text: Chapter 4
  Division and Corps Targeting
  The key to successful targeting at the corps and division is three-fold. First is
  understanding the support needed by the subordinate echelons and shaping efforts
  required to enable their operational success. Second is understanding division and
  corps schemes of maneuver, time, and assets available and third is understanding the
  planning horizons associated with requests for support and target nominations for
  external capabilities. Corps and divisions must operate in all domains. Targeting at
  these levels require the integration and synchronization of many more organizations,
  elements, and capabilities to create the desired effects within a joint environment.
  Organizations and elements such as the joint air-ground integration center (JAGIC),
  FAB, and E-MIBs are key components at these echelons. Organically, corps and
  divisions have separate, subordinate elements to provide unique capabilities to support
  the achievement of the commander’s objectives but must establish relationships with
  necessary external joint interagency multinational (referred to as JIM) partners to be
  truly effective and successful.
  Targeting at this echelon is complicated by expanding roles and a greater operational
  reach. This is also the first echelon where delineation of the D3A methodology and the
  Joint Targeting Cycle must occur. It is critical for division and corps targeting teams to
  definitively understand their task organization and the capabilities organic to their
  respective formations.
  SECTION I – OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK
  4-1. The AO inherently expands at the corps and division levels. Understanding that corps control multiple
  divisions and divisions control multiple brigades is critical to understanding the size, scope, and scale of the
  corps and division AO. It is essential for corps and division targeting teams to understand the assigned
  boundaries from front to rear and left to right. Working in concert, the two organizations establish an
  operational framework that is advantageous to friendly forces and enables mission accomplishment. The
  established boundaries define the space in which each echelon is responsible for achieving the Commanders
  objectives and setting conditions for subordinate echelons to be successful.
  4-2. Targeting at the corps and division is primarily conducted at the tactical level of war. It involves
  commanders and staffs using the D3A methodology in support of tactical operations within the roles of a
  senior Army forces (ARFOR) HQ or Army tactical formation. A corps and division commander might also
  command a joint force land component or a JTF. The joint force land component commander (JFLCC) or
  JTF commander will execute the joint targeting cycle.
  4-3. Corps and division staffs must have a thorough understanding of the joint targeting cycle and the
  associated planning horizons and execution timelines. Corps and divisions, depending on roles will be tasked
  to integrate and perform the targeting functions of an operational HQ. Ensuring the corps and divisions staffs
  are adequately manned, trained and equipped to execute joint targeting cycle tasks and request joint assets
  when necessary is critical to mission success. Failure of the corps and division to synchronize capabilities
  and shape for their subordinate echelons will ultimately result in failing to create desired effects and achieving
  commander's objectives. Figure 4-1 on page 4-2 illustrates the operational framework
  demonstrating targeting responsibilities at the corps and division.