jp1_02

As Amended Through 15 March 2013
control of all aircraft in the objective area assigned for tactical air operations, including
offensive and defensive air; b. control of all other aircraft entering or passing through
the objective area; and c. control of all air warning facilities in the objective area.
(JP 3-02)
tactical air operations center — The principal air control agency of the US Marine air
command and control system responsible for airspace control and management. It
provides real-time surveillance, direction, positive control, and navigational assistance
for friendly aircraft. It performs real-time direction and control of all antiair warfare
operations, to include manned interceptors and surface-to-air weapons. It is
subordinate to the tactical air command center. Also called TAOC. (JP 3-09.3)
tactical air support element — An element of a US Army division, corps, or field army
tactical operations center consisting of Army component intelligence staff officer and
Army component operations staff officer air personnel who coordinate and integrate
tactical air support with current tactical ground operations.
tactical assembly area — An area that is generally out of the reach of light artillery and the
location where units make final preparations (pre-combat checks and inspections) and
rest, prior to moving to the line of departure. See also assembly area; line of
departure. (JP 3-35)
tactical combat casualty care — A set of trauma management guidelines customized for
use on the battlefield that maintains a sharp focus on the most common causes of
preventable deaths on the battlefield: external hemorrhage; tension pneumothorax; and
airway obstruction. (JP 4-02)
tactical combat force — A combat unit, with appropriate combat support and combat
service support assets, that is assigned the mission of defeating Level III threats. Also
called TCF. (JP 3-10)
tactical control — Command authority over assigned or attached forces or commands, or
military capability or forces made available for tasking, that is limited to the detailed
direction and control of movements or maneuvers within the operational area necessary
to accomplish missions or tasks assigned. Tactical control is inherent in operational
control. Tactical control may be delegated to, and exercised at any level at or below the
level of combatant command. Tactical control provides sufficient authority for
controlling and directing the application of force or tactical use of combat support assets
within the assigned mission or task. Also called TACON. See also combatant
command; combatant command (command authority); operational control. (JP 1)
tactical data link — A Joint Staff-approved, standardized communication link suitable for
transmission of digital information. Tactical digital information links interface two or
more command and control or weapons systems via a single or multiple network
architecture and multiple communication media for exchange of tactical information.
Also called TDL. (JP 6-0)
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