Table Of Content

Np or 19980302 0T77 3B VDDO O TTI C C Q QU LA n yW I S s ~ r o -=, AFSC PUS I THE PURPLE SUIT The Purple Suit concept, reflected in the color of this publication's cover, represents an important metaphor of joint and combined planning. Service members involved in joint and combined operations dissociate themselves from the inherent biases of parochial concerns to work together for the common good. The color purple symbolizes the intermingling of all the whites, blues, greens, tans, reds, gold, and silver found in Service uniforms and insignia. Purple is joint and combined: the Purple Suiter is an officer who embodies the motto on the Armed Forces Staff College Seal--"That All May Labor as One." 41ALVA S Report Number: AFSC Pub I Accession Number: 3000 Title: Joint Staff Officer's Guide 1991 Personal Author: Magness, J.E.; Podolny, D.A.; Segars, R.J.; et al., eds. Corporate Author or Publisher: National Defense U., Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA 23511-609 Publication Date: Jan 01, 1991 Pages: 00300 Comments on Document: AFSC textbook for the Joint and Combined Staff Officer School. Descriptors, Keywords: Joint Staff Officer Organization Function Method Application System Process Plan Action Future Operation AFSC PUB 1 The Joint Staff Officer's Guide 1991 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 ii NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23511-6097 AFSC Pub 1 The mission of the Armed Forces Staff College (AFSC) is to prepare mid-career and senior officers for joint and combined duty. AFSC Pub 1 is an even more important document now that joint professional military education is a shared responsibility, with Phase I taught at the Service schools and Phase II taught at AFSC. AFSC Pub 1 is the basic textbook at the college and the single most important document we use to carry out our mission. Several other colleges and institutions have adopted Pub 1 for their curriculum, and it has become a prominent reference book for operators and planners throughout the military community. Pub 1 is a unique document. It offers a perspective on joint planning that is not found elsewhere. It presents the "big picture" of the process, synthesizing essential elements from a wide range of sources, presenting them in a systematic manner. No other single publication so completely treats the subject of jointness.' Because Pub 1 is derived from many sources, official and unofficial, AFSC has no monopoly on its contents. The process of joint planning is dynamic, so Pub I must be dynamic. It is a product of study and analysis, logic and common sense, and perhaps even a little wishful thinking. To keep it useful and current, however, we depend on input from the experts--the users of this book--who labor every day to solve the problems of joint planning in the "real world." Therefore, we solicit not only official comments from your commands, but also unofficial comments from you, the reader. oStanley Kwieciak, Jr. Brigadier General, U.S. Army Commandant IIIoe t1 "Separate ground, sea, and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involvediinn war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single concentratede ffort." Einhwe.-II Dwight D. Eisenhower JOINT SERVICE SCHOOLS NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY The National Defense University (NDU) was established by the Department of Defense on 16 January 1976. The three institutions of NDU, the National War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (co-located at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.), and the Armed Forces Staff College (Norfolk, Virginia), maintain their separate identities, however. The university was created in response to recommendations made by the DOD Committee on Excellence in Education and is the senior joint educational institution operating under the direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Since two senior Service colleges were co-located on the post, the committee realized that close affiliation of the two institutions would reduce administrative cost, streamline duplicate functions, permit better use of people and resources, and promote a constructive dialog benefiting both colleges. This affiliation enabled students from each college to enroll in elective courses taught at both schools, and to share in other educational opportunities not possible in the past. It also permitted use of faculty expertise in both colleges for the benefit of all university students. On 12 August 1981, the Armed Forces Staff College was also brought under NDU with the same objectives in mind. THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE The National War College (NWC), one major component of the National Defense University, is a unique military educational institution. It is the only senior Service college offering a ten-month course of study in national security policy formulation. The NWC mission is to conduct a senior-level course of study and associated research in national security policy, with emphasis on its formulation and future directions, in order to enhance the preparation of selected personnel of the Armed Forces, the Department of State, and other U.S. Government departments and agencies for the exercise of joint and combined high-level command and staff policy functions in formulating and implementing national security strategy. INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES The Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF) is a major component of the National Defense University. It is the only senior Service college dedicated to the study of management of resources for national security. The ICAF mission is to conduct senior-level courses of study and associated research in mobilization and in the management of resources in support of national security in order to enhance the preparation of selected military officers and senior career civilian officials for positions of high responsibility and trust in the Federal Government. ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE The Armed Forces Staff College (AFSC) was established on 13 August 1946 as a joint educational institution operating under the direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. AFSC was placed under the auspices of NDU on 12 August 1981. The college is composed of two schools: the Joint Command, Control, and Electronic Warfare School (JCEWS) and the Joint and Combined Staff Officer School (JCSOS). The JCEWS deals with facets of command and control communications, operations, and countermeasures, and with electronic warfare. The JCSOS offers Phase II training for Joint Specialty Officer nominees. JCSOS focuses on joint and combined operations planning with emphasis on strategic deployment, joint employment, and sustainment. The curriculum is designed to promote a spirit of cooperation and understanding that is critical to any joint or combined endeavor. V M U -E- K ,. ..... .. Mr gz -1raa __ TA's sma4 !. .L, . 1L a - s 11" ral.._. C4 kZ, MO M M ...... ar. HISTORY In the 1930s few officers were qualified to engage in joint or combined operations. The demands of World War II highlighted the shortfall of not having trained officers who could easily plan for joint and combined actions by ground, sea, and air forces. To overcome this shortfall and to alleviate the friction and misunderstanding resulting from lack of joint experience, the Joint Chiefs of Staff established an Army/Navy Staff College (ANSCOL) in 1943. ANSCOL conducted four-month courses to train officers for joint command and staff duties. In the mid-1940s a joint military committee prepared a directive for a new school. This directive was approved on 28 June 1946 and established the Armed Forces Staff College (AFSC) as the primary military institution to train officers assigned to joint and combined duty. Responsibility for the operation and maintenance of its facilities was charged to the Chief of Naval Operations. Following a temporary residence in Washington, D.C., AFSC was established in Norfolk, Virginia, on 13 August 1946 on the site of a former U.S. Naval Receiving Station. The faculty was composed of officers with joint experience in all theaters of World War II. There were 150 students in the first class, which began on 3 February 1947. AFSC conducted two classes of about six months' duration each year. AFSC began a period of growth in size and prominence. Classes were expanded to include civilian students from DOD agencies and officers from allied nations to further promote the joint and combined experience. With the construction of Normandy Hall in 1962, the college completed its transition from a temporary to a permanent institution. AFSC became part of the National Defense University on 12 August 1981. In 1978 AFSC assumed responsibility for teaching the Joint Command, Control, and Communications Staff and Operations Course, and the formation of two schools within the college began. The Joint and Combined Staff Officer School (JCSOS) accommodated the original charter of the college, while the Joint Command, Control, and Electronic Warfare School (JCEWS) accepted responsibility for this additional course plus two more: the Joint Electronic Warfare Staff Officer Course in 1982 and the Joint Command, Control, and Communications Countermeasures Staff Officer Course in 1989. Until 1990 the AFSC JCSOS graduated two classes each year. In July 1990 the school changed to one where the curriculum is taught in a nine-week course for "intermediate- level" officers who interact with those in an associated five-week course for "senior- level" officers. Tentative plans call for the course to be expanded to 12 weeks beginning in the summer of 1991. vi MISSION The mission assigned to the Armed Forces Staff College by the Joint Chiefs of Staff is to prepare selected mid-career officers for joint and combined staff duty. The college accomplishes this mission through two schools: the Joint and Combined Staff Officer School and the Joint Command, Control, and Electronic Warfare School. SILVER 'MAY LABCN ... .................. N INSIGNIA The red of the shield symbolizes the Army, the silver the Air Force, and the blue the Navy. The nebuly lines link the three military departments into an inseparable whole. The torch is a symbol of leadership showing the way; the book is a symbol of scholastic work; the wreath represents achievement. The scarlet circle bearing the name of the college is symbolic of a sword belt, indicating that only officer personnel attend the college. vii