What Exactly Is Jointness?

Abstract

The last thirteen of my thirty-plus years as a military officer have been spent in joint duty assignments. For six years I have actually taught the essentials of jolntness at the intermediate and senior levels of professional military education (PME), an experience which has provided many opportunities to discuss the nature of jointness with students. VVhat has come out of those discussions is that jointness is understanding broadly what your fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines bring to the battle and trusting them to do it right and well-and their feeling the same way about you. All frills and lobbying aside, the essence of jointness is understanding and trust. As General Colin Powell stated in the first edition of Joint Pub 1, "jolnt warfare is team warfare." But what about seamlessness, synergy, joint doctrine, interoperability, and all the other buzzwords? Let's examine some of the more prevalent ones.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA354187

Entities

People

  • Lawrence B. Wilkerson

Organizations

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Force Protection
  • Human Behavior
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Risk Management
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.