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CHAPTER VI<br />
JOINT FORCE DEVELOPMENT<br />
“It’s clear we have work to finish in <strong>the</strong> current conflicts and it should be just as<br />
clear that we have work to do in preparing <strong>for</strong> an uncertain future. Our work must<br />
result in a joint <strong>for</strong>ce that is responsive, decisive, versatile, interdependent, and<br />
af<strong>for</strong>dable.”<br />
General Martin E. Dempsey, US Army<br />
18th Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Joint Chiefs <strong>of</strong> Staff, 2011<br />
SECTION A. FUNDAMENTALS OF JOINT FORCE DEVELOPMENT<br />
1. Principles<br />
a. Joint <strong>for</strong>ce development prepares individual members and units <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Armed</strong> <strong>Forces</strong><br />
to field a joint <strong>for</strong>ce that integrates service capabilities in order to execute assigned missions.<br />
It includes joint doctrine, joint education, joint training, joint lessons learned, and joint<br />
concept development and assessment.<br />
b. The why, how, and what <strong>of</strong> joint <strong>for</strong>ce development are:<br />
(1) Why is joint <strong>for</strong>ce development essential? Each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Services organizes,<br />
trains, and equips to bring unique capabilities to <strong>the</strong> fight, and <strong>the</strong> integration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />
Service capabilities is <strong>the</strong> foundation <strong>of</strong> US warfighting capability. Joint <strong>for</strong>ce development<br />
enables <strong>the</strong> continual improvement <strong>of</strong> joint capabilities, achieving jointness at <strong>the</strong> right level.<br />
However, jointness is not automatic and it is perishable. It must be advanced through<br />
continual joint <strong>for</strong>ce development ef<strong>for</strong>ts.<br />
(2) The overarching process <strong>for</strong> how jointness is maintained is <strong>the</strong> joint <strong>for</strong>ce<br />
development life cycle (Figure VI-1). Our joint warfighting capability is improved through<br />
<strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> concepts validated by rigorous assessment and lessons learned from<br />
current operations. It is sustained through joint doctrine, education, training, and exercises.<br />
New ideas are discovered through active scouting: capitalizing and exploiting innovative<br />
opportunities and developments occurring inside and outside <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> military community.<br />
The end product is joint warfighting capability.<br />
2. Authorities<br />
(3) The what <strong>of</strong> joint <strong>for</strong>ce development is a trained and capable joint <strong>for</strong>ce.<br />
a. Joint <strong>for</strong>ce development involves <strong>the</strong> synchronized execution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> legislated<br />
authorities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CJCS, <strong>the</strong> Service Chiefs, and o<strong>the</strong>rs (such as CDRUSSOCOM). US law<br />
(Title 10, USC, Section 153) gives <strong>the</strong> CJCS authority regarding joint <strong>for</strong>ce development,<br />
specifically providing authority to develop doctrine <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> joint employment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Armed</strong><br />
<strong>Forces</strong>, and to <strong>for</strong>mulate policies <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> joint training <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Armed</strong> <strong>Forces</strong> to include<br />
policies <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> military education and training <strong>of</strong> members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Armed</strong> <strong>Forces</strong>. In<br />
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