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Joint capabilities requirements manager5/21/2023 An earthquake in one AOR while conducting major operations in another can have a rippling impact on force sourcing for current operations and long-term security planning. The experiences with operations such as Operation Urgent Response in Haiti while continuing to execute combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrated that even while sourcing major combat operations in one part of the world, we may be called upon to react to a crisis in disparate regions of the globe. Reinforcing America’s traditional tools of diplomacy, the Department provides military options to ensure the President and our diplomats negotiate from a position of strength. Should deterrence fail, the Joint Force is prepared to win. The DoD’s enduring mission is to provide combat-credible military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our nation. Determining the best Joint Force of the future should be informed by near term force needs and shortfalls, which is done through the GFM assessments. To build the Joint Force for the future requires a continuous recalibration of its capabilities and making those additional investments allowing us to succeed in all missions. GFM is the process to determine which forces are employed at acceptable risk to current and future strategic and operational objectives. The process to inform the leaders of the options, risks and COAs requires a process that evaluates the ends, ways, means, and risks of using military forces to pursue strategic and operational objectives is complex. Leaders must ensure the military instrument of national power is used wisely. national interests and achieve the objectives of the NSS and NDS in this environment, the finite Joint Force will need to be used wisely. The global security environment presents an increasingly complex set of challenges and opportunities to which all elements of U.S. Global Force Management (GFM) directs the Services to provide sufficient ready and available forces to execute the National Defense Strategy and integrates complementary directed readiness, assignment, allocation, apportionment, and assessment (DR4A) information into force management and force-planning constructs to support the Department’s strategic direction.
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