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U.S.
Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) is one of DoD’s
ten combatant commands and has several key roles in transforming
the U.S. military’s capabilities.
Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., the command oversees a force
of more than 1.16 million dedicated men and women, spanning
USJFCOM's service component commands and subordinate activities.
The command is comprised of active and reserve personnel
from each branch of the armed forces, civil servants and
contract employees.
USJFCOM’s
commander oversees the command's four major mission areas:
• Joint
Concept Development and Experimentation – Joint
concept development and experimentation is the cornerstone
for developing future joint warfighting concepts and capabilities.
The Unified Command Plan (UCP) identifies USJFCOM’s
key role in transforming U.S. military forces. To accomplish
this mission, the command develops new concepts and tests
them through experimentation and, in collaboration with other
combatant commands, services and agencies, recommends solutions
to better integrate their warfighting capabilities. The command
also collaborates with and builds on best practices from
industry and academia.
• Joint
Training – As DoD’s joint force
trainer, USJFCOM prepares joint task force commanders and
staffs to execute their missions in a joint environment.
These ever-improving joint task force preparation events
include mission rehearsals for units deploying around the
world as well as humanitarian missions. They are conducted
with a wide variety of partners including interagency, multinational,
and nongovernmental organizations. In conjunction with the
development of new doctrine, USJFCOM collects, analyzes and
shares feedback from the warfighter. USJFCOM hosts both the
Joint National Training Capability and the Joint Knowledge
Development and Distribution Capability, two of the three
enabling capabilities of DoD’s Training Transformation
initiative. In a typical year, USJFCOM coordinates and supports
commanders through more than 70 joint training events, involving
46,000 participants.
• Joint
Capabilities Development – USJFCOM leads
the integration of solutions to today’s joint warfighter
interoperability challenges. The command works closely with
combatant commanders, the services and other government agencies
to identify and resolve joint warfighting deficiencies. The
command’s work in this area is one of the most pressing
requirements to transform legacy forces and establish an
integrated joint force. During recent operations, USJFCOM
brought multiple force identification systems which were
not interoperable into one cohesive view of all friendly
forces on the battlefield.
• Joint
Force Provider – USJFCOM’s
role of primary conventional force provider, established
in the
UCP in 2004, assigned nearly all conventional forces based
in the continental U.S. to the command. With that responsibility,
the command helps national decision makers make informed
choices on supporting operations, assists military commanders
to identify potential readiness problems and develop appropriate
strategies and maintain the nation's forces at the highest
possible level of readiness. In 2006, USJFCOM coordinated
the deployment of more than 290,000 personnel in support
of combatant commanders and DoD support agencies.
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