Goldwater-Nichols: The Next Evolution - Reorganizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Abstract

The Goldwater-Nichols Reorganization Act of 1986 was signed into law by president Reagan on 1 October 1986. The law made the most significant changes to the functions and structure of the United States Military since it's establishment by the National Security Act of 1947 that established the Department of Defense. Congress sought to reorganize the Department of Defense to address the many problems they saw in the United States military. "Goldwater Nichols was designed to increase civilian control of the military, improve the military's advice to senior civilian leaders, improve military effectiveness and to increase attention to the formulation of strategy and to contingency planning." Despite all the progress made, the Goldwater-Nichols Act must evolve further to meet the Congressional objective of "jointness."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA404408

Entities

People

  • Charles A. Wilson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Administration
  • Second World War
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting