Reassessing Joint Experimentation

Abstract

Joint experimentation has reached a juncture. U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is the focal point for joint experimentation and implementing concepts found in Joint Vision 2020. While the command has embraced these tasks as its preeminent mission, it remains hamstrung by internal reluctance to think outside the box and pursue authentic experimental issues. Its efforts remain tied to current operational paradigms and demonstrate an incremental rather than revolutionary approach to anticipating requirements. Moreover, JFCOM is competing with CINCs who conduct their own experiments, which are primarily service-oriented but may have joint applicability. The result is a fragmented effort not necessarily oriented on joint requirements. This uncoordinated venture must be streamlined and consolidated under a single organization. JFCOM is best suited for this mission. It should exercise proprietary ownership of joint experiments and develop joint doctrine. If it does not, the command could find itself irrelevant and the military could lose its last and best hope for dramatic advances in operational art.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA524033

Entities

People

  • Thomas M. Cooke

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Attack Submarines
  • Combat Forces
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Homeland Defense
  • Information Operations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Military Capabilities
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies