United States Joint Forces Command

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United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) is one of nine unified combatant commands of the United States military. Unlike the five commands with responsibility for war plans and operations in specified portions of the world, USJFCOM is a functional command that provides specific services to the military.

USJFCOM was formed in 1999 when the old United States Atlantic Command was renamed and given a new mission: leading the transformation of the U.S. military through experimentation and education.

Contents

1 Mission
2 Organization
3 Joint Experimentation Directorate
4 External links

Mission

Dubbed the Pentagon's "transformation laboratory", USJFCOM develops concepts, tests them in experiments, educates joint leaders, trains joint forces, and recommends ways for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to work and fight together.

The overarching transformation concept, or Effects-Based Operations (EBO), is the benchmark by which all testing, concept development and training adheres.

The joint force concept development and experimentation focus is an inherent component of this mission, and will transport the EBO concept to reality. Joint force integrator evaluates and prioritizes the solutions that support EBO. The joint force trainer role allows USJFCOM to rapidly introduce new doctrine and receive immediate feedback from the warfighters. The role as joint force provider will monitor and deploy these effects-based forces to combatant commanders for the variety of missions they are tasked to perform.

USJFCOM is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. It employs more than 2,000 people, including troops from all branches of the U.S. military, civil servants, contractors and consultants.

Organization

The commander of USJFCOM is U.S. Air Force General Lance L. Smith. JFCOM has four component commands, a sub-unified command and eight subordinate activities, including: Joint Warfighting Center; Joint Systems Integration Command; Joint Transformation Command for Intelligence; and Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC). The JFCOM commander also serves as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation within NATO.

Joint Experimentation Directorate

The Directorate oversees the roles/responsibilities delegated to USJFCOM. These roles are outlined in the Department of Defense-issued Unified Command Plan:

transformation,
experimentation,
joint training,
interoperability, and
force provision .

The Directorate collaborates with the military services, combatant commanders, U.S. government agencies, multinational partners, and other to validate those concepts and to provide recommendations to the military and civilian leadership. The measure of success is improved future military capabilities in the hands of warfighters, as well as improved coalition capabilities in multinational operations.

External links

[USJFCOM official site]

Regional responsibilities
Unified Combatant Commands of the United States armed forces
US Northern Command - US Central Command - US European Command - US Pacific Command - US Southern Command
Functional responsibilities
US Special Operations Command - US Joint Forces Command - US Strategic Command - US Transportation Command

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