Future Joint Force Development

Abstract

The Joint Staff Analytical Support (JSAS) program supports the Chairman’s Title 10 responsibility for the analytical support, management and development of future-based joint concepts. These threat based Joint concepts include Joint concepts of operations that advance Joint Force operational effectiveness and enable the introduction and incorporation of new capabilities. The Joint Concepts program supports the Chairman's responsibility to express a vision for the future joint force; addressing operational problems on a 20-year horizon; identifying joint force development implications; and identifying capabilities required to mitigate and solve future joint warfighting gaps. The goal is to enable investment decisions balancing near and long term risk. Threat-informed joint concepts drive capability development and promote horizontal integration for force development across the Services, Combatant Commands, Defense agencies, OSD and Joint Staff. Key deliverables include: Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) Version 3.0: Further identifies innovative and alternative approaches and design options and concept required capabilities for the employment of the Joint Force out to 2030. Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) and Operational Plan After Next (OAN): Describe how the actions of the joint force components and supporting organizations are integrated, synchronized, and phased to accomplish a specific mission, war plan or function within the construct of a future scenario. CONOPS and OAN support evaluation of new ways of operating, future force posture mix, advanced capabilities, and authorities in exercises, wargames, and experiments. Joint Operating Environment (JOE) and the Gamechangers report: Developed in partnership with DIA, this report describes the future security environment and projects the implications of change for the Joint Force. The documents describe the circumstances that may alter the security environment and explores how the intersection and interaction of these changes might impact the character of war in the future. They provide a framework to think about the full range of Joint Force missions and how they may evolve over time in order to support development of threat-based future Joint concepts and concepts of operations.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: P001_0204571J_6_0400_PB_2024

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