Download or read book Minimizing Coordination Problems Between the JFACC and JFLCC in the Coordination of Joint Fires Between the FSCL Aud Land Component Forward Boundary written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis discusses the coordination problems which arise between the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) and the Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC) when trying to employ fires between the fire support coordination line (FSCL) and the land component forward boundary. This is due to the JFLCC being the supported commander within this area of the battlefield, though the JFACC actually has the preponderance of capabilities for employing fires. Joint doctrine explicitly states that the FSCL is a permissive measure. However, coordination with other affected commanders is required when employing fires to prevent duplication of targets, as well as fratricide. Joint doctrine provides great latitude to joint force commanders to establish command and control relationships and employ appropriate coordination measures to ensure effective coordination. This thesis concludes that the FSCL must be treated as a permissive measure, just as defined in joint doctrine. Though the JFLCC is the supported commander, the JFACC should be appointed the Coordinating Authority for fires beyond the FSCL due to his capabilities to both acquire targets and employ fires. The JFLCC best retains his influence in shaping the battlefield beyond the FSCL by providing the JFACC mission-type orders, in addition to standard target nominations.
Download or read book Minimizing Coordination Problems Between the JFACC and JFLCC in the Coordination of Joint Fires Between the FSCL and Land Component Forward Boundary written by Michael J. Barbee and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joint Fires Coordination Service Specialties and Boundary Challenges written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the challenges facing joint force commanders today is the coordination of operational and tactical fires which traverse boundaries within a joint operations area. These boundaries are the demarcation of deep and close battlespaces within individual areas of operations that are normally controlled by different supported commanders. Adequate coordination among supported commanders is pivotal to avoid fratricide and reduce duplication of effort. Unfortunately, joint doctrine does not adequately address how commanders can ensure economy of force and unity of effort when conducting joint fires. Specifically, the challenge is most critical in the area between the Fire Support Coordination Line (FSCL) and the Joint Force Land Component Commander's (JFLCC) forward boundary because joint fires must complement future operational maneuvers. This paper evaluates the issue of joint fires coordination by examining joint and service doctrine publications, combatant command directives, and the Joint Universal Lessons Learned (JULLs) database. Interviews were also conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the problem. In short, there is no common understanding among services about joint fires coordination, operational and tactical fires, and deep battlespace missions. This challenge can be resolved by modifying joint doctrine to address adequately joint fires that traverse intratheater boundaries. Recommendations include creating a coordination element within each supported commander's staff and providing the JFLCC an adequate maneuvering area beyond the FSCL to independently conduct deep operational maneuvers.
Download or read book Joint Fires Coordination Service Competencies and Boundary Challenges written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boundaries between close and deep battlespace will vary among combatant commands in typical theaters of operations. The point at which deep and close battlespace meet rates attention from planners because it challenges joint force commanders (JFCs) who must conduct tactical and operational fires and maneuvers as well as joint fire support. One cause for this consideration is the umbrella under which joint fires are placed, where cross-boundary coordination is critical for synchronized actions that create economy of force, unity of effort, and integrated joint operations. Joint doctrine does not sufficiently address intra-theater, cross-boundary joint fires coordination. The answer lies in modifying doctrine. This proposal can be examined in joint publications, joint universal lessons learned (JULL) archives, combined forces command, and combatant command boundary relationships and sources. The problem transcends service interests. More importantly, lives depend on adequate joint fires coordination. A review of the differences between terms of art and service perspectives on battlespace reveals the implications of this issue for commanders and suggests some solutions.
Download or read book The Fire Support Coordination Line Optimal Placement for Joint Employment written by John Horner and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis investigates optimal placement of the Fire Support Coordination Line (FSCL), asserting that FSCL position should correspond to a changeover in the preponderance of forces under the purviews of the Joint Force Land and Air Component Commanders (JFLCC and JFACC respectively). The thesis assesses whether FSCL placement should directly reflect the location and relative amount of combat power these component commanders intend to project against the enemy. At the depth where the JFACC's forces provide a greater amount of firepower, this FSCL identifies the transfer of coordination authority. Analyses of Operation DESERT STORM and Prairie Warrior 98, the capstone end-of-year exercise at the US Army Command and General Staff College, assess the validity of the thesis. In both, research correlates optimal joint employment conditions with a FSCL placement that is based on the preponderance of forces. This thesis concludes that the preponderance of forces reflects situation-specific factors and can be used as a primary consideration in the establishment of an appropriate FSCL. Determination of a preponderance of force-based FSCL is possible and doctrine should reflect its significance. Use of this FSCL enhances joint employment, allowing the US military to quickly, efficiently accomplish those objectives associated with attacking the enemy.
Download or read book Coordination of Future Joint Fires Do We Need a Joint Fire Support Coordinator written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper will address the issue of whether joint doctrine should identify a JFSCOORD organization capable of advising the JFC in joint fires planning and coordination. This study is important because past events and the current situation prove that coordination of joint fires will continue to be a significant challenge for the operational commander. Further, the research will show that current joint doctrine does not address the core of the issue. Additionally, current doctrine drives future service component capabilities that will continue to overlap and more complicate the problem. This composition investigates the question of: Does the Joint Force Commander need a Joint Fire Support Coordinator? paper is organized into three parts. The first section identifies problems incurred during Operation Desert Storm. This is one of the recent indications of advanced technology creating coordination problems between service components. The second section analyzes service component views and doctrine published as a direct result of Operation Desert Storm. Since doctrine drives weapons development, this will first indicate overlapping capabilities. The last section will identify future component capabilities currently in development. It will show the merging of battlespace between all services. The paper recommended that joint doctrine identify a Joint Fire Support Coordinator (JFSCOORD) and Joint Fire Support Coordination Element (JFSCE) to assist the JFC in the execution of his fire support duties. In this way, maximum synchronization of component fire support efforts are achieved.
Download or read book Considerations for Use and Placement of the Joint Force Land Component Commander s Forward Boundary written by Martin L. Vozzo and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fire Support Coordination Line Optimal Placement for Joint Employment written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis investigates optimal placement of the Fire Support Coordination Line (FSCL), asserting that FSCL position should correspond to a changeover in the preponderance of forces under the purviews of the Joint Force Land and Air Component Commanders (JFLCC and JFACC respectively). The thesis assesses whether FSCL placement should directly reflect the location and relative amount of combat power these component commanders intend to project against the enemy. At the depth where the JFACC's forces provide a greater amount of firepower, this FSCL identifies the transfer of coordination authority. Analyses of Operation DESERT STORM and Prairie Warrior 98, the capstone end-of-year exercise at the US Army Command and General Staff College, assess the validity of the thesis. In both, research correlates optimal joint employment conditions with a FSCL placement that is based on the preponderance of forces. This thesis concludes that the preponderance of forces reflects situation-specific factors and can be used as a primary consideration in the establishment of an appropriate FSCL. Determination of a preponderance of force-based FSCL is possible and doctrine should reflect its significance. Use of this FSCL enhances joint employment, allowing the US military to quickly, efficiently accomplish those objectives associated with attacking the enemy.
Download or read book Considerations for Use and Placement of the Joint Force Land Component Commander s Forward Boundary written by Martin L. Vozzo and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joint Force Commander (JFC) has the responsibility to integrate and synchronize the application of joint combat power throughout his entire Joint Operations Area (JOA). Recent technological advances have enhanced the deeper strike interdiction capabilities of all the military services, especially the Army and the Navy. A prevailing significant issue for the JFC that directly affects the operations of the Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC) and the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) is the emplacement of the forward boundary of JFLCC's area of operations (AO). This issue is rooted in consternation about the battlespace required for these two component commanders to conduct land and air missions assigned by the JFC. It is the thesis of this research project that the JFC establishes the location of the forward boundary of the JFLCC's AO with the purpose of optimizing the application of joint combat power while simultaneously not limiting the integrated employment of subsurface, surface and air firepower in the JOA. Dominant issues that will be researched and assessed include the conditions when a JFC should establish this boundary, where the boundary should be placed, and the ramifications of this positioning. Additionally, doctrinal Joint Staff, Army and Air Force service positions relating to this issue will be discussed and analyzed.
Download or read book The Fire Support Coordination Line written by Michael J. McMahon and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph addresses the question of whether the concept of the Fire Support Coordination Line (FSCL) should be included in future joint doctrine. The FSCL was originally designed as a concept to fulfill a requirement for deconfliction of fires between air and ground forces to prevent fratricide. As the concept evolved it became a permissive FSCM to allow the delivery of uncoordinated fires into an area that the ground commander could not reach with his organic fires. The concept has changed over time to become a more restrictive measure, limiting the ability of the commander to influence a portion of his AO directly. In essence, the FSCL is being used to deconflict fires, particularly at the operational level, rather than to facilitate the integration of complementary capabilities of joint systems and operations. Furthermore, though the FSCL was at one time an appropriate and necessary control measure because of technological limitations, tremendous advances in information-age technology and a new battlefield environment increasingly characterized by non-linear operations have made the concept of the FSCL irrelevant. In fact, the FSCL impedes the JFC from applying joint fires on the battlefield in the most effective and efficient manner possible. The fundamental conclusion of the paper is that the FSCL is a concept behind its time, and should be eliminated from joint doctrine. Commanders should use boundaries, to include forward boundaries, to achieve unity of effort within their AOs. The Joint Force Commander should control all assets that can be applied as operational fires through an Integrated Tasking Order, and should apportion control of resources to subordinate commanders to accomplish his intent. Within their AOs, commanders should continue to use other FSCM to mold their battlefield. Finally, advances in information technology must be exploited jointly so that commanders can integrate fully the complementary capabilities offered by the service component.
Download or read book Fire Support Coordination Measures by the Numbers written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire Support Coordination Measures (FSCMs) can significantly increase or decrease the efficiency of joint combat operations. This thesis examines use and placement of the Fire Support Coordination Line (FSCL). The line helps ensure that firepower directed at a surface commander's area of operations (AO) is properly coordinated toward objectives assigned by the Joint Force Commander (JFC). Research suggests that an effects-based analysis of the various fires supplied by the land and air components offers an appropriate means to determine FSCL location. Short of the FSCL, where land forces typically supply the preponderance of effects, the ground commander should act as coordinating authority. Beyond it, when established at the depth where air forces tend to provide the preponderance of effects, the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) should assume coordination responsibility. Hence, forces assigned to the land and air component commanders would coordinate their employment with that component providing the dominant battlefield effects. Operation Desert Storm presents several case studies that tend to support the idea. Khafji (defensive operations to repel an attack), 73 Easting (offensive operations against a defending enemy), and attacks on the "Highway of Death" (operations against a withdrawing enemy) provide reinforcing evidence. Analysis indicates that an FSCL based on the preponderance of effects takes into account the various situation-specific factors mentioned in joint doctrine. If an effects-based FSCL were used in the Gulf War, fires may have been better coordinated and more potent. Staffs planning for future combat operations should advise on FSCL placement based on the preponderance of effects, which incorporates factors such as forces available, the scheme of maneuver, enemy array, targeting plan and other key issues.
Download or read book The Fire Support Coordination Line written by Lester C. Jauron and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unity of Effort Crisis Beyond the FSCL written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph examines joint doctrine's treatment of which component commander (land or air) controls operations between the fire support coordination line and the forward boundary within the Land Component Commander's area of operations. The Army and Air Force disagree over which component commander should control operations within this area. This monograph determines whether joint doctrine specifies or presents options for which component commander controls operations within this contested area or whether it simply presents overlapping responsibilities, without specification, that require further resolution to avoid confusion. The analysis uses specificity and consistency as criteria. Rather than explaining who should control operations beyond the FSCL, this monograph examines what joint doctrine says and how it resolves the interservice debate within the doctrine. The first part of the monograph introduces the research question and nature of the issue. The next section presents the services' positions within the debate. The monograph then examines the service doctrines side-by-side to determine their differences as well as their consistencies. Next, the paper examines joint doctrine in detail. The manuals examined include Joint Pub 3-0, Operations, JP 3-03, Joint Interdiction Operations, JP 3-09, Joint Fire Support, and JP 3-56.1, Command and Control of Joint Air Operations. The specific areas of the supported-supporting relationship, unity of effort, and the FSCL are covered in detail within the examinations of the service and joint doctrines. The monograph then examines the extent that two CINCs, CENTCOM and CFC Korea apply the doctrine directly. It determines what changes the CINCs see as necessary in the doctrine's employment. Finally, the monograph reviews the findings in the conclusion.
