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___ is the process of selecting and prioritizing targets and matching the appropriate response to them, considering operational requirements and capabilities |
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____ is joint fires that assist air, land , maritime, and special operations forces to move, maneuver, and control territory, populations, airspace, and key waters. |
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Conducting strategic attacks |
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Taking offensive action against a target that is specifically selected to achieve national or military strategic objectives |
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Conducting information operations |
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Taking actions that involve the use of electronic warfare |
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Conducting joint targeting |
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The process of selecting and prioritizing targets and matching the appropriate response to them |
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Assessing the results of employing fires |
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Examining the effectiveness and performance of fires as well as their contributions to the larger operation or objective |
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Countering air and missile threats |
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Gaining and maintaining air superiority as quickly as possible to allow friendly forces to operate without interference from air threats |
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Providing joint fire support |
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Using joint fires to assist air, land, maritime, and special operations forces to move, maneuver, and control territory, populations, airspace, and key water |
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interdicting enemy capabilities |
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Taking actions to divert, disrupt, delay, or destroy the enemy's military surface capability before it can be used against friendly forces. |
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The Characteristics of targets are: |
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Physical, Functional, Cognitive, Temporal and Environmental |
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What a target is and affect the type and number of weapons, the weapons system, and the methods or tactics employed against the target |
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What the target does and how it does it are? |
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(Functional Characteristics) |
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how a target thinks, exercise control functions, or otherwise process information |
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Helps determine when and how to find or engage a target |
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Describe the effect of the environment on the target |
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A target whose loss significantly contributes to the success of the friendly course of action |
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A target the enemy commander requires for the successful completion of the mission |
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Time Sensitive Target (TST) |
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Comprise a small or limited number of targets Require immediate response because they pose a direct danger to friendly forces or noncombatants Adhere to guidance and priorities set by the JFC within the OA |
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1: Deliberate Targeting 2: Dynamic Targeting |
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Planned targets known to exist in the operational environment |
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Targets that are identified to late but,when detected or located, meet criteria specific to achieving objectives |
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Systematic, Focused, interdisciplinary and Effects-Based |
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The Four principles of joint targeting |
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Assets are analyzed, prioritized, and assigned in a systematic manner that meets the JFC's OBJ |
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Targeting process is focused on achieving the JFC's OBJ |
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Brings together multiple disciplines, to include elements of the JFC's staff, Commanders, agencies, departments, organizations and multinational partners |
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analysis considers all capabilities for achieving the desired effect once the target is engaged with smallest amount of risk and resources |
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the two categories of effects |
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Immediate, first-order consequences of a military action |
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Delay and/or displaced second- third-,and higher- order consequences of action, created through intermediate events or mechanisms. May be physical or behavioral in nature |
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The characteristics of direct and indirect effects |
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1: Cumulative 2: Cascading 3: Unintended |
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Combination of multiple direct effects for a greater overall impact than what is witnessed immediately, Compound over time and actions |
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occur at higher level and ripple down to the lower levels of a system, commonly disrupt critical points in a system |
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Spill over to create consequences that may be counterproductive. some may create opportunities that can be exploited |
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the Six Joint Targeting Cycle Phases |
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1:End state and commanders objectives 2:Target Development and prioritization 3:Capabilities Analysis 4:Commander's decision and Force Assignment 5:Mission Planning and Force Execution 6:Assessment |
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Candidate Target List (CTL) |
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Comprises entities that have met intermediate target development criteria and are being vetted and validated |
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Comprises validated targets upon which there are no target engagement restrictions |
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Restricted Target List (RTL) |
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Comprises validated targets upon which there are target engagement restrictions |
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Target Nomination List (TNL) |
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Comprises targets from JTLs and RTLs that are nominated by an organization |
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Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List (JIPTL) |
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Comprises targets from the TNLs that are prioritized according to JFC OBJ |
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Six Dynamic Targeting steps in Phase 5 Mission Planning and Force Execution |
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1: Find 2: Fix 3: Track 4: Target 5: Engage 6: Asses |
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Department of Defense (DOD)policy requires that all DOD components comply with the lay of war during all armed conflicts and other military operations |
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are the Four law of war fundamental principles |
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1: Military necessity 2: Unnecessary suffering 3: Proportionality 4: Distinction (or discrimination) |
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____Directives issued by competent military authority that delineate the circumstances and limitations under which United States Forces will initiate and/or continue combat engagement with other forces encountered |
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the focus of joint targeting is |
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Joint fires Element(JFE) Responsibilities and tasks include |
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Develop Joint Operating Area wide joint targeting guidance, obj and priorities Coordinate other targeting nominations, coordination measures, and collection requirements Coordinate joint fires ROE issues with mission partners Develop procedures to minimize collateral damage Conduct joint fires and targeting assessments |
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Joint fires Element(JFE) sections include |
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1: Director 2: Plans 3: Operations 4: Targeting |
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joint fires support is built on what four basic fire support tasks |
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1: Support forces in contact 2: Support the CONOPS 3: Integrate and synchronize joint fire support 4: Sustain joint fire support operations |
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A company of Marine Infantry moving forward is engaged by enemy armor. On-call close air support is given the coordinates of the line of enemy defenses and rolls in and engages the enemy armor units with hellfire missiles.
What joint fire support tsk does this scenario represent? |
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Support forces in contact |
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