Joint Defense Capabilities Study

Abstract

In March 2003, the Secretary of Defense chartered a study--formally named the Joint Defense Capabilities Study--to examine how the Department of Defense (DoD) develops, resources, and provides joint capabilities. The Secretary selected the Honorable Pete Aldridge, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, to lead the study. The Study Team's task was to examine and improve DoD processes for determining needs, creating solutions, making decisions, and providing capabilities to support joint warfighting needs. Based on that examination, the Study Team developed streamlined processes and alternative organizations to better integrate defense capabilities in support of joint objectives. Why change? Although the current processes have produced the best armed forces in the world, they do not optimize our investment in joint capabilities to meet current and future security challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA533685

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Planning
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.