3. What level of doctrine is the most fundamental and enduring beliefs?
Basic Level
4. What level of doctrine is a more detailed organization of air and space forces such as Joint Fire Support?
Operational Level
5. What level of doctrine is the proper employment of specific weapons systems such as CAS?
Tactical Level
7. Who is responsible for establishing Joint Task Force and synchronizing maneuver and Fires within the Joint Fires Element JFE?
Joint Forces Commander
8. Who has the responsibility to conduct planning, coordination, and de-confliction associated with joint targeting?
Joint Forces Commander (JFC)
9. Who is responsible for establishing Fire support coordinating measures (FSCM)?
Joint Fires Element (JFE)
10. What are the command relationships within the JFE?
Plans, OPS, Targeting
11. What role does Intelligence and JFE play within target nominations?
Intelligence Vette and the JFE validates targets for nomination.
12. When is the JTCB is conducted?
The JTCB is conducted during the Commanders Decision and Force Assignment of the Joint Targeting Cycle.
13. What is the Manual or Reference that covers JIPOE?
JP 2-01.3
14. JIPOE emphasizes a holistic approach by analyzing and integrating a systems perspective and geospatial perspective to determine MLCOA and MDCOA by implementing what?
DIME
15. Describe how JIPOE and IPB differ in relative purpose, focus and level of detail?
JIPOE analyzes in a MACRO and IPB analyzes in a MICRO focus of the OE
16. What are the 4 steps of the JIPOE process?
Define the Operational Environment
Describe the impact of the Operational Environment
Evaluate the Adversary
Determine Adversary COA
What are the dimensions of the Information Environment?
Cognitive
Informational
Physical
18. What are the substeps of Step 1 of the JIPOE Process?
ID the Joint Force’s Operational Area
Analyze the mission and JFC intent
Determine the significant characteristics of the OE
Establish the limits of the Joint Forces AoI
Determine the level of detail required and feasible within the time available
Determine the Intel and INFO gaps, shortfalls, and priorities
collect materials and submit RFIs ISO further analysis
19. What are the substeps of Step 2 of the JIPOE Process?
Develop a geospatial perspective of the OE
Develop a systems perspective of the OE
Describe the impact of the OE on adversary and friendly CAPEs and broad COAs
20. What are the substeps of Step 3 of the JIPOE Process?
Update or create adversary models
Determine the current adversary situation
ID adversary capabilities and vulnerability
ID adversary CoG
21. What are the substeps of Step 4 of the JIPOE Process? (MLCOA/MDCOA)
ID the adversary likely OBJECTIVE and desired endstate
ID the full set of adversary COAs
Evaluate and prioritize the COAs
Develop each COA in the time allowed
ID initial collection requirements
22. Who is responsible for JIPOE/IPB?
JIPOE/IPB is the commander’s, each staff officer’s and SME responsibility
23. What is the first step in Target System Analysis
Commander’s Guidance
24. Target system analysis is a ____ and a ______.
Process and a Product
25. What are the two factors in Target System Analysis?
Criticality and Vulnerability
27. What are the 5 types of Targets? (FIVE-O)
Facilities/Installations
Individuals
Virtual
Equipment
Organizations
28. Commanders guidance can be derived from what?
Objectives
Desired Effects
ROE
Required tasks
CONPLAN
OPLAN
EXORD
30. What are the sub-components of Criticality within Specific Target System Analysis?
Value
Depth
Recuperation
Capacity
34. What are the Three Target Development Stages? What are their purposes?
Basic: Contains a unique identifier(BE #, O-suffix, EID)
Intermediate: prepares for vetting
Advanced: facilitates target engagement
35. What critical factors are analyzed to support the identification of Critical Target Elements (CTE)?
Critical Capabilities
Critical Requirements
Critical Vulnerabilities
36. What are the 4 elements of Advance Target Development? Which is optional?
Target Vulnerabilities Identification (Optional)
Weaponeering
Aim point development
Collateral Damage Estimation (CDE)
37. T or F? The electronic target folder (ETF) is a product of target development.
True
38. Describe the purpose of the candidate target list (CTL) and its relationship to target development.
A list of objects or entities submitted by component commanders, appropriate agencies, or the joint force commander’s staff for further development and inclusion on the joint target list and/or restricted target list, or moved to the no-strike list.
This has been developed and vetted within the basic and intermediate stages and validated in the advanced development stage
39. What are the 5 target List within JP 3-60?
Candidate Target List (CTL)
Joint Target List (JTL)
Restricted Target List (RTL)
Target Nomination List (TNL)
Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List (JIPTL)
40. Which Target list is a list of entities which have met intermediate target development criteria and are being vetted and validated?
Candidate Target List (CTL)
41. Which Target list is a list of validated targets upon which there are no target engagement restrictions?
Joint Target List (JTL)
42. Which Target list is a list of validated targets upon which there are target engagement restrictions?
Restricted Target List
43. Which Target list is a list of targets from the JTL and RTL which are nominated by an organization?
Target Nomination List (TNL)
44. Which Target list is a list of targets from the TNLs which are prioritized according to JFC objectives?
Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List (JIPTL)
45. NSL typically fall into 2 categories, what are they?
CAT I – Most Sensitive
CAT II – Less Sensitive
46. What Joint Publication establishes the 5 target lists?
JP 3-60
47. What agencies are incorporated with Target Vetting?
CIA
DIA
NGA
NSA
48. What is the timeline for vetting responses?
10 working days
49. What are the responses from vetting agencies?
Concur
Concur w/ comments
Abstain
Nonconcur
50. Who is responsible for Vetting within target development?
Intelligence
51. Who is responsible for Validating within target development?
Operations/Legal Function
52. What are some considerations that might result in a target to be listed on the RTL?
Violates LOAC, ROE, Commanders Guidance
53. Is the JPEL is a doctrinal target list?
No
54. What is the RTL/ NSL and who is responsible for producing it?
Restricted Target List, No Strike List.
Strategic Planners produce the RTL and NSL as part of an OPLAN.
55. Explain the development of the JIPTL.
Targets are nominated from the TNL, prioritized by the CDR’s intent, guidance, and objectives, drafted, reviewed by the JTCB and approved by the JFC to form the approved JIPTL.
56. Why are targets “maintained” as part of the target list management?
Targets approved to a standing JTL, RTL, or JIPTL should be continually monitored and updated to reflect the latest intelligence
57. What are the steps to JOPP?
Initiation
MA
COA DEV
COA Analysis
COA Comparison
COA Approval
Plan/Order Development
What are some products that are developed within Step 2 of JIPOE?
Combines Obstacle Overlay
Mobility corridors AoA
MCOO
Combined Information Overlay
EMS
ASCOPE
What are some products that are developed within Step 3 of JIPOE?
Enemy CoG
Enemy Order of Battle
SITEMP
EVENT TEMP
Decision Matrix
HVTL
Define JIPOE.
Analytical process used by joint intelligence organizations to produce intelligence assessments, estimates, and other intelligence products in support of the JFC’s decision making process.
How can you answer the Commanders question of the Operational Environment? (Essay)
Defining JIPOE
Determine what JIPOE establishes
Decide what JIPOE uses (DIME and PMESII-PT
Determining the 4 steps of JIPOE
Determine what products
What is terminal attack control?
The authority to control the maneuver of and grant weapons release clearance to attacking aircraft. JP 1-02
What is control?
Authority that may be less than full command exercised by a commander over part of the activities of subordinate or other organizations.
What is Airspace control?
A process used to increase operational effectiveness by promoting the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace. JP 1-02
Who is responsible for apportionment of Air Sorties?
JFC
Who is located at the BCT within the TACP?
ALO, JTAC, and ROMAD
Who Plans, coordinates, allocates and tasks air sorties based on JFC guidance?
JFACC
Who Plans, coordinates and distributes air sorties based on JFC guidance?
JFLCC
Who is the Senior Army airspace C2 liaison within the Joint Air Operation Center?
BCD
What are the 5 Division within the JAOC? What do they do?
Which Division(s) within the JAOC is Guidance – Joint staff (primarily the JFE) will be developing JTC targeting guidance, JFACC will be publishing new AOD and Guidance
STRAT DIV
Which Division(s) within the JAOC is Prioritize – Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List is being formulated/reviewed by Target Effects Team (TET)
COMBAT PLANS DIV
Which Division(s) within the JAOC is Resource – Target list being constructed by Master Air Attack Plan (MAAP)
COMBAT PLANS DIV
Which Division(s) within the JAOC is Execute – Current ATO being flown, only changes that can be made will have JTC approval (TST)
COMBAT OPS DIV
Which Division(s) within the JAOC is Assess – What was flown, what was attacked (BDA, MEA re-attack)
STRAT DIV
ISR DIV
Who develops the Joint Air Operation Plan (JAOP) the better supports the efforts and objectives of the JFC?
JFACC
When does Air Apportionment happen according to the Air Tasking Cycle?
Step 1: Objectives, effects and Guidance
When does allocation happen according to the Air Tasking Cycle?