text: Military Terms
  joint deployment and distribution operations center — (DOD) A combatant command movement control
  organization designed to synchronize and optimize national and theater multimodal resources for deployment,
  distribution, and sustainment. (JP 4-09) Also called JDDOC.
  joint doctrine — (DOD) Fundamental principles that guide the employment of United States military forces in
  coordinated action toward a common objective and may include terms, tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  (CJCSI 5120.02E)
  joint electromagnetic spectrum operations — (DOD) Military actions undertaken by a joint force to exploit,
  attack, protect, and manage the electromagnetic environment. (JP 3-85) Also called JEMSO.
  joint field office — (DOD) A temporary multiagency coordination center established at the incident site to
  provide a central location for coordination of federal, state, local, tribal, nongovernmental, and private-sector
  organizations with primary responsibility for incident oversight, direction, or assistance to effectively coordinate
  protection, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery actions. (JP 3-28) Also called JFO.
  joint fires — (DOD) Fires delivered during the employment of forces from two or more components in
  coordinated action to produce desired effects in support of a common objective. (JP 3-0)
  joint fires element — (DOD) An optional staff element that provides recommendations to the operations
  directorate to accomplish fires planning and synchronization. (JP 3-60) Also called JFE.
  joint fires observer — (DOD) A certified and qualified Service member who requests, controls, and adjusts
  surface-to-surface fires; provides targeting information in support of close air support; and performs terminal
  guidance operations. (JP 3-09.3) Also called JFO.
  joint fire support — (DOD) fires that assist air, land, maritime, and special operations forces to move,
  maneuver, and control territory, populations, airspace, and key waters. (JP 3-0)
  joint force — (DOD) A force composed of elements, assigned or attached, of two or more Military Departments
  operating under a single joint force commander. (JP 3-0) See also joint force commander.
  joint force air component commander — (DOD) The commander within a unified command, subordinate
  unified command, or joint task force responsible to the establishing commander for recommending 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. (JP 3-0) Also called JFACC.
  joint force commander — (DOD) 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. (JP 1 Volume 1) See also joint force.
  joint force land component commander — (DOD) The commander within a unified command, subordinate
  unified command, or joint task force responsible to the establishing commander for recommending 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. (JP 3-0) Also called JFLCC.
  joint force maritime component commander — (DOD) The commander within a unified command,
  subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the establishing commander for
  recommending 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. (JP 3-0) Also called JFMCC.
  joint force special operations component commander — (DOD) The commander within a unified command,
  subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the establishing commander for
  recommending 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. (JP 3-0) Also called JFSOCC.
  joint intelligence operations center — (DOD) An interdependent, operational intelligence organization at the
  Department of Defense, combatant command, or joint task force (if established) level, that is integrated with
  national intelligence centers, and capable of accessing all sources of intelligence impacting military operations
  planning, execution, and assessment. (JP 2-0) Also called JIOC.
  joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment — (DOD) The analytical process used by joint
  intelligence organizations to produce intelligence estimates and other intelligence products in support of the
  joint force commander’s decision-making process. (JP 2-0) Also called JIPOE.
  joint integrated prioritized target list — (DOD) A prioritized list of targets approved and maintained by the joint
  force commander. (JP 3-60) Also called JIPTL.
  joint interagency coordination group — (DOD) A staff group that establishes regular, timely, and collaborative
  working relationships between civilian and military operational planners. (JP 3-08) Also called JIACG.
  joint operations — (DOD) Military actions conducted by joint forces and those Service forces employed in
  specified command relationships with each other, which of themselves, do not establish joint forces. (JP 3-0)