Service Culture and the Joint Force

Abstract

This paper examines service cultures and their affect on the development of the joint force and its ability to meet the challenges of the future operating environment. The transformation of the joint force -- synergizing the capabilities of the services to meet the nation's needs -- requires service cultures open to supporting the higher need of the joint force over service parochialism. Given that leaders can impact an organization's culture through embedding and reinforcing mechanisms, the paper uses this concept to examine the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's vision documents and recent quadrennial defense review. The paper concludes that the service cultures are aligned with the challenge of the future joint operating environment and will be the foundation upon which joint force capabilities evolve to meet the requirements of the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2011
Accession Number
ADA560288

Entities

People

  • Michael W. Taylor

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Embedding
  • Environment
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.