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Joint Force Development
capabilities. Once validated and approved, concepts and solutions are actively transitioned
via the force development process in order to institutionalize the solutions. Succeeding in
this requires the establishment of three types of organizational sponsorship to deliver
sustainable joint capability to the joint warfighter. The operational sponsor is the submitting
organization (“has the problem”). The technical sponsor is the organization that has the
expertise in designing and executing the experiment or expertise with the proposed
capability. The implementation sponsor is the organization that has the authorities and
responsibilities required for implementation of the developed capability, once validated and
approved, into the joint force. These roles and responsibilities are identified in a project
experimentation support agreement during the planning phase and serve as the baseline for
formal periodic project reviews and ensure that assessment remains relevant to DOD.
(2) Joint assessment does not conclude the joint force development life cycle; it
informs it. Being that the joint force development life cycle is iterative, constant, and
inclusive, results of assessments provide validated solutions that provide change
recommendations for relevant joint doctrine, education, training, and exercises to sustain the
joint warfighter’s capability. Additionally, as new capabilities are discovered through the
collection and exploration of lessons learned, joint warfighting capability is created with the
codification of these best practices into joint doctrine, the dissemination of lessons learned
across the Services, and comprehensive training and education programs that produce our
future strategists and leaders. Accordingly, joint force development enables a joint trained
and adaptable force prepared to function across the ROMO.
For further guidance on joint concepts and experimentation, refer to CJCSI 3010.02C, Joint
Concept Development and Experimentation.
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