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Joint Task Force Logistics
(3) The JTF must be prepared to bring its own support in the areas where the UNprovided
support may not meet US requirements, especially in critical areas such as HSS.
8. Other Interorganizational Support Requirement Considerations
a. USG departments and agencies, NGOs, and IGOs provide for their own logistic
support. However, JTF logistic capabilities often are requested and provided to these
organizations. The JTF may be asked to assume all or part of the burden of logistics for
these organizations after arrival. This support may include intertheater and intratheater
airlift, ground transportation of personnel, equipment and supplies, airfield control groups,
and port and railhead operations groups.
b. The JTF must establish movement priorities between JTF requirements and those of
other USG departments and agencies, MNFs, UN forces, NGOs, and IGOs that may be
established. A JMC, JDDOC, or like organization is the primary organization for
coordinating movements, including those provided by HNs or MNFs, to support joint
operations in the operational area. Close communications should be established with all
elements to ensure that their movement requirements are fully understood by the JTF to
enable effective planning and security for materiel movement.
c. Although the JTF Service components or participating nations are responsible for
their own logistics, these components and nations may use the common distribution system
and other JTF-directed common-user logistic support to execute the overall logistic mission.
Interagency support requirements will fall within this process, and a single Service executing
all CUL functions directed by higher authority, contractual agreements, or a lead agency may
provide this support. The JTF J-4 has overall responsibility to coordinate this effort.
9. Operational Contract Support Considerations
a. Recent operations have changed the way to view and employ contractors. The
military has become increasingly dependent on contractor support for combat essential
capabilities. The key for a CJTF is to make a decision early on as to what capabilities
the JTF will need to fill the gaps caused by fast moving, crisis action situations.
Effective contractor management within the operational environment also is essential to
ensure that contractor-provided support is orchestrated and synchronized with the overall
plan or order, and that contractor employees are properly accounted for, protected, and
supported.
b. The CJTF and components must abide by applicable laws, regulations, and
international agreements, while implementing appropriate contractor planning,
deployment, and redeployment requirements, and adhere to theater management procedures
as they relate to the management of contractor personnel during contingency operations. In
addition, they must ensure that the contract, as the legal basis for the relationship between
the government and contractor, carefully specifies the terms and conditions under which the
contractor is to perform, and procedures to process contractor personnel prior to deployment.
They also must ensure the specific support relationship between the contractor and the
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