 What
is Transformation?
Transformation
is the process of changing form, nature or function. Within
the United States military, transformation requires changing
the form, or structure of our military forces; the nature
of our military culture and doctrine supporting those forces;
and streamlining our warfighting functions to more effectively
meet the complexities of the new threats challenging our nation
in the new millennium.
Preparing
for this new future will require the U.S. military to think
differently and develop the kinds of forces and capabilities
that can adapt quickly to new challenges and unexpected
circumstances. The U.S. military has a long tradition of
experimentation - from the fleet problems of the U.S. Navy
in the 1930s that gave birth to the concept of using aircraft
carriers to the Army's famous Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941
that developed the doctrine for combined arms air/ground
operations.
Our
current doctrine still has us conducting operations similar
to those we did in World War II and Desert Storm. With the
end of the Cold War, and with fewer conventional threats
facing our country, the challenge of fighting new enemies
demands new ways of thinking. The realization of our transformation
goals is a comprehensive effort that will:
- Protect
the U.S. homeland and our forces overseas
- Project
and sustain power in distant theatres
- Deny
our enemies sanctuary
- Protect
our own information networks from attack.
- Use
information technology to link up different kinds of U.S.
forces so they can fight jointly.
- Maintain
unhindered access to space and protect our space capabilities
from enemy attack
To
meet these goals, our military periodically adopts structural
changes through the promulgation of a master plan. The 2001/2002
Unified Command Plan gave USJFCOM a "laser focus" to become
the incubator for new transformational concepts to build the
military of the 21st century. As a result of the 2002 Unified
Command Plan, the USJFCOM missions are:
- Joint
Force Provider
- Joint
Force Integrator
- Joint
Force Trainer
- Joint
Concept Development and Experimentation
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