Joint Enabling Capabilities Command

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 MSG Bryan L. Dorman, JCSE)

Standing Together

Maj. Gen. Laura Lenderman, USAF, director of operations at the U.S. Transportation Command (center), stands with (from left), Col. William Kirby, USA, commander, Joint Planning Support Element, Col. Gary Rowley, USA, JECC chief of staff, Col. E. Jonelle Eychner, USAF, USTRANSCOM manpower & personnel director (J1), JECC Executive Director Marshall Ramsey, JECC Vice Commander, Brig. Gen. Kimberly Hamilton, USA (center), Chief Master Sgt. Brian Bischoff, JECC senior enlisted leader, Lt. Col. Coulette Swiggett, USAF, JECC personnel director (J1), and Chief Master Sgt. Felicia Young, USTRANSCOM J1 senior enlisted advisor, after a recent visit to discuss JECC’s recent accomplishments and future plans.

Charting the Course

In the chartroom of USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), JECC’s vice commander, Brigadier General Kimberly Hamilton, USAR (center), and JECC Executive Director Marshall Ramsey (left) watch Commodore (Captain) Bryan Carmichael of Amphibious Squadron Four describe the course the 1,000-bed hospital ship must follow as it leaves Naval Station Norfolk for a goodwill mission to Central and South America. A team of specialists from the Joint Communication Support Element will be aboard to provide enhanced communications capabilities during the deployment.

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.

Developing Strategies

Directorate and reserve element leaders from JECC headquarters as well as the Joint Communication Support Element and Joint Planning Support Element gathered recently at the Navy Warfare Development Command for the latest Command Strategy Forum, the first to include JECC’s Vice Commander, Brig. Gen. Kimberly Hamilton, USAR, (second from right) and JECC’s Commander, Maj. Gen. Stephen Jost, USAF.

Leading the Discussion

At the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, Army Colonel Eric Fowler, JPSE Chief of Sustainment, answers a question during his command’s most recent Professional Development Seminar about the factors that influence the development of a Joint Task Force as panelists Gerald Belliveau and Eric Land of the Joint Staff J7 Directorate for Joint Force Development look on.

Synchronizing the Messengers

JECC-JPSE Public Affairs members Navy LT Lauren Sucher (bottom left) and Ms. Dawn Collazo (top right) pose alongside fellow US and NATO Public Affairs officers while supporting a ‘wet gap crossing’ during Defender Europe 22 at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area in Bemowo, Poland. (Courtesy of JPSE Public Affairs)

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U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

On short notice, the JECC provides planners, public affairs specialists, and communications capabilities to Combatant Commanders in order to enable the rapid establishment of Joint Force Headquarters or in support of other missions, exercises, or planning efforts.

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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.

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