User:LastCallAgain/Joint C4 Coordination Center

NOTE
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Mission
The Joint Command, Control, Computer and Communications (C4) Coordination Center is a Joint United States Army/United States Air Force unit which specializes in facilitating communication between federal, state and local agencies during national emergencies..

Message
Brig. Gen. Henry C. McCann, National Guard Bureau J6 (Communications Officer), states...

Locations and staff
The JCCC consists of assets located in Smyrna, Delaware ("JCCC South"), Rhode Island, ("JCCC North") and Crystal City, Virginia ("JP1"). As of March 2010 the Center employs nearly 20 Soldiers, Airmen and civilian contractors between the threee sites.

History
The concept of the JCCC arose in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The difficulty communicating between agencies with vastly differing eauipment and protocols illustrated the need for a means to facilitate such communication.

...PEO C3T SPO - Program Executive Office Command Control and Communications Tactical Special Projects Office...

...more timeline...

The need for JCCC assistance was illustrated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August and September 2005. (Add JCCC involvement here...)

The JCCC was fully funded and implemented in (dates?) and the benefit of the Center was fully realized during the 2008 north Atlantic Hurricane season, when eight named tropical storms and hurricanes made landfall on the continental US. The JCCC was fully staffed around the clock for each storm.

Future of the JCCC
(Need info from BG McC or MAJ K...)