Just posted an article about the Joint Operating Environment 2010, a strategic framework that forecasts possible threats and opportunities that will challenge the joint force in the future.
JOE 2010 continues and improves on work first outlined in the 2008 version of the document which was downloaded over a million times from the command Web site.
Army Lt. Gen. Keith M. Huber, USJFCOM deputy commander said,
“The purpose of the JOE is to encourage strategic dialogue – we put out JOE 2008, people responded, we listened and made changes and improvements based on that feedback.”
USJFCOM’s Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate recently finished an experiment that evaluated the military’s partnerships with civilian agencies in the area of safety, security and justice reform. The results led to a team being deployed to Afghanistan to aid in standing up a new task force there responsible for the nation’s prisons, detentions and corrections system. Read more here.
I just posted a story about Air Force Maj. Gen. Joseph Reynes Jr., who will become USJFCOM’s next director of joint concept development and experimentation. Read more here.
Just posted a new job opening announcement for a position managing special security programs in our Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate in Suffolk.
A team from the Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate recently finished a project focusing on the future of cyberspace operations. Read about the project’s results here.
U.S. Joint Forces Command is wrapping up 2009 with a look back at what we did, both in words and in photos. The command hosted, participated and partnered with DoD, interagency and coalition to offer the best solutions to our warfighters in the shortest length of time. Take a look at the command’s successes in our 2009 Year in Review!
Rear Admiral Dan Davenport, director of joint concept development and experimentation (JCD&E), U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and Rear Admiral Christian Canova, deputy assistant chief of staff future capabilities, research and technology, Allied Command Transformation (ACT), will conduct a media availability to discuss the 2009 Concept Development and Experimentation Conference.
The CD&E Conference is being conducted Nov. 16-19 at the Ergife Palace Hotel in Rome, Italy. The conference is designed to promote multinational concept development and experimentation by presenting possible partnering opportunities to advance specific projects of common interest. Conference topics include:
The conference is about finding solutions to the capability gaps the Alliance needs to address the challenges it is facing and will face in the future.
The availability will be conducted via a telephone conference call line with pass code. Media interested in participating in the availability should contact Navy Lt. Cmdr. Rob Lyon at USJFCOM Public Affairs Media Section (757-836-6559/6555) or robert.lyon@jfcom.mil for more details.
Just finished posting how USJFCOM has released a new Vision for a Joint Approach to Operational Design.
The vision provides guidance on the the migration of design-related improvements from the services’ doctrine, training and professional military education to a joint setting, while encouraging commanders to look at problems in their own unique context.
See below for more information on how you can contribute.
The 2009 Army Capstone Concept will be released on Dec. 21, but until then, Brig. Gen. H.R. McMaster, director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center’s Concepts Development and Experimentation Directorate, invites the public to preview and provide feedback for the draft copy on the Small Wars Journal blog.
Last updated in 2005, the ACC describes the broad capabilities the Army will require to apply finite resources to overcome adaptive adversaries in an era of complexity and uncertainty. The concept puts into operational terms Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey’s vision of balancing the Army to win today’s wars while describing how the future Army will fight.
McMaster furnished the draft to the Small Wars Journal to generate awareness and encourage dialogue through its discussion board. This is the first time TRADOC has “crowdsourced” a document, and more than 100 comments were posted in response to the draft ACC.
Along with this non-traditional method, McMaster has also sought input from Army fellows, joint and international partners, educators and experts in the field, not just from leaders within TRADOC.
While the ACC will enter final planning stages on Oct. 21, the discussion board will remain open for new comments. Please go to the Small Wars Journal to join the conversation. You can also read the document here.
I got a chance to sit down with Rear Adm. Dan Davenport who shared some of the insights from that wargame and what it means for the joint warfighter of the future.
