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The Joint Air Ground Integration Center Description, Functions, and Organization 17 April 2019 ATP 3-91.1/AFTTP 3-2.86 1-15 commander’s and JFACC’s guidance and intent. The senior ALO in a TACP uses the title of the supported echelon followed by the term ALO. For example, the senior ALO in a brigade TACP is the brigade ALO. Joint Terminal Attack Controller 1-57. The JTAC is a trained and qualified individual who has the specific certifications required to control both the maneuver of aircraft and the employment of ordnance in close proximity to friendly personnel. The JTAC is the service member who directs the actions of combat aircraft engaged in CAS and other air operations supporting the ground commander. The JTAC provides the JAGIC recommendations on the use of CAS and its integration with maneuver. The JTAC coordinates and may provide terminal attack control of division-level CAS missions in the area of operations which are not assigned to a subordinate element, through the use of Type 2 and Type 3 control procedures. Interdiction Coordinator 1-58. The interdiction coordinator processes the execution of AI missions inside the division area of operations. The interdiction coordinator works primarily with the JAGIC targeting officer and the SOF fires liaison position to identify targets of opportunity suitable for AI. Targets will be identified by the field artillery intelligence officer in the division ACE, who passes the targets to the JAGIC targeting officer and by the SOF fires liaison who receives target information from SOF units, via the joint special operations task force (JSOTF). The interdiction coordinator works with the airspace manager to clear airspace, with the ATOM to select attack options to prosecute targets, and with Army fires personnel and the airspace manager to establish and synchronize control measures required for AI missions. The interdiction coordinator facilitates coordination with the JAOC’s senior offensive duty officer (SODO) and interdiction duty officer (IDO) for AI tasked to the supported commander, for missions both inside and beyond the FSCL. When the JAGIC identifies targets of opportunity within the division area of operations, the interdiction coordinator initiates contact with the SODO to determine JFACC assets available to strike these targets if they meet published target validation criteria. These assets can be sourced from on-call interdiction sorties on the current ATO, or redirected CAS sorties already distributed to the division on the ATO. Use of CAS assets redirected to AI or SCAR targets must also be coordinated with the JAOC SODO or CAS duty officer as well as the air operation crew in JAGIC. In this case, “re-role” authority may be delegated to the JAGIC by the JAOC eliminating the need for coordination, but still require notification of the “re- role” event. The interdiction coordinator also coordinates ground commander organic fires in support of JFACC objectives, SEAD, dynamic targeting, etc. Dynamic targeting is targeting that prosecutes targets identified too late, or not selected for action in time to be included in deliberate targeting (JP 3-09). 1-59. For friendly force protection, the interdiction coordinator conducts daily safety checks of all AI and SCAR nominated targets and aircraft. The interdiction coordinator also safety checks kill boxes and repeats checks when the FSCL moves or the JAOC publishes a new ATO. When there are control measure changes, the interdiction coordinator identifies AI targets that are short of the FSCL, and verifies two items: (1) that the ground commander still wants the targets prosecuted with AI, and (2) that all necessary coordination with friendly forces is complete. In cases where a FSCL move may endanger friendly forces, the interdiction coordinator can, in partnership with the JAGIC procedural controllers, JAOC SODO, and controlling TACP element, cancel specific targets and redirect aircraft to targets beyond the FSCL. (See chapter 2, IC missions, and appendix A, JAGIC procedures, for additional information on interdiction coordinator roles and responsibilities.) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Liaison Officer 1-60. The Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) liaison officer advises the division on efficient and effective use of ISR capabilities, including national assets, theater assets, and processing, exploitation, and dissemination cells. The ISR liaison officer may sit in the JAGIC when theater ISR assets are conducting missions in support of specific division operations and require integration or deconfliction. If delegated by the JAOC, the ISR liaison officer may enable dynamic retasking of assets to respond to immediate needs. The JAGIC will coordinate retasking to ensure deconfliction of the airspace and fires elements. The ISR liaison officer complements the intelligence duty officer (or technician). Together they provide dedicated Air Force liaisons for analysis and collection.