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Introduction
“Because we cannot be certain when, where, or under what conditions the next fight will occur, the Joint Force must maintain a boxer’s stance—with the strength, agility, endurance, resilience, flexibility, and awareness to fight and win against any potential enemy.”
2018 National Military Strategy Framework,
Joseph Dunford Jr., 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cognitive Lesson Objectives:
Understand the basics of the Joint Planning Process
Explain the potential roles of an SNCO in support of the Joint Planning Process
Associate the student’s current position in the Joint Planning Process
Affective Lesson Objective:
Value the SNCO’s role in the Joint Planning Process
The Joint Planning Process
The Joint Planning Process
Joint planning is the deliberate process of determining how to implement strategic guidance:
How (the ways) to use military capabilities (the means) in time and space to achieve objectives (the ends) within an acceptable level of risk
The strategic environment is uncertain, complex, and dynamic
The joint force will increasingly operate in a transregional (across multiple AORs), a-domain (land, air, maritime, space, and cyberspace), multifunctional environment.
Consider:
Consider:
Who can initiate military operations and the required planning to execute those operations?
Why should Airforce SNCO’s be familiar with how joint planning enables operations?
What does “trans-regional, all-domain” mean to you?
What are some examples of Trans-regional, All-domain threats we are currently facing?
How does a commander develop possible solutions to a problem in your organization?
How or where do Commanders gain their expertise?
How can decisions made within your organization affect the mission outside your organization?
Planning has an input (guidance) and an output (the plan or order). Input is Commander’s guidance. Operational Order (OPORD) is a form of initial output as a directive for subordinate commanders.
The planning process is a recursive, assessment-informed process and not linear. Issues discovered in later steps of the planning process can require adjustments to earlier steps. i.e., a Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) which is an abbreviated follow-up order sent as needed to update or modify an order.
Planning is commander-led but informed by staff analysis and expertise.
Planning consists of 4 functions (Strategic Guidance, Concept Development, Plan Development & Assessment). Our focus will be on the Joint Planning Process which involves 7 steps.
Think back to a time you were notified of a PCS or deployment....
JPP is an orderly, analytical set of logical steps to:
Frame a problem
Develop, analyze and compare alternate COAs
Select the best COA
Produce a plan or order
JPP Student Research
JPP Student Research
Research & Discuss:
Research & Discuss:
Split into 3 Groups:
Group 1: JPP Intro, Step 1 (Planning Initiation), Step 2 (Mission Analysis)
Group 2: Step 3 (COA Development), Step 4 (COA Analysis/Wargaming), Step 5 (COA Comparison
Group 3: Step 6 (COA Approval), Step 7 (Plan/Order Development)
Using the JPP Student Guide (abbreviated version of JP-05), groups will research their assigned steps and prepare a 10-15 minute presentation that includes the following:
A detailed overview of allocated JPP step(s)
All key elements involved in allocated JPP step(s) (Operational Art & Operational Design/Ways, Means & Ends, annual joint assessment)
Explanation of all activities completed within the allocated step(s)
An example of key activities/concepts within your allocated steps that 1-2 group members have personally worked through or had to identify during a past planning process (or explain how they would execute that activity/concept in a potential scenario pertaining to their career field).
Student Debriefs
Wrap-up
Wrap-up
Cognitive Lesson Objectives:
Understand the basics of the Joint Planning Process
Explain the potential roles of an SNCO in support of the Joint Planning Process
Associate the student’s current position in the Joint Planning Process
Affective Lesson Objective:
Value the SNCO’s role in the Joint Planning Process
Other courses cover the Joint Planning Process in a more detailed and comprehensive manner. Some of these course options include:
Contingency War Planning Course (CWPC) and the Joint Task Force Staff Basic Course (JTFSBC) through the Lemay Center: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/LeMay/Display/Article/1099686/intermediatecourses/
Joint Special Operations Forces Senior Enlisted Academy (JSOFSEA) through the Joint Special Operations University (JSOU): https://www.jsou.edu/
Gateway (piloted in Oct 2022 for E6 and E7s in joint positions) through Joint Knowledge Online (JKO): https://www.jcs.mil/JKO/
Reach out to your chain of command if interested.
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