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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 1-3 METHODS 1-5. The JAGIC is a method to effectively organize personnel and equipment to build personal relationships and teamwork between Soldiers and Airmen. This is facilitated through the physical integration of selected division current operations staff members with Air Force TACP and ASOC personnel. Note. An ASOC assigned to the division does not eliminate the requirement for a division TACP. The TACP focuses more on advising ground commanders on the capabilities and limitations of air operations, planning, and controlling close air support (CAS). The air support operations squadron’s (ASOS) ASOC capability is the primary Air Force control agency of the theater air control system (TACS) for execution of joint airpower in direct support of Army and, or joint force land component operations. As a direct subordinate element of the joint air operations center (JAOC), the ASOC is responsible for the direction and control of air operations in its assigned area (normally short of the fire support coordination line [FSCL]). The JAGIC does not create any additional manning requirements, yet it offers a technique to organize complementary and reinforcing functions resident in the ASOC, TACP, and division COIC. This technique best achieves successful and efficient air-ground operations. The Air Force contributions to the JAGIC are a blend of Air Force command and control (C2) capabilities and personnel from the ASOC and division TACP. 1-6. The Army contributes selected current operations personnel representing Army fires, AMD, aviation, and airspace elements. The division chief of fires has oversight of fire support personnel in the JAGIC. If serving as the deputy fire support coordinator (DFSCOORD), the division chief of fires is also responsible for the allocation of fires assets, the development of the scheme of fires, and the refinement of target selection standards. Due to these conflicting responsibilities, the (DFSCOORD) is rarely the senior Army officer in the JAGIC. The fires support officer (FSO), formerly known as an assistant fire support coordinator, leads fires coordination, synchronization, and employment responsibilities integrated with air operations. There are several FSOs but for the remainder of this document the FSO selected to perform as the JAGIC chief will be referred to as “the JAGIC chief.” There may be times when the authority and responsibilities of the JAGIC chief will be delegated to another Army officer in the JAGIC. Ultimately, the selection of a JAGIC chief is the shared responsibility of the commander, chief of staff, and assistant chief of staff, operations (G-3). 1-7. The Commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) has operational control (OPCON) of the expeditionary air support operations group (EASOG), under which the ASOC, TACP, and TACS C2 elements are aligned. The EASOG is normally aligned with the corps, and its members form the corps’ TACP or Joint Air Component Coordination Element (JACCE) when the corps is a joint force or component headquarters. The division ALO, under the command of the EASOG commander, is the COMAFFOR's primary advisor to the division commander on air operations and commands all the Air Force JAGIC members in direct support to the division. At times, the division ALO may also be the senior air director (SAD), however, this is not recommended, as serving in the JAGIC distracts the division air liaison officer from his other staff responsibilities. The SAD, a senior officer within the ASOC, when seated at the JAGIC, is considered the most senior Airman in the COIC and is the focal point for air operations support on the current air tasking order in the division-assigned airspace. The joint force air component commander (JFACC) has tactical control of the ASOC and TACP, which is exercised through the JAOC. This command relationship enables Air Force TACS elements to request and control JFACC-allocated missions and integrate them with other elements of the TACS. 1-8. The expeditionary air support operations squadron (EASOS) provides the manning for the division ASOC and division TACP elements. The EASOS is primarily sourced by the air support operations squadron (ASOS) that resides in garrison with the division. The EASOS commander is the division ALO. The EASOS provides several key air component command functions: planning and liaising through the TACP; executing direct air-to-ground missions for the COMAFFOR or JFACC, in accordance with ground commander's priorities, via the JAGIC and joint terminal attack controllers (JTAC); and commanding and overseeing of Airmen via the EASOS command systems. These three functions complement, support, and enable the JAGIC.