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The Special Forces community and the military
services in general use a multitude of words, phrases, and acronyms in its
vocabulary, documentation, correspondence, and publications. This
glossary is intended to aid those unfamiliar with specific special
operations terminology.
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JAAT. Joint Air Attack Team.
JADOCS. Joint Automated Deep
Operations Coordination System.
JAOC. Joint Air Operations
Center.
JCET. Joint Combined
Exercise for Training. SF teams do a large number of JCETs each year
in many foreign countries.
JCSE. Joint Communications
Signal Element.
JDAM. Joint Direct Action
Munition.
JEDBURGH. A three-man team,
usually American, British, and French, inserted into France prior to the
Normandy invasion to link up with the French resistance.
JESP-NEO. Joint
Expeditionary Support Product - Noncombatant Evacuation Operation.
JFACC. Joint Force Air
Component Command.
JFC. Joint Force Commander.
JFLCC. Joint Force Land
Component Command.
JFMCC. Joint Force Maritime
Component Command.
JFSOCC. Joint Force Special
Operations Component Command.
JIC. Joint Intelligence Center.
JIF. Joint Interrogation
Facility.
JIPTL. Joint Integrated
Prioritized Target List.
JISE. Joint Intelligence
Support Element.
JOA. Joint Operations Area.
JOC. Joint Operations
Center.
JOG. Joint Operational
Graphic.
Joint. "Connotes activities,
operations, organizations, etc., in which elements of two or more Military
Departments participate". (JP 1-02).
Joint Force. "A general term
applied to a force composed of significant elements, assigned or attached,
of two or more Military Departments, operating under a single joint force
commander". (JP 1-02).
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV).
The JLTV provides the warfighter protected, sustained, and
networked mobility for personnel and payloads across the full spectrum of
military operations. Read more at
http://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-item/cs-css-joint-light-tactical-vehicle-jltv/
Joint Operations. "A general
term to describe military actions conducted by joint forces, or be Service
forces in relationships (e.g., support, coordinating authority), which, of
themselves, do not create joint forces". (JP 1-02).
JP. Joint Publication.
JPOTF. Joint Psychological
Operations Task Force. With the change of PSYOP to MISO the nomenclature
of the task force will likely change.
JPRA. Joint Personnel
Recovery Agency. The principal DoD agency for joint personnel
recovery support. JPRA provides assistance, support, and training in
Personnel Recovery doctrine and operations to include PR, SERE, NAR, CSAR,
UAR, and Code of Conduct.
JRTC. Joint Readiness
Training Center.
JSOA. Joint Special Operations
Area.
JSOAC. Joint Special
Operations Air Component.
JSOC. Joint Special
Operations Command.
JSOTF. Joint Special
Operations Task Force.
JSRC. Joint Search and
Rescue Center.
JTF. Joint Task Force.
JWICS. Joint Worldwide
Intelligence Communications System.
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