Jointness
{{Short description|Cooperation of military branches}}
Jointness is a neologism coined{{when|date=November 2014}} by the United States Armed Forces to describe cross-service cooperation in all stages of the military processes, from research, through procurement and into operations. Today, it is accepted by many{{who|date=November 2014}} advanced militaries. Jointness is aimed at satisfying the requirements for increasing efficiency and economizing the military budget.
"Jointness" has been defined as "the integration of the strengths of at least two limbs of the military in a coordinated effort to achieve a common goal".{{cite web|title=NDTAGram|url=http://www.ndtahq.com/documents/ndtagramfebruary_23_2010_001.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104024142/http://www.ndtahq.com/documents/NDTAGramFebruary_23_2010_001.pdf|archive-date=2011-11-04}} Jointness is an important factor in developing Joint Operations. It enables flexible leadership for the commander of a group{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}, increases effective functioning, and creates an involvement between military limbs.
Jointness also creates the possibility for a new manner of warfare called Network-centric warfare. Network-centric Warfare is characterized by the representation and analysis of information, and its transfer between agents and the center of command who may be distant from one another or even members of different units in the military. This new technology and outlook enable the military to improve operational efficiency in a way that was not possible in the past. What began{{when|date=November 2014}} as a gradual technological advancement within individual military limbs has grown to include several branches of the armed forces.
This approach views jointness as key for proceeding flexibly in a changing world. It stresses conceptual flexibility which is obtained through the development of new mindsets and which precedes flexibility of power and resource.
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- {{cite book|author= Shope, Virginia C|title=Jointness: A Selected Bibliography.|publisher=U.S. Army War College Library|year=November 2002|url=http://www.carlisle.army.mil/library/bibs/joint02.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429155104/http://www.carlisle.army.mil/library/bibs/joint02.htm|archive-date=29 April 2017}}
- {{Cite journal|last=Rubel|first=Robert C|title=Principles of Jointness|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a525717.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227003309/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a525717.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=February 27, 2021|journal=Joint Force Quarterly |volume=Winter 2000–01|pages=45–49}}
- {{Cite report|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg65804/html/CHRG-112hhrg65804.htm|title=Improving the Readiness of U.S. Forces Through Military Jointness. Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Readiness of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress.|date=31 March 2011|isbn=9780160896774|access-date=1 December 2020}}
- {{Cite report|url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/issue_papers/2005/IP250.pdf|title=Preparing Military Forces for Integrated Operations in the Face of Uncertainty|last=Gompert|first=David C.|date=2003|publisher=RAND National Defense Research Institute|access-date=1 December 2020}}
- {{Cite report|url=https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/training/cjcsi3500_01j.pdf?ver=2020-01-21-111919-340|title=Joint Training Policy for the Armed Forces of the United States|date=13 January 2020|publisher=Joint Staff|access-date=1 December 2020}}
- {{Cite report|url=https://www.gao.gov/assets/130/128381.pdf|title=Report to the Congress: Improving The Effectiveness Of Joint Military Exercises— An Important Tool For Military Readiness|date=11 December 1979|publisher=Comptroller General of the United States|access-date=1 December 2020}}
- {{Cite journal|last=Cunningham|first=Case|last2=Donahoe|first2=Patrick|last3=Jernigan|first3=Mike|last4=Riggins|first4=Michael|date=2016|title=Sustaining the “New Norm” of Jointness|url=https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-81/jfq-81_43-47_Cunningham-et-al.pdf|journal=Joint Force Quarterly|volume=81|pages=43–47|via=ndupress.ndu.edu}}
- {{Cite book|last=Rostker|first=Bernard|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mr1657a|title=The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy|publisher=RAND Corporation|year=2003|editor-last=Davis|editor-first=Lynn E.|pages=129–162|chapter=Transformation and the Unfinished Business Of Jointness: Lessons for the Army from the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, and Afghanistan|editor-last2=Shapiro|editor-first2=Jeremy|chapter-url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mr1657a.14}}