Political-Military Action Team (PMAT)
PM/ISO maintains a 24/7 watch center, known as the Political-Military Action Team (PMAT). The PMAT is staffed by personnel with extensive diplomatic and military expertise to provide various functions, to include:
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Coordinate military operations with the National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center (NJOIC), geographic combatant command centers, and the Department Operations Center.
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Provide diplomatic information to military command centers and to Foreign Policy Advisors (POLADs) assigned to military commands.
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Publish the twice-daily Political-Military Situation Report (available via classified e-mail and at the PMAT classified website).
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Process diplomatic aircraft and ship clearance applications or amendments -- and handle related interagency inquiries -- on nights, weekends, & holidays.
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Serve as the initial point of contact for unresolved radiological alarms for the Nuclear Trafficking Response Group (NTRG).
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Serve as the PM Bureau Representative to Department task forces.
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Serve as the PM Bureau Duty Officer.
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