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(4) Assist in resolving international SATCOM interference issues that cannot be
resolved by COCOM.
(5) Manage the SATCOM requirements process, including the necessary
requirements for commercial SATCOM assets for contingency and war situations.
(6) Co-chair the monthly Joint SATCOM panel with USSTRATCOM.
(7) Co-chair the annual joint revalidation and approval for planning purposes of
all SATCOM access requirements contained in the SDB with USSTRATCOM.
(8) Review and assess the results of the UCC annual review of SATCOM access
requirements. Provide recommendations and corrective actions to the CJCS.
(9) Chair joint working groups addressing SATCOM issues in support of CJCS
responsibilities.
(10) Coordinate on USSTRATCOM’s recommendations for initial positioning of
satellites.
(11) Coordinate the communications message processor (CMP) within the Joint
Staff. Oversee the coordination of CMP actions between the Services.
b. USSTRATCOM.
(1) Manage and dynamically assign SATCOM resources commensurate with its
role as the single point of contact in military space operational matters.
(2) Monitor resource contention among users and facilitate resolution. Arbitrate
conflicts resulting from apportionment decisions, allocation, and spacecraft positioning.
Forward unresolved issues to the Joint Staff for adjudication by the CJCS.
(3) Serve as SATCOM operational manager for the day-to-day management of
operational SATCOM resources. (See Appendix B for definitions of functions and
responsibilities.)
(4) Serve as the advocate for, and develop annual assessment of, SATCOM
systems and capability requirements for SATCOM systems supporting operational
requirements, as described at Appendix E.
(5) Maintain a direct liaison with the Services, Joint Staff, Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA), Office of the Secretary of Defense, and users of SATCOM
systems to identify system provisioning requirements, support DOD SATCOM
architecture development, and integrate SATCOM into the Global Information
Grid/Defense Information Systems Network.
(6) Coordinate the CMP schedules and issues with the COCOM annually.
Prioritize requirements, indicate shortfalls and operational impacts, and provide
accurate information to the Services and DISA.
c. Unified Combatant Command (UCC).
(1) Support relationship. Per JP 0-2, "Unified Action Armed Forces
(UNAFF)," the Secretary of defense establishes support command relationships between
combatant commanders for the planning and exeecution of joint operations. Operations
Allied Force and Iraqi Freedom highlighted the need to properly manage SATCOM
bandwidth, a challenge that may be exacerbated if the supported / supporting
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