Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FM 34-54 Appendix B JCMEC OPERATIONS This appendix provides an overview of JCMEC operations and responsibilities; it is used as an example for an annex to a combatant command's TTP document. Each reference to the "supported Theater Commander" may be replaced by the appropriate unified or joint combatant command acronym (for example, ACOM, PACOM, CENTCOM). The JCMEC (in part or whole) normally will be established for any operation where significant amounts or types of CEM will be available and/or require field exploitation.
The supported Theater commander has the mission of establishing and operating a JCMEC through the 203d MI Battalion (TECHINT), FPB, and provides for the day-to-day operation of the JCMEC to include administration, logistics, systems, communications, and maintenance. The supported Theater commander also has staff responsibility for— Ensuring security of the materiel. Arranging for the evacuation and movement of CEM. Providing legal guidance concerning disposition of certain CEM, structures, and facilities. Coordinating for EOD. Coordinating the issue of CEM to US forces. The Theater J2 exercises operational control of the JCMEC through the JTIB located at the JIC.
The JTIB consists of the senior TECHINT representatives from DIA's Technical Directorate and Service TECHINT organizations (National Ground, Air, and Maritime Intelligence Centers as needed). The JTIB will be augmented with an LNE from the 203d MI Battalion (TECHINT). The purpose of a JCMEC is to provide a central in-theater location for the collection, safeguarding, identification, battlefield exploitation and reporting, and destruction and/or evacuation of specified captured foreign and US manufactured materiel. The JTIB— B-1 INTRODUCTION