Producing Joint Qualified Officers, FY2008 to FY2017 Trends
Abstract
Since enactment of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Actin 1986, the Department of Defense (DoD) has continued to reform and refine its policies regarding both joint professional military education (JPME) and joint duty assignments. Once these education and duty assignments have been completed, a servicemember may be designated as a joint qualified officer (JQO)aligning with a central tenet in the original legislation to increase the quality, stability, and experience of officers assigned to joint organizations with the ultimate intent of improving joint operational outcomes. The fundamental elements for educating and managing JQOs are codified in law and implemented via DoD policy. Over time, these policies have been modified and updated to reflect operational considerations and to provide additional enhancements and flexibilities. Such changes included expanding the institutions that were eligible to provide senior-level JPME and implementing a points-based joint qualification system that recognized career-long accumulation of joint experiences, education, and training. In this report we detail the joint qualifying parameters and characterize their evolution over time. The overall objective of this research was to quantify and assess the production of JQOs by examining trends in achieving educational requirements and accomplishing joint assignments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1097653
Entities
People
- Anthony Lawrence
- Paul W. Mayberry
- William Ii H. Waggy
Organizations
- RAND Corporation