JP 3-13, Information Operations - Defense Innovation Marketplace

Executive Summary
Joint Staff. As the Joint IO Proponent, the
Deputy Director for Global Operations (J-39
DDGO) serves as the CJCS’s focal point for IO
and coordinates with the Joint Staff, CCMDs, and
other organizations that have direct or supporting
IO responsibilities.
Joint Information Operations Warfare Center
(JIOWC) is a CJCS controlled activity reporting
to the operations directorate of a joint staff via J-
39 DDGO. The JIOWC supports the Joint Staff
by ensuring operational integration of IRCs in
support of IO, improving DOD’s ability to meet
CCMD IRC requirements, as well as developing
and refining IRCs for use in support of IO across
DOD.
Combatant Commands. The Unified Command
Plan provides guidance to CCDRs, assigning
them missions and force structure, as well as
geographic or functional areas of responsibility.
In addition to these responsibilities, the
Commander, United States Special Operations
Command, is also responsible for integrating and
coordinating MISO. This responsibility is
focused on enhancing interoperability and
providing other CCDRs with MISO planning and
execution capabilities. In similar fashion, the
Commander, United States Strategic Command is
responsible for advocating on behalf of the IRCs
of electronic warfare and CO.
Service component command responsibilities
include recommending to the JFC the proper
employment of the Service component IRCs in
support of joint IO.
Like Service component commands, functional
component commands have authority over
forces or in the case of IO, IRCs, as delegated by
the establishing authority (normally a CCDR or
JFC).
Legal Considerations
IO planners deal with legal considerations of an
extremely diverse and complex nature. For this
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