Deputy Commandant, Plans, Policy and Operations (DC, PP&O) establishes minimum standards for training, certifying, designating, qualifying, and evaluating United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel to operate as a part of a TACP as Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC), Forward Air Controllers (FAC), Forward Air Controllers Airborne (FAC(A)), and Joint Fires Observers (JFO)) across the Range Of Military Operations.