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The Fire Support System 30 April 2020 FM 3-09 2-13 Joint special operations air component (referred to as JSOAC). The JSOAC plans and executes joint special operations air activities and ensures effective coordination, synchronization, and deconfliction of such activities with conventional air operations. Another key responsibility of the JSOAC is to ensure close liaison is accomplished with other SOF components. The JSOAC also has direct liaison with the special operations liaison element (referred to as SOLE). The JSOAC commander will normally be the commander with the preponderance of aviation assets or the greatest capacity to plan, coordinate, allocate, task, control, and support assigned and attached special operations aviation assets. Special operations task force (SOTF). A SOTF is a grouping of SOF assets formed to carry out a specific operation or a continuing mission. SOTFs are scalable organizations built around the nucleus of Army SOF, USMC special operations units, or naval special warfare units. A SOTF establishes a FSC for targeting coordination and for integrating fires delivered on surface targets by fire-support means, under the control, or in support, of the tactical-level force. Special operations command and control element (referred to as SOCCE). The SOCCE synchronizes special operations with land and maritime operations. The SOCCE is normally employed when SOF conduct operations in conjunction with a conventional force. It co-locates with the command element of the supported commander and performs C2 or liaison functions directed by the special operations commander. The focus of fires coordination is on the synchronization and deconfliction of joint fires. COMMAND AND CONTROL:FIRE SUPPORT NETWORKS 2-56. FS personnel operate FS digital systems providing C2, deconfliction and targeting architecture in an automated environment. Digital FS and C2 systems that are interoperable with all forces help maintain information flow between commanders, their staffs, and subordinate units. Digitally aided FS enables machine-to-machine exchange of required FS and targeting information for efficient and effective target engagement by joint and multinational forces. The primary FS digital systems used by Army FS personnel include AFATDS, JADOCS, and the forward observer system (FOS), both mounted and dismounted. 2-57. The JADOCS is a software application that presents and manipulates command, control, communications, intelligence, information, and communications interfaces to and from various systems to obtain, coordinate, and disseminate information. It maintains a comprehensive fires common operation picture, through the visualization of friendly air and land tracks, including artillery and radar positions via AFATDS, as well as hostile air tracks received from the air defense systems integration server. It maintains comprehensive target entity databases including access to the modernized integrated database as well as enemy and friendly order of battle databases received digitally from the intelligence distributed common ground station - Army. This digital integration of U.S. and allied fires provides a forum for nominating, vetting and validating suspect targets, determining methods of engagement, conducting target are risk mitigation in a coordinated and collaborative digital environment for both deliberate and dynamic targeting. JADOCS can be utilized on any classification of network and resides at BCT and above. JADOCS works with AFATDS via a direct server-client interface to execute both deliberate and dynamic targeting. 2-58. The AFATDS is a multi-service, integrated FA system that receives call for fires, processes fire missions, air support requests, counterfire missions, conducts technical and tactical fire direction of firing units, issues orders to firing batteries and WLRs, and communicates other related information to coordinate and maximize the use of all attack/delivery assets. It meets the needs of the FA for planning the use of critical resources and for managing, collecting, and passing vital fires data throughout AFATDS can create, store, and check FSCMs and ACMs for violations during fire mission processing. It establishes attack guidance and target selection standards for the expedited execution of the scheme of targeting. It performs detailed weaponeering and attack analysis for effective target engagement in accordance with the commander's desired effects. AFATDS can send both preplanned and immediate air support requests through each echelon of command to the supporting AOC via the BCD. AFATDS can export the United States message text format (referred to as USMTF) on DD Form 1972 (Joint Tactical Air Strike Request) message into the USAF's theatre battlefield management core system (referred to as TBMCS). It possesses limited capabilities to validate suspect targets and should be used with JADOCS for execution of deliberate and dynamic targeting. It is fielded from echelons above corps or USMC expeditionary force down to firing battery levels.