JTTP for Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore - BITS

c. Specific JLOTS operations will be
identified by the JFC during concept
development. At that time, tentative JLOTS
sites will be selected and force requirements
identified. Landing sites will be selected by
agreement between the supporting Navy
component commander and the JLOTS
commander and will be approved by the JFC.
The JLOTS commander is responsible for
consideration of the inland access
requirements.
d. The JLOTS commander will
coordinate the positioning of ships for
JLOTS operations at the selected landing
sites with the supporting Navy component
commander, in accordance with priorities
established by the JFC.
e. JLOTS operations may follow
amphibious operations that are routinely the
responsibility of the Navy. The transition
from amphibious to JLOTS operations will
entail passing TACON of the off-load site(s)
and logistics landing force from the
commander, amphibious task force (CATF)
to the JLOTS commander once the
amphibious operation is terminated. This
transition will be accomplished as directed
by the JFC or in accordance with the JFC’s
initiating directive or OPORD. Off-load
assets that are at the site of an amphibious
operation would normally be retained by the
on-scene maritime force commander at the
termination of the amphibious operations.
Any exception to this procedure must be
approved by the JFC. If the OPORD or JFC
directs that amphibious task force (ATF) offload
assets be diverted to subsequent LOTS
and JLOTS operations as the off-load
transitions to Army LOTS, those assets
should be recovered at the earliest practical
moment for further employment in their
primary amphibious function.
f. During ship-to-shore operations,
command relationships are as follows.
Organization and Command
• During an amphibious operation, the
CATF is responsible for the ship-to-shore
movement. The CATF exercises this
control through a Navy control group
(See Figure II-4).
• With the termination of the
amphibious operation, the ATF is
disestablished and a transition is made
from amphibious operation to LOTS or
JLOTS. Normally, this transition
involves a period in which the Navy and
supported Marine Corps or Army forces
continue to conduct ship-to-shore
movement using the basic control
organization and procedures used for the
amphibious operation. As Army
transportation units arrive in the area,
they report to their Service component
but functionally integrate into the
existing Navy and Marine Corps or
Army cargo discharge organization. The
JLOTS ship-to-shore C2 organization,
when operationally ready and directed
by the JFC, will assume TACON of the
JLOTS operation. Control of all shipto-shore
assets is transferred from the
Navy component commander to the
JLOTS organization. Navy ship-toshore
assets not already withdrawn will
remain under the TACON of the JLOTS
commander but will be phased out as
directed in the OPORD. Ship-to-shore
JLOTS command relationships are
shown in Figure II-5.
9. Amphibious Operations
a. Background. An amphibious
operation is an attack launched from the
sea by naval and landing forces embarked
in ships or craft involving a landing on a
hostile or potentially hostile shore. Forces
assigned to conduct an amphibious operation
are organized as an ATF or, when the criteria
for a JTF are met, a joint amphibious task
force. Joint Pub 3-02, “Joint Doctrine for
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