In the Multiagency Operating Environment of the 21st Century, Are Joint Qualified Officers Enough?
Abstract
In the multinational and interagency - or multiagency - operating environment of the 21st century, the Department of Defense centric development process used to certify Joint Qualified Officers and operational level leaders is inadequate. The 21st century multiagency operating environment requires military officers to have competencies and perspectives beyond those provided by the current military-focused service and joint leader development processes. Military officers must be able to effectively lead, operate, plan, and integrate in not only the joint environment, but in the multiagency environment. The U.S. Navy needed 21 years to fully incorporate the joint service officer development process called for in Goldwater-Nichols legislation. In today's fast-paced, globalized, multiagency world, the Navy cannot afford to take another two decades to adapt its leader development process to meet the requirements of the emerging operating environment. Nor should DoD wait for the U.S. Congress to enact new legislation to begin to reshape the process. Instead, DoD and the U.S. Navy must take the lead and institute improvements in the leader development process now to provide 21st century operational leaders with the education and experience needed to meet the challenges of the multiagency environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 24, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA494278
Entities
People
- Craig A. Clapperton
Organizations
- Naval War College