JP 3-33, Joint Task Force Headquarters - Defense Innovation ...

Forming and Organizing The Joint Task Force Headquarters
(6) Providing guidance to subordinate and supporting forces for planning and
conducting operations.
(7) Ensuring ongoing operations are properly monitored to include maneuver, fires,
communications, IO, PA, and other supporting activities.
(8) Keeping the JTF establishing authority informed on the progress of ongoing
operations and the progress towards overall mission accomplishment.
(9) Ensuring the JTF staff conducts proper coordination with other forces and
agencies not assigned or attached, including friendly forces and governments, NGOs, or
IGOs.
(10) Establishing, if necessary, coordinating procedures for specific functions or
activities among assigned, attached, and supporting forces.
(11) Establishing the succession of command.
(12) Exercising directive authority for those common support capabilities deemed
essential to the accomplishment of the mission by the CJTF that may be delegated by the
CCDR. If the CCDR has not delegated this authority to the CJTF by way of warning order,
OPORD, or other formal directive, then the CJTF should initiate a request for this authority.
(13) Ensuring that cross-servicing support is provided and that forces operate as
effective, mutually supporting teams.
(14) Identifying any requirement for additional forces or personnel to the
establishing authority.
(15) Appointing the space coordinating authority (SCA). A CJTF normally
designates an SCA to coordinate joint space operations and integrate space capabilities.
Based on the complexity and scope of operations, the CJTF can either retain SCA or
designate a component commander as the SCA. The CJTF considers the mission, nature,
and duration of the operation; preponderance of space force capabilities made available and
resident C2 capabilities (including reachback) in selecting the appropriate option. The SCA
responsibilities are detailed in JP 3-14, Space Operations.
(16) Determining whether to retain control of joint security operations, normally
coordinated through the JTF J-3, or to designate the joint force land component commander
(JFLCC) or joint force maritime component commander (JFMCC) as an area commander
with joint security responsibilities. To facilitate joint security operations, commanders
should establish a joint security element, led by the joint security coordinator, to
coordinate these operations.
(17) Serving concurrently as a Service component commander. When one
individual is assigned as both a CJTF and a CCDR level Service component commander,
that individual retains all responsibilities associated with both command positions. This
command organization is not optimal as it may detract from the CJTF’s primary duties.
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