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Planning and Operational Considerations for Large-Scale Combat Operations 17 April 2019 ATP 3-91.1/AFTTP 3-2.86 3-5 JAGIC Chief. Army airspace control personnel, one shift. SAD. JAGIC Airmen, one shift. Remaining JAGIC personnel will have to assist with command post displacement. 3-13. TAC command posts are resourced with adequate fires, ADA, and Army aviation to provide JAGIC support. The TAC command post’s Army airspace control and Air Force JTAC sections require augmentation to assume JAGIC responsibilities. The additional personnel in paragraph 3-12 provide the capabilities for a smaller JAGIC. RISK MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR MOVING OR DISTRIBUTING THE JAGIC 3-14. As with any displacement of a mission command node, there is inherent risk to mission and friendly forces when moving or distributing the JAGIC. Commanders and staffs must rehearse command and signal concerns to identify friction points and make refinements. JAGIC members must train more in the field to validate personnel, vehicles, and systems for large-scale combat operations. All JAGIC members must also be experts on systems, allowing the JAGIC flexibility to move a limited number of people to the TAC for a short duration without losing capabilities. Furthermore, JAGICs must train with the CAB’s AIC and select members of the DIVARTY, field artillery brigade, or force field artillery headquarters to rehearse scenarios that require those separate agencies’ capacities. In addition to the risk management considerations listed in chapter 2, below are some considerations unique to command post displacement: Authorities. Commanders ensure that authorities are in place to empower subordinates and help them build working relationships based on trust. When the JAGIC displaces or becomes a distributive capability, the division staff must develop a table of authorities and create shared understanding for the responsibilities of each mission command node. Command interaction. Once the JAGIC becomes a distributive capability, the staff must build processes into the battle rhythm to ensure JAGIC members are receiving the commander’s intent. Brief updates over the division’s satellite radio net is a technique to distribute command guidance. Enemy collection and effects. Before the JAGIC displaces, the division staff should create effects that disrupt or neutralize the enemy’s collection and fires capabilities. Selecting periods in the battle when joint fires and other divisions’ effects overwhelm the enemy, or the enemy is displacing themselves, may be ideal times to displace the JAGIC and avoid detection and interdiction. Simulations and war gaming. The JAGIC should conduct exhaustive rehearsals and war game displacements prior to execution. A deficit in fires integration and mission command of airspace users is unacceptable and will impede the commander’s ability to apply persistent pressure on the enemy. Battle handoff. The JAGIC should develop standard operating procedures for battle handoff with an alternate command post and procedures for receiving the battle back once the main is reestablished. This will help validate that the alternate command post has all of the required capabilities to mission command and that fire support missions will not be lost during transitions.