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Joint Work Continues Though DoD Formally Shutters U.S. Joint Forces Command

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 5th, 2011

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As part of the Defense Department’s effort to reduce costs, U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) yesterday was formally “disestablished,” though the work continues in other venues. Created in 1999 to improve how the services and their equipment worked together, as well as with allies and partners, JFCOM Commanding General Raymond Odierno said yesterday at Suffolk, Va., ceremonies that the work had progressed far enough so that it no longer required a separate four-star command. As one of 10 full combatant…

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