Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
JOINT METOC HANDBOOK .............................................................................................ii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................xiii
Chapter 1 - Joint Structure and Organization .....................................................................1-1
1.1 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Joint Staff..............................................1-1
1.1.1 Organization for National Security...................................................................1-1
Figure 1-1. Organization for National Security.................................................................1-1
1.1.2 Joint Staff METOC Resources. ........................................................................1-2
1.2 Unified Commands..................................................................................................1-2
Figure 1-2. Unified Combatant Commands ......................................................................1-3
Figure 1-3. Geographic Commander’s Area of Responsibility.........................................1-3
1.2.1 Missions............................................................................................................1-4
1.2.1.1 USJFCOM. ................................................................................................1-4
1.2.1.2 USCENTCOM...........................................................................................1-4
1.2.1.3 USEUCOM................................................................................................1-4
1.2.1.4 USPACOM................................................................................................1-4
1.2.1.5 USSOUTHCOM........................................................................................1-4
1.2.1.6 USSOCOM................................................................................................1-4
1.2.1.7 USSPACECOM.........................................................................................1-5
1.2.1.8 USSTRATCOM. .......................................................................................1-5
1.2.1.9 USTRANSCOM........................................................................................1-5
1.2.2 Unified Command METOC, Components, and Supporting METOC Staff
Organizations....................................................................................................1-5
1.2.2 1 USJFCOM. ................................................................................................1-5
1.2.2.2 USCENTCOM...........................................................................................1-6
1.2.2.3 USEUCOM................................................................................................1-7
1.2.2.4 USPACOM................................................................................................1-8
1.2.2.5 USSOUTHCOM........................................................................................1-8
1.2.2.6 USSOCOM................................................................................................1-9
1.2.2.7 USSTRATCOM. .....................................................................................1-10
1.2.2.8 USSPACECOM.......................................................................................1-10
1.2.2.9 USTRANSCOM......................................................................................1-11
Chapter 2 - Joint Planning and Task Force Formation.......................................................2-1
2.1 Joint Planning - Overview .......................................................................................2-1
2.1.1 Joint Planning for Peace and Crises..................................................................2-1
Figure 2-1. Joint Operation Planning.................................................................................2-2
Figure 2-2. JOPES Deliberate Planning Process and Crisis Action Planning Process 2-
Functional Alignment......................................................................................2-3
2.1.2 Crisis Action Planning (CAP) Procedures........................................................2-3
Figure 2-3. Summary of the Deliberate and Crisis Planning Processes .............................2-5
2.1.3 METOC Support During Crisis Action Planning.............................................2-5
2.2 Joint Task Force Headquarters Master Training Guide...........................................2-6
2.2.1 JTF HQ MTG Task Steps for METOC Support Operations. ...........................2-6
2.2.2 MTG Task Steps...............................................................................................2-7
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