force capabilities to destroy
enemy theater missiles in flight or prior to launch or to
otherwise disrupt the enemy's theater missile operations through
an appropriate mix of mutually supportive passive missile
defense; active missile defense; attack operations; and
supporting command, control, communications, computers, and
intelligence measures. Enemy theater missiles are those that are
aimed at targets outside the continental United States. Also
called JTMD.
joint total asset visibility
The capability designed to consolidate source data from a
variety of joint and Service automated information systems to
provide joint force commanders with visibility over assets
in-storage, in-process, and in-transit. Also called JTAV. See
also total asset visibility.
Joint Transportation Board
Responsible to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the Joint Transportation Board assures that common-user
transportation resources assigned or available to the Department
of Defense are allocated as to achieve maximum benefit in
meeting DOD objectives. Also called JTB. See also common-user
transportation.
joint urban operations
All joint operations planned and conducted across the
range of military operations on or against objectives on a
topographical complex and its adjacent natural terrain where
manmade construction or the density of noncombatants are the
dominant features. Also called JUOs. See also joint operations.
joint warfighting capabilities assessment
A team of warfighting and functional area experts from the
Joint Staff, unified commands, Services, Office of the Secretary
of Defense, and Defense agencies tasked by the Joint
Requirements Oversight Council with completing assessments and
providing military recommendations to improve joint warfighting
capabilities. Also called JWCA.
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
The sensitive, compartmented information portion of the
Defense Information Systems Network. It incorporates advanced
networking technologies that permit point-to-point or multipoint
information exchange involving voice, text, graphics, data, and
video teleconferencing. Also called JWICS.
joint zone (air, land, or sea)
An area established for the purpose of permitting friendly
surface, air, and subsurface forces to operate simultaneously.
join up
To form separate aircraft or groups of aircraft into
a specific formation.
JSOU
Joint Special Operations University
jumpmaster
The assigned airborne qualified individual who controls
paratroops from the time they enter the aircraft until they
exit. See also stick commander (air transport).
jump speed
The airspeed at which paratroops can jump with comparative
safety from an aircraft.
K-day
The basic date for the introduction of a convoy system on
any particular convoy lane. See also D-day; M-day.
key employee
Any Reservist identified by his or her employer, private
or public, as filling a key position.
key facilities list
A register of selected command installations and
industrial facilities of primary importance to the support of
military operations or military production programs. It is
prepared under the policy direction of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
key point
A concentrated site or installation, the destruction
or capture of which would seriously affect the war effort or the
success of operations.
key position
A civilian position, public or private (designated by the
employer and approved by the Secretary concerned), that cannot
be vacated during war or national emergency.
keystone publications
Joint doctrine publications that establish the doctrinal
foundation for a series of joint publications in the hierarchy
of joint publications. Keystone publications are provided for
joint personnel support, intelligence support, operations,
logistic support, plans, and command, control, communications,
and computer systems support series publications. See also
above-the-line publications; below-the-line publications;
capstone publications; joint publication.
key terrain
Any locality, or area, the seizure or retention of
which affords a marked advantage to either combatant. See also
vital ground.
kill box
A three-dimensional area reference that enables timely,
effective coordination and control and facilitates rapid
attacks.
killed in action
A casualty category applicable to a hostile casualty,
other than the victim of a terrorist activity, who is killed
outright or who dies as a result of wounds or other injuries
before reaching a medical treatment facility. Also called KIA.
See also casualty category.
killing zone
An area in which a commander plans to force the enemy to
concentrate so as to be destroyed with conventional weapons or
the tactical employment of nuclear weapons.
kill probability
A measure of the probability of destroying a target.
kiloton weapon
A nuclear weapon, the yield of which is measured in
terms of thousands of tons of trinitrotoluene explosive
equivalents, producing yields from 1 to 999 kilotons. See also
megaton weapon; nominal weapon; subkiloton weapon.
kite
In naval mine warfare, a device which when towed,
submerges and planes at a predetermined level without sideways
displacement.
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