Defense and military terminology · MLC-0115

Defense and military terms: J (88)

• jointOrganizations, activities, or missions in which two or more significant elements of Military Departments...
• joint air component coordination elementThe liaison element that serves as the direct representative of the joint force air component commander for...
• joint air operations centerA jointly staffed facility established for planning, directing, executing, and assessing joint air operations...
• joint air operations planA plan for joint air operations to achieve the joint force commander’s objectives within a given time.
• joint air-ground integration centerA staff organization designed to enhance joint collaborative efforts to deconflict joint air-ground assets in...
• joint baseIn base defense operations, a locality from which operations of two or more of the Military Departments are...
• joint captured materiel exploitation centerAn element responsible for deriving intelligence information from captured enemy materiel.
• joint combined exchange trainingA program conducted within a host nation to fulfill United States forces training requirements and at the...
• joint communications networkThe aggregation of the joint multichannel trunking and switching system and the joint command and control...
• joint contracting support boardA board established to coordinate and deconflict common contracting actions in the designated operational...
• joint data network operations officerThe joint task force officer who integrates data from supporting components into a common database used to...
• joint deployable intelligence support systemA transportable workstation and communications suite that electronically extends a joint intelligence center...
• joint deployment and distribution enterpriseThe activities, equipment, and organizations necessary to conduct joint distribution operations.
• joint deployment and distribution operations centerA combatant command movement control organization designed to synchronize and optimize national and theater...
• joint desired point of impactA unique, alpha-numeric-coded precise aimpoint associated with a target to achieve an explicit weaponeering...
• joint distributionThe operational process of synchronizing all elements of the joint logistics system using the joint...
• joint doctrineFundamental principles and standardized terminology that guide the employment of United States military...
• joint doctrine development communityThe Components of the Department of Defense collectively responsible for developing and revising joint...
• joint doctrine noteA non-authoritative compilation of emerging best practices to provide a short-term, bridging solution to...
• Joint Doctrine Planning ConferenceA semiannual forum convened to discuss doctrinal issues and recommend courses of action.
• Joint Doctrine SystemThe system of Joint Staff doctrine sponsors, lead agents, technical review authorities, coordinating review...
• joint document exploitation centerAn element responsible for deriving intelligence information from captured documents including all forms of...
• joint electromagnetic spectrum operationsMilitary actions undertaken by a joint force to exploit, attack, protect, and manage the electromagnetic...
• joint engagement zoneA defined airspace in which surface-to-air missiles and aircraft are simultaneously employed to engage air...
• joint facilities utilization boardA joint board that evaluates and reconciles component requests for real estate, use of existing facilities...
• joint fire supportJoint fires that assist the joint force in creating effects and achieving objectives.
• joint firesFires delivered during the employment of forces from two or more components in coordinated action to create...
• joint fires elementA staff element that provides recommendations to the operations directorate for fires planning and execution.
• joint fires observerA certified and qualified Service member who requests, controls, and adjusts surface-to-surface fires...
• joint forceA force composed of significant elements, assigned or attached, of two or more Military Departments that...
• joint force air component commanderThe commander within a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the...
• joint force commanderA general term applied to a combatant commander, subordinate unified commander, or joint task force commander.
• joint force land component commanderThe commander within a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the...
• joint force maritime component commanderThe commander within a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the...
• joint force special operations component commanderThe commander within a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the...
• joint force surgeonA Department of Defense medical department officer appointed by the joint force commander to serve as the...
• joint functionA grouping of capabilities and activities that enable joint force commanders to synchronize, integrate, and...
• joint individual augmenteeAn unfunded, temporary duty position (or member filling an unfunded, temporary duty position) identified on a...
• joint integrated prioritized target listA prioritized list of targets approved by the joint force commander that feeds the integrated tasking...
• joint intelligenceIntelligence produced by elements of more than one Service of the same nation.
• joint intelligence architectureA dynamic, flexible structure that consists of the Defense Joint Intelligence Operations Center, combatant...
• joint intelligence operations centerAn interdependent, operational intelligence organization at the Department of Defense, combatant command, or...
• joint intelligence preparation of the operational environmentThe analytical process used by joint intelligence organizations to produce intelligence estimates and other...
• joint intelligence support elementA subordinate joint force element whose focus is on intelligence support for joint operations, providing the...
• joint interagency coordination groupA staff group that establishes regular, timely, and collaborative working relationships between civilian and...
• joint interface control officerThe senior interface control officer for multi-tactical data link networks in the joint force who is...
• joint interrogation and debriefing centerPhysical location for the exploitation of intelligence information from detainees and other sources.
• joint logistics enterpriseA multitiered matrix of key global logistics providers structured to achieve unity of effort during joint...
• joint logistics operations centerThe current operations division within the logistics directorate of a joint staff, which monitors crises...
• joint manpower programThe policies, processes, and systems used in the determination and prioritization within and among joint...
• joint mission-essential taskA mission task selected by a joint force commander deemed essential to mission accomplishment and defined...
• joint mortuary affairs officePlans and executes all mortuary affairs programs within a theater.
• joint network operations control centerAn element of the communications system directorate of a joint staff established as the single control agency...
• joint operationsMilitary actions conducted by joint forces and those Service forces employed in specified command...
• joint operations areaThe airspace, land area, and maritime area defined by a combatant commander or subordinate unified commander...
• joint operations area forecastThe official baseline meteorological and oceanographic forecast for operational planning and mission...
• joint operations centerA jointly manned facility of a joint force commander’s headquarters established to plan, monitor, and guide...
• joint personnel processing centerA center established in an operational area to process personnel upon their arrival in and departure from the...
• joint personnel recovery centerThe primary joint force organization responsible for planning and coordinating personnel recovery for...
• joint planningPlanning activities associated with military operations by combatant commanders and their subordinate...
• joint planning and execution communityThose headquarters, commands, and agencies involved in the training, preparation, mobilization, deployment...
• joint planning groupA planning organization consisting of designated representatives of the joint force headquarters principal...
• joint planning processAn orderly, analytical process that consists of a logical set of steps to analyze a mission, select the best...
• joint publicationA compilation of agreed-to fundamental principles, considerations, guidance, and terminology on a particular...
• joint reception coordination centerAn organization that supports Department of Defense personnel and noncombatant evacuees repatriating from...
• joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integrationA phase of joint force projection occurring in the operational area during which arriving personnel...
• joint requirements review boardThe subordinate joint force commander’s established board to review, validate, approve, and prioritize...
• joint restricted frequency listA time and geographically oriented listing of TABOO, PROTECTED, and GUARDED functions, nets, and frequencies...
• joint security areaA specific area to facilitate protection of joint bases and their connecting lines of communications that...
• joint security coordination centerA joint operations center tailored to assist the joint security coordinator in meeting the security...
• joint security coordinatorThe officer responsible for coordinating the overall security of the operational area in accordance with...
• joint special operations areaAn area of land, sea, and airspace assigned by a joint force commander to the commander of a joint special...
• joint special operations task forceA task force composed of special operations forces from one or more Services or personnel from other United...
• joint staff1. The staff of a commander of a unified or specified command, subordinate unified command, joint task force...
• Joint Staff doctrine sponsorA Joint Staff directorate assigned as the proponent for a United States and Allied joint doctrine project.
• Joint Strategic Planning SystemOne of the primary means by which the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with the other...
• joint table of distributionA manpower document that identifies the positions and enumerates the spaces that have been approved for each...
• joint target listA consolidated list of validated and unrestricted targets of military significance within a joint force...
• joint targeting coordination boardA group formed by the joint force commander to accomplish broad targeting oversight functions.
• joint targeting cycleA sequence of targeting tasks that incorporates the entire procedure from target nomination through...
• joint task forceA joint force that is constituted and so designated by the Secretary of Defense, a combatant commander, a...
• Joint Task Force-Civil SupportA standing joint task force that plans and integrates Department of Defense support to the designated lead...
• joint terminal attack controllerA qualified (certified) Service member who, from a forward position, directs the action of combat aircraft...
• Joint Transportation BoardThe body that prioritizes common-user transportation resources assigned or available to the Department of...
• joint urban operationsJoint operations planned and conducted on, or against objectives within a topographical complex and its...
• Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications SystemThe sensitive compartmented information portion of the Defense Information Systems Network.
• judge advocateAn officer of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the Army, Air Force, or Navy, or officers of the Marine...
• jumpmasterThe assigned airborne-qualified individual who controls paratroops from the time they enter the aircraft...

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