- For the computer game, see Joint Task Force (computer game). Joint Task Force is a PC Real-time tactics game where players command military forces in combat situations based on modern day conflicts
A task force (TF) is a temporary unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity. A military organization is a way of structuring the armed forces of a State as a need to offer Military capability required by the National defence policy Originally introduced by the United States Navy, the term has now caught on for general usage and is a standard part of NATO terminology. The North Atlantic Treaty Many non-military organizations now create "task forces" or task groups for temporary activities that might have once been performed by ad hoc committees.
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Joint Task Force
In U. S. terminology, now widely adopted, including by NATO, the term Joint implies the combination of more than one military service (i. A military organization is a way of structuring the armed forces of a State as a need to offer Military capability required by the National defence policy e. some combination of Army -, Naval - and/or Air forces). Therefore a Joint Task Force (JTF) is a TF which includes more than one service.
United States DoD
A joint task force (JTF) is a joint force that is constituted and so designated by a JTF establishing authority. A JTF establishing authority may be the Secretary of Defense or the commander of a combatant command, subordinate unified command, or existing JTF. In most situations, the JTF establishing authority will be a combatant commander. JTFs are established on a geographical area or functional basis when the mission has a specific limited objective and does not require overall centralized control of logistics.
Examples include Joint Task Force Bravo, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Joint Task Force Lebanon, and Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations. Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B is one of three Task Forces under United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO is one of the US military units based at the United States Navy base located at Guantánamo Bay Cuba on the southeastern Joint Task Force Lebanon ( JTF-L) is a US European Command (EUCOM operational unit established in 2006 and assigned responsibility for U Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations ( JTF-GNO) is a subordinate command of the United States Strategic Command.
These are temporary call signs designated to particular ship/ ships assigned to fulfill certain missions.
CTF can be read as Commander Task force while TF is Task Force. likewise the force is brokendown as following:- Task force, Task Group, Task Unit and Task element.
Canada
Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) is the Canadian Forces' elite special forces unit, roughly equivalent to the American Delta Force or the British Special Air Service. Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2 was formed on April 1, 1993 and is the Canadian Forces unit responsible for federal counter-terrorist operations The Canadian Forces (CF ( French: Forces canadiennes) are the unified Armed forces of Canada, governed by the National Defence For the computer game see Delta Force (video game. For the movie see The Delta Force (film. The Special Air Service ( SAS) is a Special forces regiment within the British Army which has served as a model and inspiration for the special However, it is not temporary but permanent, and does not fit with the US Combined Communication-Electronics Board system (TF 2 remains allocated to the United States). Thus while it is called a Joint Task Force, it is not technically a joint (more than one service) Task Force (temporary). It is known to have fought in Afghanistan and was part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. The United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti also known as MINUSTAH, an Acronym of the French
Combined Joint Task Force
In U. Combined Joint Task Force – 82 (CJTF-82 was a US led subordinate formation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - North (C/JSOTF-N also known as Task Force Viking was the command responsible for the northern front during Operation Iraqi Freedom S. terminology, now widely adopted, including by NATO, the term combined implies more than one nation. In the Military use combined operations, also known as joint operations or interoperability capability are either operations conducted by forces of two or more allied The UK originally started World War II using "Combined" to denote forces composed of more than one service, which is how the Combined Operations term originated. Combined Operations Headquarters was a department of the British War Office set up during World War II to harass the Germans on the European continent by means of However they soon adopted the U. S. usage, and organizations were named accordingly, for example, the Combined Chiefs of Staff. The Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS was the supreme military command for the Western Allies during World War II. Today a Combined Task Force (CTF) is a task force which includes sub-elements of more than one nation.
A Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) is a task force which includes elements of more than one service and elements of more than one nation.
Naval
United States Navy
The concept of a task force was originally introduced by the United States Navy around the beginning of 1941, as a way to increase flexibility. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At the time, ships were collected in divisions, which in turn were collected in numbered squadrons, which comprised a numbered fleet. A division is a large Military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to thirty thousand soldiers A squadron, or naval squadron is a Unit of 3-4 major Warships, Transport ships Submarines or sometimes small craft that may be part of a larger A fleet, or naval fleet is a large formation of Warships, and the largest formation in any Navy. A task force could be built out of ships from different divisions and squadrons, without having to go through the paperwork entailed by permanent reorganization, and easily dissolved when it was no longer useful. The task force concept worked very well, and by the end of World War II about 100 task forces had been created. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
Each task force was assigned a two-digit number. The first digit was originally the number of the fleet, while the second historically differentiated between task forces from the same fleet. A fleet, or naval fleet is a large formation of Warships, and the largest formation in any Navy. It was typically abbreviated, so references like TF 11 are commonly seen. Task Force (TF 11 was a United States Navy Task force in World War II. In addition, a task force could be broken into several task groups, identified by decimal points, as in TG 11. 2, and finally task units, as in TU 11. 2. 1. Individual ships are task elements, for example TE 11. 2. 1. 2 would be the second ship in TU 11. 2. 1.
Some Navy task forces in World War II:
- Task Force 11
- Task Force 16
- Task Force 17
- Task Force 31
- Task Force 34
- Task Force 38
- Task Force 58
- Task Force 61
- Task Force 80
- Task Force 88
The US Navy still uses task forces, and the Department of Defense often forms a joint task force if the force includes units from other services. Task Force (TF 11 was a United States Navy Task force in World War II. Task Force 16 is one of the most storied Task forces in the United States Navy, a major participant in a number of the most important battles of the Pacific War Task Force 31 ( TF 31) was a US Navy Task force active with the United States Third Fleet during World War II and still ready to be activated The Fast Carrier Task Force, known at different times as Task Force 38 and Task Force 58, was the main striking force of the United States Navy in The Fast Carrier Task Force, known at different times as Task Force 38 and Task Force 58, was the main striking force of the United States Navy in Task Force 88 (TF88 was the escort carrier force commanded by Rear-Admiral T H Troubridge that supported Operation Dragoon, the allied invasion of southern France In naval terms, the multinational Australian/US/UK/Canadian/NZ Combined Communications-Electronic Board mandates through Allied Communications Publication 113 (ACP 113) the present system, which allocated numbers from TF 1 to apparently TF 999. For example, the French Navy is allocated the series TF 470-474, and Task Force 473 has been used recently for an Enduring Freedom task force deployment built around FS Charles de Gaulle. The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale ( National Navy) and often called La Royale ( The Royal Navy) is the maritime arm Task Force 473 was an expeditionary force of the French Navy designed to help in Operation Enduring Freedom, the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF is the official name used by the U Development Construction The carrier replaced ''Foch'', a conventionally-powered aircraft carrier in 2001 Note that there is no requirement for uniqueness; for instance, there was a TF 76 in World War II, and a different one in the Vietnam War, as part of the Seventh Fleet. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Seventh Fleet is the United States Navy's permanent forward projection force based in Yokosuka, Japan, with units positioned near South Korea
Royal Navy
Earlier in the Second World War, the British Royal Navy had devised its own similar system of forces, which were assigned a letter, not a number. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) For example, the force stationed at Gibraltar was known as Force H, while the force stationed at Singapore in December 1941 was known as Force Z. Force H was a British naval task force (though that term was not used during World War II. Singapore Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Army
In the United States Army, a task force is a battalion-sized ad hoc unit formed by attaching smaller elements of other units. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. A battalion is a Military unit of around 500-1500 men usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel A company-sized unit with an armored or mechanized infantry unit cross-attached is called a company team. See Team Yankee. Team Yankee is a Speculative fiction Novel written in 1987 by Harold Coyle, then a major in the United States Army
In the British Army and armies of other Commonwealth countries, such units are known as battlegroups. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. A battlegroup (British/Commonwealth term or Task force (US term in modern military theory, is the basic building block of an Army 's
Government
In government or business a task force is temporary organization created to solve a particular problem. It is considered to be a more formal ad-hoc committee. A committee (some of which are titled instead as a "Commission" or other terms discussed below in) is a type of small Deliberative assembly that is usually intended
See also
Some task forces have a creative name, e. g. after their commander, such as Dunsterforce. Established in 1917 Dunsterforce was an Allied military mission of under 1000 Australian British Canadian and New Zealand elite troops (drawn from the Mesopotamian and
External links
- Task force article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- http://www.jcs.mil/j6/cceb/acps/ACP113AFMC5.pdf - See Annex A, p 198-99, for current system
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