scope:

Purpose.

This instruction establishes policy for individual and organizational target coordinate mensuration certification for unilateral and joint operations of the US Armed Forces and for combined multinational operations with the military forces of allied nations.

Applicability.

This instruction applies to the combatant commands, Services, Defense agencies, and Joint Staff engaged in producing and archiving precise coordinates for coalition strike operations. Personnel, such as Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, Forward Observers, and fire support personnel, conducting tactical coordinate mensuration, for other than deliberate/planned targets, are excepted from this instruction.