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Air Force

Capstone Concept For Joint Operations Document Revision Nears Completion

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

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The Joint Staff has just completed a review of the three-year-old Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO), a document developed under then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen and expected to guide force development and experimentation. “What we’re doing now is undertaking a revision of that document, under a pretty aggressive timeline,” Marine Lt. Gen. George Flynn, director of joint force development on the Joint Staff, said in a recent briefing. The CCJO offered a way to solve problems…

Army

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