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Integrate Army, Multinational, and Joint Fires 31 July 2019 ADP 3-19 3-9 Conduct combat assessment. Combat assessment is composed of three elements, battle damage assessment, munitions effectiveness assessment, and reattack recommendation. See ATP 3-60 for more on combat assessment. Assess at each Level. As a rule, the level at which a specific operation, task, or action is directed should be the level at which such activity is assessed. Even in operations that do not include combat, assessment of progress is just as important and can be more complex than traditional combat assessment. 3-49. The outcome of the assess function must offer the commander the residual enemy capability relating to relative risk to mission and risk to forces. This information directly informs the commander during the decide function of the next iteration of the targeting process. JOINT TARGETING 3-50. Joint targeting is dependent in part on joint planning through publication of the campaign or contingency plan, operation order, or fragmentary order. Plans and orders provide the context for targeting. Geographic combatant commands maintain a database for targets within their areas of responsibility that relate to their campaign plans and contingency plans. Detailed foundational intelligence products to include dynamic threat assessments, joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment, and country assessments facilitate detailed targeting, beginning with target systems analysis. Many products used to support a contingency or military operation are developed, maintained, and continuously updated as foundational information for specific targets. A combatant command can normally provide a subordinate JFC with a list of targets, and perhaps target folders, applicable to a plan for a joint operations area within their area of responsibility. 3-51. The joint targeting cycle is a six-phase iterative process: Phase 1—Commander’s objectives, Targeting guidance, and intent. The JFC develops and issues targeting guidance. This guidance includes targeting priorities, time-sensitive targets criteria and procedures, component critical targets, target acquisition and identification criteria, authorized. Phase 2—Target development and prioritization. Target development is the systematic examination of potential target systems and their components, individual targets, and even elements of targets to determine the necessary type and duration of the action that must be exerted on each target to create an effect that is consistent with the commander’s specific objectives. Phase 3—Capabilities analysis. This phase of the joint targeting cycle involves evaluating all available capabilities against targets’ critical target elements to determine the appropriate options available to the component commander for target engagement and developing the best possible solution under given circumstances. Phase 4—Commander’s decision and force assignment. The force assignment process at the component level integrates previous phases of joint targeting and fuses capabilities analysis with available forces, sensors, and weapons systems. Phase 5—Mission planning and force execution. Upon receipt of component tasking orders, detailed unit-level planning must be performed for the execution of operations. The joint targeting process supports this planning by providing component planners with direct access to detailed information on the targets, supported by the nominating component’s analytical reasoning that linked the target with the desired effect (phase 2). Phase 6—Combat assessment. The combat assessment phase is a continuous process that assesses the effectiveness of the activities that occurred during the first five phases of the joint targeting cycle. INTEGRATING ARMY TARGETING WITH JOINT TARGETING 3-52. LCCs contribute to the joint targeting cycle by assisting the JFC in formulating guidance, integrating land component fires with other joint fires to support JFC operations, conducting target development, synchronizing and coordinating the use of collection assets, engaging targets, and providing feedback as part of the assessment process. These functions remain constant regardless of how the joint force is organized