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Terms for subject United States (7706 entries)

joint requirements review board	The joint task force or subunified commander’s established board to review, validate, approve, and prioritize selected Service component contract support requests
joint restricted frequency list	A time and geographically oriented listing of TABOO, PROTECTED, and GUARDED functions, nets, and frequencies and limited to the minimum number of frequencies necessary for friendly forces to accomplish objectives
joint security area	A specific surface area, designated by the joint force commander to facilitate protection of joint bases and their connecting lines of communications that support joint operations
joint security coordination center	A joint operations center tailored to assist the joint security coordinator in meeting the security requirements in the joint operational area
joint security coordinator	The officer with responsibility for coordinating the overall security of the operational area in accordance with joint force commander directives and priorities
Joint Senior Management Committee	JSMC
joint servicing	That function performed by a jointly staffed and financed activity in support of two or more Services
joint special operations air component commander	The commander within a joint force special operations command responsible for planning and executing joint special operations air activities
joint special operations area	An area of land, sea, and airspace assigned by a joint force commander to the commander of a joint special operations force to conduct special operations activities
joint special operations task force	A joint task force composed of special operations units from more than one Service, formed to carry out a specific special operation or prosecute special operations in support of a theater campaign or other operations
joint staff	The staff of a commander of a unified or specified command, subordinate unified command, joint task force, or subordinate functional component (when a functional component command will employ forces from more than one Military Department) that includes members from the several Services comprising the force
joint staff	The staff under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that assists the Chairman and the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in carrying out their responsibilities
Joint Staff doctrine sponsor	A Joint Staff directorate assigned to coordinate a joint doctrine project with the Joint Staff
Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan	A plan that provides guidance to the combatant commanders and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to accomplish tasks and missions based on current military capabilities
joint strategic exploitation center	Theater-level physical location for an exploitation facility that functions under the direction of the joint force commander and is used to hold detainees with potential long-term strategic intelligence value, deemed to be of interest to counterintelligence or criminal investigators, or who may be a significant threat to the United States, its citizens or interests, or US allies
Joint Strategic Planning System	One of the primary means by which the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the combatant commanders, carries out the statutory responsibilities to assist the President and Secretary of Defense in providing strategic direction to the Armed Forces
joint table of distribution	A manpower document that identifies the positions and enumerates the spaces that have been approved for each organizational element of a joint activity for a specific fiscal year (authorization year) and those accepted for the four subsequent fiscal years
joint target list	A consolidated list of selected targets, upon which there are no restrictions placed, considered to have military significance in the joint force commander’s operational area
joint targeting coordination board	A group formed by the joint force commander to accomplish broad targeting oversight functions that may include but are not limited to coordinating targeting information, providing targeting guidance, synchronization, and priorities, and refining the joint integrated prioritized target list
joint task force	A joint force that is constituted and so designated by the Secretary of Defense, a combatant commander, a subunified commander, or an existing joint task force commander