JP 5-00.2 Joint Task Force Planning Guidance and Procedures - BITS

Joint Pub 5-00.2
5. Detailed Deployment Planning. When notified by the Joint
Staff, USTRANSCOM forms a crisis action team (CAT) to monitor
the WIN teleconference established for the JTF and to provide
the CJTF with the capability to build requirements in the JOPES
data base. The CAT ensures the accuracy of the JOPES data base
(OPLAN or no-plan) and assists in COA development. During CAP
Phase V, Execution Planning, the CAT dispatches deployment
coordinating instructions to the Joint Planning and Execution
Community (JPEC) and coordinates airlift and sealift movement
schedules. The JOPES capability available to assist the CJTF
during detailed deployment planning is discussed below.
a. COA Development. During COA development, the CINC or
CJTF, if appointed, is responsible for entering movement
requirements into the JOPES data base. Members of the JPEC
use movement requirement data to analyze the various courses
of action. This analysis includes transportation
feasibility, shortfall identification and resolution,
constraints analysis, deployment estimates, coordination
with the Joint Staff and USTRANSCOM component commands to
pre-position common-user lift assets before execution, etc.
This information is made available for inclusion in the
Commander’s Estimate.
b. Execution Planning. The execution planning phase
represents refinement of gross planning conducted during COA
development. During this phase, USTRANSCOM is the focal
point for the JPEC. The CJTF ensures the refinement of the
time-phased force and deployment data (TPFDD) in the JOPES
data base, which includes combat, combat support, combat
service support, and nonunit resupply and personnel.
Initial nonunit resupply and personnel movement requirements
are only estimates of what will be required during
execution. TPFDD refinement can be initiated by loading an
existing OPLAN or by creating a new OPLAN data base. The
CINCs or commanders, supporting commanders, Services, and
logistic agencies validate availability and source the
CJTF’s requirements. USTRANSCOM components, Military
Airlift Command (MAC), Military Traffic Management Command
(MTMC), and Military Sealift Command (MSC), provide movement
schedules for the requirements in the sequence requested by
the CJTF. Initially, USTRANSCOM will focus on the first 3
to 7 days of air movements, including surface movements to
aerial ports of embarkation (APOEs) and 30 days of sea
movements. Additionally, USTRANSCOM provides the central
point of contact for agencies preparing to support the
deployment. Throughout the execution planning phase,
USTRANSCOM will provide daily deployment situation reports
(SITREPs) and ensure that the JOPES data base is kept
current (see JOPES, Volume I, for more information).
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