Joint Warfighting
Abstract
The OSD JWP account underwrites two related activities supporting development of the Department's joint warfighting capability. These are resources dedicated to support joint capability analysis for joint customers and undertaken by Combatant Command staffs, and resources dedicated for independent analysis of joint warfare (currently conducted by the Institute for Defense Analysis – IDA and the Naval Postgraduate School - NPS). Iterative military budgets decrements leave JWP as the primary resource dedicated to analytic assessment of joint capability gaps and potential solutions. During a period of force resetting and realignment, this resource becomes even more essential to staffs and military units dedicated to evolving joint missions. The JWP resources are dedicated to analytic support for joint capability analysis and joint customers. JWP provides a safety net for analytic support responding to emergent joint capability requirements and capability gaps for identifying potential material solutions. Typical projects funded with JWP include translation of capability gap assessments into actionable military needs statements, identification of candidate solutions via experimentation, translation of solution concepts into field demonstrations, and remedy of joint capability gaps in partnership with Defense agents for doctrine changes and technology development. JWP resources dedicated to projects in partnership with joint commands provide analytic expertise not normally allocated via formal staffing billets. In this activity, JWP underwrites small grants to invigorate employment of experimentation and analysis, to formulate strategies to resolve joint capability gaps, and to stimulate participation in the Department enterprises for joint experimentation and joint capability development. JWP resources also support Mission Area Portfolio Assessments (MAPA), and the development of tools supporting joint commander analytic efforts. The balance of JWP funds resource the Joint Warfare Independent Analysis segment, an independent source to examine potential remedies for mission capability gaps. This segment of JWP often represents the first effort to define alternative solutions across the range of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership and Personnel-Facilities. The resources sustain a small segment of operation research analysis (currently hosted by the Institute for Defense Analysis – IDA). Administered by the Joint Operations Support (JOS) division within OSD/AT&L, JOS works closely and continuously with joint customers around the world. Analytic project selection is undertaken in consultation with the OSD staffs serving AT&L and Policy and with elements of the Joint Staff.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- P727_0603727D8Z_3_0400_PB_2015
Related Documents
- Root: Joint Warfighting Program
- Child Accomplishment: Support for Joint Capability Analysis
- Child Accomplishment: Analytic Development of Joint Military Requirements Addressing Evolving Threats / Missions