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USJFCOM Wargame Stresses Future Joint Force Operational Concepts

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Monday, June 8th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Friday wrapped up a weeklong seminar wargame examining how the future joint force would operate in a complex and unpredictable 2020 environment, and what capabilities and capacities they would need. The wargame used the JFCOM-generated Joint Operating Environment (JOE) as a basis, describing trends likely to feed the future, such as climate change, urbanization and globalization. How the joint force would operate in such an environment was then described in the Chairman…

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