In preparation for course discussion and especially the Joint Operations Module (JOM), click each:

SecDef Required:

• click here for attached memo / guidance

Class 24-1

Civ Mil Relations Prep (updated 30Aug)

Global Military Integration – Executive Summary for Capstone Fellows 

Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) 

Developing Todays Joint Officers for Tomorrow's Ways of War (JCS Vision and Guidance for PME and Talent Management)

Systems Destruction Warfare - RAND

Joint Staff J-7 (Joint Force Development):  Joint Staff J-7 products can be found within the Joint Staff Portal located on SIPR.  All documents, to include the latest Joint Warfighting Concept, Joint Concept for Competition, and many other future force design products, can be found under the documents tab.  The tab on the J-7 page will direct you to internal and national products needed to enhance your education on all things Future Force Design and how the Joint Force will need to fight in the next 5-15 years.   The portal also has a list of subject matter experts when it comes to concepts, training, doctrine, and joint military education. 

JOM specific:

• CJCS Desired Leader Attributes
• Forming a Joint Task Force Headquarters
• Insights and Best Practices:  Joint Operations

Other course read-aheads:

• National Security Strategy
• Nuclear Armed Adversaries and the Joint Commander
• The Iraq Report - Executive Summary of UKs lessons learned from the Iraq conflict                                                                                                 **FULL REPORT:  https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20171123122743/http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/the-report/
• Brave New War, A new form of conflict emerging in 2015 - from the Islamic State to the South China Sea
• Principles of Highly Effective IGs

Other readings of interest:

• New Directions in US National Security Strategy, Defense Plans and Diplomacy 
• DoD Strategic Guidance Jan 2012
• The Armed Forces Officer