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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
joint field office — 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, and/or assistance to effectively coordinate protection,
prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery actions. Also called JFO. (JP 3-28)
joint fires — 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. See also fires. (JP 3-0)
joint fires element — An optional staff element that provides recommendations to the
operations directorate to accomplish fires planning and synchronization. Also called
JFE. See also fire support; joint fires. (JP 3-60)
joint fires observer — A trained Service member who can request, adjust, and control
surface-to-surface fires, provide targeting information in support of Type 2 and 3 close
air support terminal attack control, and perform autonomous terminal guidance
operations. Also called JFO. (JP 3-09.3)
joint fire support — Joint fires that assist air, land, maritime, and special operations forces
to move, maneuver, and control territory, populations, airspace, and key waters. See
also fire support; joint fires. (JP 3-0)
joint flow and analysis system for transportation — System that determines the
transportation feasibility of a course of action or operation plan; provides daily lift
assets needed to move forces and resupply; advises logistic planners of channel and
port inefficiencies; and interprets shortfalls from various flow possibilities. Also called
JFAST. See also course of action; operation plan; system. (JP 3-35)
joint force — A general term applied to a force composed of significant elements, assigned
or attached, of two or more Military Departments operating under a single joint force
commander. See also joint force commander. (JP 3-0)
joint force air component commander — 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. Also called JFACC.
See also joint force commander. (JP 3-0)
joint force chaplain — The military chaplain designated by the joint force commander to
serve as the senior chaplain for the joint force. Also called the JFCH. (JP 1-05)
joint force commander — A general term applied to a combatant commander, subunified
commander, or joint task force commander authorized to exercise combatant command
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