The Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO) recognizes that military force is only one element of national power. In many cases strategic success will turn on our ability to operate in concert with the rest of the U.S. government, allied governments and their armed forces, and nongovernmental partners.
Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership identifies ten primary missions through which the Joint Force will protect U.S. national interests:
- Counter terrorism and irregular warfare
- Deter and defeat aggression
- Project power despite anti-access/area denial challenges
- Counter weapons of mass destruction
- Operate effectively in cyberspace and space
- Maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent
- Defend the homeland and provide support to civil authorities
- Provide a stabilizing presence
- Conduct stability and counterinsurgency operations
- Conduct humanitarian, disaster relief, and other operations
The Joint Force will accomplish these missions in a security environment characterized by several persistent trends: the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the rise of modern competitor states, violent extremism, regional instability, transnational criminal activity, and competition for resources. Armed conflicts will be inevitable in such an environment—as will be opportunities for cooperation and peaceful competition.
Capstone Concept for Joint Operations
Joint Force 2020
10 September 2012
http://www.dtic.mil/futurejointwarfare/concepts/ccjo_2012.pdf
This Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO) describes potential operational concepts through which the Joint Force of 2020 will defend the nation against a wide range of security challenges. Its purpose is to guide force development toward Joint Force 2020, the force called for by the new defense strategic guidance, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense.
A capstone concept by definition articulates a high-order vision of how the future force will operate. It cannot by itself provide the detailed guidance necessary to realize the Joint Force of 2020. It can, however, describe the future operating environment, advance new concepts for joint operations, and suggest attributes that will define the future force. In this way, the CCJO aims to establish a bridge from the new strategic guidance to subordinate concepts, force development guidance, and follow-on doctrine.
This CCJO focuses on what is new and different in the future strategic environment. It builds on prior capstone concepts, but also recognizes that much of the nature of conflict in the world is enduring. War remains a clash between hostile, independent, and irreconcilable wills each trying to dominate the other through violence. Enemies will continue to search for, find, and exploit U.S. vulnerabilities. Even when waged with increasingly sophisticated technologies, the conduct of military operations remains a fundamentally human enterprise.
Finally, this concept recognizes that military force is only one element of national power. In many cases strategic success will turn on our ability to operate in concert with the rest of the U.S. government, allied governments and their armed forces, and nongovernmental partners.
The Future Security Environment
Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership identifies ten primary missions through which the Joint Force will protect U.S. national interests:
･ Counter terrorism and irregular warfare
･ Deter and defeat aggression
･ Project power despite anti-access/area denial challenges
･ Counter weapons of mass destruction
･ Operate effectively in cyberspace and space
･ Maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent
･ Defend the homeland and provide support to civil authorities
･ Provide a stabilizing presence
･ Conduct stability and counterinsurgency operations
･ Conduct humanitarian, disaster relief, and other operations
The Joint Force will accomplish these missions in a security environment characterized by several persistent trends: the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the rise of modern competitor states, violent extremism, regional instability, transnational criminal activity, and competition for resources. Armed conflicts will be inevitable in such an environment—as will be opportunities for cooperation and peaceful competition.