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

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professional development programs include elements of both education and training in their
academic curriculum. Effective joint learning relies on close coordination of training and
education. As individuals mature and develop within their military specialties, they acquire
the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for positions of increased responsibilities.
6. Joint Training
Joint training prepares individuals, joint forces, or joint staffs to respond to strategic,
operational, or tactical requirements considered necessary by the CCDRs to execute their
assigned or anticipated missions. Joint training encompasses both individual and collective
training of joint staffs, units, and the Service components of joint forces.
a. Joint Training Fundamentals
(1) Types of Joint Training. Joint training must be accomplished by effectively
matching the training requirements and training audiences with appropriate training methods
and modes within available resources. These audiences include:
(a) Individual Joint Training. Training that prepares individual members and
commanders to perform duties in joint organizations (e.g., specific staff positions or
functions) or to operate uniquely joint systems. Individuals should be proficient in requisite
knowledge, skills, and ability to apply joint doctrine and procedures necessary to function as
staff members.
(b) Staff Joint Training. Training that prepares joint staffs or joint staff
elements to respond to strategic and operational taskings deemed necessary by CCDRs and
subordinate JFCs to execute their assigned missions.
(c) Collective Joint Training. Instruction and applied exercises that prepare
joint organizational teams to integrate and synchronize owned and provided capabilities to
execute assigned missions. Collective exercise programs include the President’s National
Exercise Program (NEP), the Chairman’s Exercise Program (CEP), and the Joint Exercise
Program (JEP).
1. The NEP consists of annual, operations-based exercises, either a
functional command post exercise or a full-scale exercise, involving department and agency
principals and Presidential participation. These national-level exercises address USG
strategic and policy-level objectives and challenge the national response system. DOD
participates in the NEP through the CEP.
2. The CEP is the only dedicated means for the CJCS, through the Joint
Staff, to coordinate interagency and CCMD participation in strategic national-level joint
exercises.
3. The JEP is a principal means for CCDRs to maintain trained and ready
forces, exercise their contingency plans, support their TCP, and achieve joint and
multinational (combined) training. CCDR-sponsored JEP events train to mission capability
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