JP 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States - Defense ...

Chapter VI
(6) The JTS supports DOD implementation of the joint learning continuum by
providing the construct to plan and implement a comprehensive organizational program that
may include elements of training (individual, staff, and collective), education, selfdevelopment,
and experience to achieve mission capability. This process establishes the
linkage between the NMS and CCMD missions, operational plans, and tasks inherent in
those plans and joint training. The final product is a CCDR JMETL and the CSA AMETL
that reflects and consolidates the mission capability requirements of the CCMD into a single
list of tasks, conditions, standards, responsible individuals, and organizations.
(7) The JTS represents a series of logical and repeatable processes that are intended
to continuously improve joint readiness. Used correctly, the system helps CCDRs,
subordinate joint force, functional, or Service commanders, other senior commanders, and
CSA directors to train more efficiently and identify areas for improvement. Effectively
using the processes within the JTS better enables commanders to assess the level of training
readiness in their commands and then make informed judgments on their ability to perform
assigned missions under unified CCMD.
b. Influence of Joint Training
(1) The Universal Joint Task List (UJTL) is a doctrine-based construct detailing a
universe of military tasks linked to specific conditions and standards. The UJTL provides a
standardized tool to support the planning, execution, evaluation, and assessment of joint
training. The UJTL offers a library of mission tasks for the development of
JMETLs/AMETLs and readiness reporting as well as defining capability requirements for
readiness reporting, systems acquisition, and contingency operations planning.
(2) The ultimate objective of the joint learning continuum is the provision of
mission-ready individuals and collective entities. Broadly, the missions to be accomplished
are articulated in the war plans of the CCDRs.
For further guidance on joint training, refer to CJCSI 3500.01G, Joint Training Policy and
Guidance for the Armed Forces of the United States.
7. Lessons Learned
a. The joint lessons learned component of joint force development entails collecting
observations, analyzing them, and taking the necessary steps to turn them into “learned
lessons”—changes in behavior that improve the mission ready capabilities of the joint force.
The conduct of joint operations provides the truest test of joint doctrine, joint education, and
joint training. Accordingly, it is crucially important to observe keenly the conduct of joint
operations, as well as the execution of each part of the joint force development process, in
order to continuously identify and assess the strengths and weaknesses of joint doctrine, joint
education, and joint training as well as strategy, policy, materiel, and supporting military
systems. Properly assessed, these positive and negative observations help senior leaders
identify and fix problems, reinforce success, and inside the joint force development
perspective, adjust the azimuth and interaction of the various lines of effort.
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