Organize As We Fight: Army Theater Missile Warning -- JTAGS
Abstract
Warfighting commanders need a reliable, responsive, and autonomous capability to provide direct downlink to report on tactical ballistic missiles using Defense Support Program satellites or IR (infrared) data for early warning and alerting. Operations have demonstrated a need and Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) testing began in 1993. JTAGS provides ballistic missile warning and enhanced IR coverage 24/7, 365 days a year. The 1st Space Company (Theater Missile Warning) has committed three of the five JTAGS command operational systems available forward to the field in Korea (Pacific Command), Stuttgart (European Command), and Qatar (Central Command). JTAGS sections will remain in operation until the fielding of the Multi Mission Mobile Processor (M3P) is completed around Fiscal Year 2010. JTAGS is operated by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command and the 1st Space Brigade (U.S. Army), which is headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The 1st Space Company (Theater Missile Warning) command and controls three detachments and six sections with 109 officers and Soldiers deployed throughout the world. The 1st Space Brigade will re-task organize with four forward and one strategic reserve back for multiple purposes to include operational responsiveness to all combatant commanders with the added value of providing Soldier predictability, better permanent change of station rotations, and family quality of life.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA520647
Entities
People
- J. D. Price