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'''Global Command and Control System''' (GCCS) is the United States' armed forces DoD joint [[command and control]] (C2) system used to provide accurate, complete, and timely information for the operational [[command hierarchy|chain of command]] for U.S. armed forces. "GCCS" is most often used to refer to the computer system, but actually consists of hardware, software, common procedures, tiappropriation, and numerous applications and interfaces that make up an "operational architecture" that provides worldwide connectivity with all levels of command.e appropriation GCCS incorporates systems that provide [[situation awareness|situational awareness]], support for intelligence, force planning, readiness assessment, and deployment applications that battlefield commanders require to effectively plan and execute joint military operations.

, and numerous applications and interfaces that make up an "operational architecture" that provides worldwide connectivity with all levels of command. GCCS incorporates systems that provide [[situation awareness|situational awareness]], support for intelligence, force planning, readiness assessment, and deployment applications that battlefield commanders require to effectively plan and execute joint military operations.

==History==

[[File:US Navy 041016-N-1513W-052 Operations Specialist^rsquo,s monitor Global Command Control Systems (GCCS) in the Combat Direction Center (CDC).jpg|thumb|left|[[Operations Specialist (United States Navy)|Operations Specialists]] monitor (GCCS) in the [[Combat Direction Center]] (CDC) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier [[USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)|USS ''John C. Stennis'' (CVN-74)]].]]

GCCS evolved from earlier predecessors such as TBMCS (Theater Battle Management Core Systems), Joint Operations Tactical System (JOTS), and Joint Maritime Command Information System (JMCIS) to fulfill a requirement for technological, procedural, and security improvements to the aging [[Worldwide Military Command and Control System]], aka [[WWMCCS]], and its [[TEMPEST]] requirements of Cold War defense from wire tappingwiretapping and electromagnetic signal interceptions, to include physical (special wire and cabinet shielding, double locks) and operational (special access passes and passwords) measures. On August 30, 1996, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officially decommissioned WWMCCS and the Joint Staff declared the Global Command and Control System (GCCS) as the joint command and control system of record.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/c3i/gccs.htm |title=GCCS |accessdate=2012-10-19 }}</ref>

==Applications, Functionality==

GCCS systems comprise various data processing and [[web services]] which are used by many applications supporting combat operations, troop/force movements (JOPES), intelligence analysis and production, targeting, ground weapons and radar analysis, and terrain and weather analysis. Some next -generation applications designed for GCCS may support collaboration using chat systems, newsgroups, and email. (See JOPES, Mob/ODEE, etc.)

GCCS supports six mission areas (operations, mobilization, deployment, employment, sustainment, and intelligence) through eight functional areas: threat identification and assessment, strategy planning aids, course of action development, execution planning, implementation, monitoring, risk analysis, and a common tactical picture.