SORT: 5100.30
DOCI: DODD 5100.30
DATE: 19711202
TITL: DODD 5100.30 World-Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS),
December 2, 1971, SecDef, thru Ch 2, December 10, 1974
Refs: (a) DoD Directive 5-5100.30. "Concept of Operations of the World-
Wide Military Command and Control System", October 16 1962 (hereby
cancelled)
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this directive is to define the functional,
organizational, and operational relationships between all elements of the
Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) and to provide
policy guidance and establish responsibilities for the management
development, acquisition and operation of the WWMCCS.
II. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
This directive applies to the Military Departments. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Office of the Secretary of Defenses Unified and Specified Commands and
Department of Defense Agencies (hereinafter referred to as DoD Components)
involved in the development. acquisition and operation and support of the
WWMCCS.
III. DEFINITIONS
A. National Command Authorities (NCA). The NCA consists only of the
President and the Secretary of Defense or their duly deputized alternates
or successors. The chain of command runs from the President to the
Secretary of Defense and through the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the
commanders of Unified and Specified Commands. The channel of communication
for execution of the Single Integrated Operational Plan (51OP) and other
time sensitive operations shall be from the NCA through Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, representing the Joint Chiefs of Staff. to the
executing commanders.
NOTE: The expression. "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff", used in
this directive includes the officer appointed to this position and the
officer serving in this position in the appointee's absence. END NOTE:
B. Command and Control. For purposes of this directive. command and
control is the exercise of authority and direction by duly designated
authorities. These functions are performed through an arrangement of
personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures, which
are employed in planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling
operational activities of US Military Forces.
C. Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS). The WWMCCS is
the world-wide command and control system that provide. the means for
operational direction and technical administrative support involved in the
function of command and control of US Military Forces.
D. National Military Command System (NMCS). The NMCS is the priority
component of the WWMCCS designed to support the National Command
Authorities in the exercise of their responsibilities. It also supports
the Joint Chief s of Staff in the exercise of their responsibilities.
IV. GENERAL CONCEPTS
A. The WWMCCS serves two functions, listed below in their order of
priority and emphasis:
1. Support of the NCA is the primary mission, The NMCS provides the means
by which the President and the Secretary of Defense can: receive warning
and intelligence upon which accurate and timely decisions can be made.;
apply the resources of the Military Departments; and assign military
missions and provide direction to the Unified and Specified Commands. The
NMCS must be capable of providing information so that appropriate and
timely responses may be selected and directed by the NCA and implemented.
In addition, the NMCS supports the Joint Chiefs of Staff in carrying out
their responsibilities.
2. Support of the command and control systems of the Unified and Specified
Commands and the WWMCCS related management/information systems of other
DoD Components is the second mission. This function will be supported by
the WWMCCS subordinate to and on the basis of non-interference with the
primary mission.
B. Guidelines for Design and Operation of the WWMCCS.
1. Both the communication of warning and intelligence from all sources and
the communication of decisions and commands to the Military, Forces
require that the NMCS be the most responsive;, reliable, and survivable
system that can be provided with the resources available. This requires
that the command and control systems of all other DoD Components be
configured and operated for effective support of the NMCS as well as their
specific missions. Interfaces must be compatible, communication links must
provide direct connection or real time delay wherever necessary,
computerized data formats must be common and all details of system
configuration and operation must be as efficient as possible in terms of
both effectiveness and in utilization of resources.
2. The WWMCCS will be exercised frequently under the most realistic
conditions possible in order to insure readiness and to identify
deficiencies. Exercises will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of
standard operating procedures, changes to these procedures, the
effectiveness of installed and deployed command and control equipment,
equipment changes, and to assist in validating the need for and
characteristics of hardware and software proposed to correct identified
deficiencies.
3. These guidelines apply to all DoD Components and to the utilization of
all other Department of Defense resources in support of the WWMCCS and its
prime mission.
4. The effective operation of the WWMCCS rests upon the under standing of
its concepts and objectives and its innovative support by those charged
with its design and operation. Every effort must be made to assure this
understanding and encourage this support.
V. COMPOSITION, OF THE WWMCCS
A. National Military Command System (NMCS).
1. Since survival of the command and control capability of NMCS is
fundamental to continuity of operations, a composite command structure
with survivable communications is required This includes the National
Military Command Center (NMCC), the Alternate National Military Command
Center (ANMCC), the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP), and
such other command centers as may be designated by the Secretary of
Defense. These centers must be linked by reliable communications,
supported by warning and intelligence systems, and continuously manned and
ready for use. Special capabilities must be provided for communication
with strategic offensive and defensive forces and for other forces which
may be required for quick reaction in crises. In this case, the
communications will be designated and operated to assure minimum elapsed
time for the transmission of orders to the operating units of these
forces. The NMCS also includes communications connecting its facilities
with primary and alternate command facilities of the:
a. Headquarters of the Unified and Specified Commands.
b. Service headquarters of the Military Departments.
c. Other designated DoD Components which provide support through the
WWMCCS.
2. Support of the NMCS will be the priority function of all primary and
alternate command facilities.
B. Command and Control Systems of the Unified and Specified Commands.
1. The command and control system: of the Unified and Specified Commands
provide the means through which Unified/Specified Commanders receive
information and exercise operational command of assigned forces.
2. The command and control system of a unified command includes the
command and control systems of subordinate unified commands and joint task
forces when such organizations are established and assigned. Further, the
Unified!Specified Commander must provide guidance to his Component
Commands to assure interoperability of the command-wide command, control,
and intelligence support systems necessary to his operational functions.
C. WWMCCS-Related Management/information Systems of the Headquarters of
the Military Departments. This consists of the facilities, equipment,
communications, procedures, and personnel which provide the means through
which the headquarters of the Military Departments carry out their
assigned functions in support of the WWMCCS.
D. Command and Control Systems of the Headquarters of the Service
Component Commands. These systems provide the means trough which the
commanders send and receive information and exercise command over their
forces.
E. Command and Control Support Systems of Department of Defense dies These
systems provide the means through which the Directors accomplish the
missions of their Agencies in support of the command and control function.
F. Command and Control Systems described in paragraphs B, C, D, and E will
be configured and operated generally to meet the requirements of the
commands being served. However, the priority requirement will be as
defined in subparagraph IV. A. l. All communications facilities of these
commands will be designed not only to interface with main NMCS
communications, but for information to flow through and to and from points
within each command as may be appropriate.
G. Non-Department of Defense Systems.
1. Effective coordination and liaison must be established and maintained
with those activities of the U. S. Government outside the Department of
Defense which have functions associated with the NMCS, e. g., White House
Situation Room, State Department Operations Center, Central Intelligence
Agency Indications Office, U. S. Intelligence Board National Indications
Center, U.N. Military Mission, Office of Emergency Preparedness National
Warning Center, the U. S. Coast Guard Operations Center, the FAA Executive
Communications Control Center, and such other agencies, activities, or
centers as may be designated.
2. Appropriate military information will be provided to these associated
systems through the NMCS, utilizing timely, secure, and reliable
communications systems. Conversely, political, intelligence, diplomatic,
and economic information input to the NMCS will be provided by these same
systems. The WWMCCS may also be required to interface with such multi-
national elements as NATO. In addition, the NMCS should provide
communications and space to support representatives of the White House and
other Government activities who may use the NMCS in a politico-military
situation concerning strategic direction of U. S. Military Forces. The
Joint Chiefs of Staff will provide for lateral coordination with U. S.
Government activities external to the Department of Defense to insure
necessary interchange of data to and from the NMCS.
VI. REPONSIBILITIES
A. Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the
Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have the responsibility:
1. To prepare strategic plans and provide for the strategic direction
of the armed forces, including the direction of operations conducted by
Commanders of Unified and Specified Commands and the discharge of any
other function of command for such commands directed by the Secretary of
Defense.
2. To serve as advisers and as military staff in the chain of operational
command with respect to Unified and Specified Commands, to provide a
channel of communi cations from the President and Secretary of Defense to
Unified and Specified Commands, and to coordinate all communications in
matters of joint interest addressed to the Commanders of the Unified or
Specified Commands by other authority.
3. To advise on the effectiveness of the WWMCCS.
B. Under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Chair man of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff will:
1. Operate, for the Secretary of Defense, the NMCS to meet the needs of
the NCA. He will establish 6 operational policies and procedures for all
components of the NMGS and assure their implementation.
2. Define the scope and components of the NMCS.
3. Develop and validate requirements for the NMCS, make recommendations on
the design, development, and procurement of systems and prepare, with
appropriate DoD Component assistance, appropriate planning. programming.
and budgeting documents for the NMCS.
4. Maintain cognizance of all WWMCCS programs and capabilities. Validate
WWMCCS requirements of the Unified/specified Commanders. Develop an
overall WWMGGS Objectives Plan.
5. Make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense to insure
responsiveness, functional interoperability, and standardization ff the
WWMCCS. Make recommendations for changes to the WWMCGS that will increase
the effectiveness of the NMCS.
6. Implement decisions of the Secretary of Defense concerning requisite
capabilities of the NMCS pertaining to subparagraph V.F.
C. The Director, Telecommunications and Command and Control Systems
(DTACCS)" will have primary staff responsibility in the Office of the
Secretary of Defense for the WWMCCS, NMCS, and WWMCCS related systems.
This responsibility includes review and advice to the Secretary of Defense
on all matters, except those assigned in paragraphs VI. D. and VI. E.,
below, relating to the design, development, procurement, and performance
of equipment. systems. and technical procedures involved in the WWMCCS,
including recommendations made by or through the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
D. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) will have primary
staff responsibility in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for
intelligence collection and reporting systems.
This responsibility includes review and advice to the Secretary of Defense
on all matters involving warning and intelligence relating to the design,
development, procurement (other than ADP procurement), and performance of
equipment, systems and technical procedures involved in the WWMCCS,
including recommendations made by or through the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
E. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) will maintain central
focal point cognizance of ADP procurement, reporting, and reutilization.
F. Non-NMCS elements of the WWMCCS will continue to be administered by
their responsible DoD Components.
VII. WORLD-WIDE MILITARY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (WWMCCS) COUNCIL
There is hereby established a WWMCCS Council, which will be chaired by the
Deputy Secretary of Defense and will have as additional members the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Intelligence). and the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
(Telecommunications). The Council will provide policy guidance for the
development and operation of the WWMCCS and evaluate its overall
performance. In particular, it will review and evaluate for the Secretary
of Defense the exercises specified under IV. B. It will also review and
make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on the planning,
programming, and budgeting of the WWMCCS.
VIII. CANCELLATION
Reference (a) is hereby superseded and canceled.
IX. EFFECTIVE DATE AND IMPLEMENTATION
This Directive is effective upon publication. In the event of conflict
between this Directive and previous directives and instructions, the
provisions of this Directive will govern. All DoD Components will review
their existing directives a instruction, and regulations for conformance
with this Directive; advise the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the results of this review within 30 days and
Implement any necessary changes within 90 days of publication of this
Directive.
Deputy Secretary of Defense
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