Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States

Abstract

This publication is the capstone joint doctrine publication. It provides doctrine for unified action by the Armed Forces of the United States. As such, it specifies the authorized command relationships and authority that military commanders can use, provides guidance for the exercise of that military authority, provides fundamental principles and guidance for command and control, prescribes guidance for organizing joint forces, and describes policy for selected joint activities. It also provides the doctrinal basis for interagency coordination and for US military involvement in multiagency and multinational operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 2007
Accession Number
ADA469187

Entities

Organizations

  • Joint Chiefs of Staff

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Teamwork
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control