Joint Enabling Capabilities Command

Connecting the Extremes

From subtropical sand to subarctic snow, JCSE communicators train to support warfighters wherever they go. (DoD photo illustration made up of two photos by U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Vargas-Marmolejos, JCSE.)

Ops Check

During Exercise Caribbean Echo in Puerto Rico, members of the 1st Joint Communication Squadron (Knights) perform an OPSCHECK with their communications kit preparing for counter-jamming as part of the electronic warfare (EW) aspect of the field training exercise, employing and demonstrating experimental EW tactics, techniques, and procedures. The dish at right is a Hawkeye IV Lite 1.3M Flyaway Terminal. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Vargas-Marmolejos, JCSE)

Voice ab Alto

Known as the "Voice Heard Around the World," the Joint Communications Support Element prepares its members to provide tactical communcations in all envoronments, including locales where the only way in is from above. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Vargas-Marmolejos, JCSE)

Informing Commanders How to Inform the World

Joint Task Force formation requires clear and concise communication between commanders, staff members and supported commands, but it also requires the ability to communicate with the public. Joint Public Affairs Training, given by Joint Planning Support Element Public Affairs, helps develop these skills. (DoD photo by M.C. Farrington, JECC)

Seventeen-Nation Army

During their recent visit to the JECC headquarters in Norfolk, students from the U.S. Military and those of 15 other nations attending the Army War College’s Joint Warfighting Advanced Studies Program pause with American and German faculty members after taking part in a discussion with Joint Planning Support Element leaders about the current state of joint planning as well as best practices and lessons learned. (DoD photo by M.C. Farrington, JECC)

Leading the Pre-Jump

JCSE members lead Sustained Airborne Training at Barton Field, Fort Gordon, Ga. Also referred to as “pre-jump," its purpose is to reaffirm in explicit detail as to what jumpers will do when exciting the aircraft. Paratroopers from other units joined in on the fun: the 75th Ranger Regiment, the Joint Communications Unit, 50th Signal Battalion (Expeditionary), 112th Signal Battalion, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, and XVIII Airborne Corps. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Master Sgt. Bryan L. Dorman, JCSE)

Learning to Land

JCSE members practice hitting the ground before grabbing their parachutes and boarding an aircraft to make a recent practice jump. These airborne tactical communicators must remain qualified to drop, with their gear and equipment, anywhere in the world. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Master Sgt. Bryan L. Dorman, JCSE)

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The JECC provides expeditionary joint command and control (C2) enabling capabilities (joint planners, public affairs specialists, and communications) to joint force commanders (JFCs) globally for the rapid establishment of a joint force headquarters (JFHQ) across the competition continuum.

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JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT

Tampa, FL - On order, JCSE immediately deploys to provide en route, early entry, scalable C4 support to the Geographic Combatant Commands, Special Operations Command, and other agencies as directed. On order, provides additional C4 services to support larger CJTF/CJSOTF Headquarters across the full spectrum of operations.

JOINT PLANNING SUPPORT ELEMENT

Norfolk, VA - The Joint Planning Support Element rapidly deploys tailored, ready, joint planners, operators, logisticians, knowledge managers, public affairs and intelligence specialists in order to accelerate the formation and increase the effectiveness of newly formed Joint Task Force Headquarters.