The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division is wrapping up a two-week mission rehearsal exercise sponsored by U.S. Joint Forces Command. Dubbed Unified Endeavor, the computer-driven exercise prepares combined and joint task force commanders and their staffs to operate in complex environments. Read more.
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Just posted a new job opening on our open job listing at jfcom.mil with a title that should catch the attention of the most creative among you: supervisory training innovation specialist. Find out more.
Just posted two new job announcements to the USJFCOM web site.
Just posted a story about the Joint Warfighting Center’s joint trainers preparing Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s incoming staff for its deployment. About 50 warfighters and civilians will travelto Djibouti in the spring for a one-year tour. Read more here.
Last week, before the skies opened and we were flooded in a massive noreaster, the Joint Warfighting Center’s Brig. Gen. Sanford Holman went out to Chesapeake and spoke as that city recognized their veterans.
I have uploaded our photos to the USJFCOM Flickr stream and local NBC affiliate WAVY TV covered it as well.
Just posted a new story about a change of responsibility ceremony conducted today for the Joint Warfighting Center and Joint Training Directorate.
Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Layfield replaces Army Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya, who is retiring after 33 years of service to the country. Kamiya feels the JWFC is in good hands, saying:
There is much, much more work to be done and I will miss the thrill and excitement of working with all of you, but I leave knowing that the joint training community is in enormously capable hands.
Posted by nikkicarter
on September 24, 2009
joint force provision, multinational, training / No Comments
joint force provision, multinational, training / No Comments
Just finished writing a story about our Joint Warfighting Center preparing units to deploy to Iraq during an exercise Sept. 28-Oct. 8.
Unified Endeavor 09-3 (UE 09-3) will prepare the Army’s III Corps to assume command and control of U.S. Forces - Iraq upon its expected arrival in theater.
Read more here.
Word came out of Washington yesterday that our new deputy joint force trainer will be Maj. Gen. David A. Morris.
Maj. Gen. Morris is no stranger to USJFCOM. The general served previously both as a civilian and as a reservist at USJFCOM. As a civilian employee, Morris worked in the Intelligence Directorate and he commanded the joint reserve unit of Special Operations Command-Joint Forces Command.
Joint Knowledge Online, the distance learning system managed by the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability (JKDDC) office at the USJFCOM Joint Warfighting Center, recently won an award where they were recognized for innovation.
Not ones to rest on their laurels, they have two new capabilities which will soon be whizzing through the wires to students around the globe: the Small Group Scenario Training (SGST) and the Virtual Cultural Awareness Trainer (VCAT).
Learn more about SGST and VCAT when you read Spc. Andrew Orillion’s article.
Posted by Gregg Your
on June 02, 2009
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joint capability development, joint experimentation / 5 Comments
This morning, we released a new vision for how the command will approach one of our key missions: joint concept development.
From the story on jfcom.mil:
The vision provides guidance about how USJFCOM can develop, test and validate new concepts more efficiently, and transition those concepts quickly into doctrine that benefits joint warfighters.
In the vision’s cover memo, USJFCOM Commander Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis said the objective is to set a high standard for official concepts without discouraging more exploratory conceptual work.
The memo continues by outlining some basic commander’s guidance such as:
• Concept development will be based on a thorough understanding of current doctrine.
• Concepts will provide a clear and testable alternative to that doctrine.
• Concepts validated through experimentation, practical experience, analysis, and professional debate will be transitioned systematically and expeditiously into doctrine.This comes while we are doing just this type of work at the Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO) wargame up in McLean, Va.
Read more about the vision and the CCJO wargame at jfcom.mil
