Joint Officer Selection, Utilization and Command
Abstract
The Goldwater-Nichols Act legislated the improvement of joint interoperability within the Department of Defense but has, of yet, not successfully integrated joint officers into a career field with a planned career progression. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of (JCS) has input into the vettement, education, command selection, and career paths of joint officers but has little proactive management capabilities. The Goldwater-Nichols Act implies that there are two types of joint tours needed to promote joint interoperability: one time familiarization tours and repeated career progression utilization. A Joint Personnel Command (JPC) would not only assist with selecting officers for joint familiarization tours after joint education but also identify officers for a permanent joint career. A JPC could also establish a single joint evaluation report to give the JCS a common evaluation of joint performance and better equip the JCS in selecting officers for return joint utilization. A JPC would assist with an orderly and logically templated career path for career joint officers which would help retain quality joint officers and assist promotion and joint command selection. Without the advent of a JPC joint officers are no more than temporary manpower serving, normally, to the detriment of their service career progression.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 30, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA468946
Entities
People
- W. L. Rehorn
Organizations
- United States Army War College