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Joint Capability Development

Joint Enabling Capabilities

Joint Concept Development and Experimentation

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Newsmaker Profile: Navy Rear Adm. Michael H. Mittelman Navy Rear Adm. Michael H. Mittelman recently earned his second star, becoming only the second member of the Medical Service Corps to achieve the rank.  Before moving on to his next assignment, he sat down to talk about his time at USJFCOM. • Comment on this article at USJFCOMLive

Transformation Advisory Group (TAG)

U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Transformation Advisory Group (TAG) provides the USJFCOM commander independent advice and recommendations on strategic, scientific, technical, intelligence and policy-related issues, with emphasis on how these issues relate to the shaping of the command’s efforts to develop the joint force today and in the future.

Members volunteer their time to serve on this advisory group and represent a wide-range of interests from key leadership positions in industry, academia, science and technology, and governmental affairs. The TAG members broaden the intellectual capital of USJFCOM. Additionally, their recommendations assist in building partnerships with non-Department of Defense agencies and private organizations.

The TAG meets formally in plenary sessions twice a year and in smaller committees throughout the year.

Current members include:
• Dr. Rita Colwell, professor, University of Maryland and John Hopkins University; TAG chairperson
• The Honorable Walter Leslie “Les” AuCoin, Former Congressman, (D – Oregon)
• Mr. Norman R. Augustine, Former chairman, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Mr. Max Boot, Senior Fellow in National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
• Dr. Paul Bracken, Professor of Management and Political Science, Yale University
• Dr. Thomas Connelly, Senior Vice President, DuPont Company
• The Honorable Harold E. Ford, Jr., Chairman, Democratic Leadership Council
• The Honorable Newton L. “Newt” Gingrich, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman, The Gingrich Group
• Mr. Richard Haver, Vice President of Intelligence Programs, Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Dr. John Kao, Chief Executive Officer, Kao & Company
• Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, President, Center for Strategic & Budgetary Analysis
• Dr. Joseph Nye, Professor of International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government
• The Honorable John Francis “Jack” Reed, Senator, (D - Rhode Island)
• Dr. Peter Singer, Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative, The Brookings Institution
• Dr. William Swartout, Director, University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies
• Dr. Anthony J. Tether, Former Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• The Honorable William “Mac” Thornberry, Congressman, (R - Texas)
• The Honorable Mark W. Warner, Senator, (D - Virginia)
• Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Larry D. Welch, president and chief executive officer, Institute for Defense Analysis

USJFCOM's TAG is one of many authorized advisory groups in the Department of Defense.