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Former Secretary of Defense [[Mark Esper]]  tasked the Joint Staff with developing a [[Reorganization plan of United States Army#jadoDevFromMdo|Joint Warfighting Concept]]<ref name=jCFT group=JadConcept >JADC2 as a concept— Like the Integrated Tactical Network, instances of a concept can exist before acquisition— see [https://peoc3t.army.mil/tr/itn.php PEO C3T (2018) Integrated Tactical Network]</ref> for the services by December 2020.<ref name=jadc2AsConcept >{{Cite web|url=https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/2020/01/new-joint-warfighting-plan-will-help-define-top-priority-jadc2-hyten/|title=New Joint Warfighting Plan Will Help Define 'Top Priority' JADC2: Hyten|first=Theresa|last=Hitchens|date=29 January 2020}}</ref> Developing Joint all-domain command and control ([[Reorganization plan of United States Army#jadoRolesAllocated|JADC2]]) as a concept<ref name=jCFT group=JadConcept /> is a key goal of the [[Mark Milley|20th]] CJCS.<ref name=jadc2AsConcept /> An [[Office of the Secretary of Defense|OSD]]/Joint Staff [[Cross-Functional Team]] for [[United States Army Futures Command#JointAllDomainC2|JADC2]] is [[underway]].<ref name= jadc2ApprovalUpcoming >[https://breakingdefense.com/2021/05/revised-jadc2-strategy-hits-depsecdefs-desk/ Sydney J Freedberg Jr (11 May 2021) Revised JADC2 Strategy Hits DepSecDef's Desk] JADC2 strategy: federate the data fabric</ref><ref name=jcftJadc2 >{{Cite web|url=https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/2019/11/osd-joint-staff-grapple-with-joint-all-domain-command/|title=OSD & Joint Staff Grapple With Joint All-Domain Command|first=Theresa|last=Hitchens|date=14 November 2019}}</ref> Esper ordered the four services and the Joint Staff to create a new joint warfighting concept for All-domain operations, operating simultaneously in the air, land, sea, space, cyber, and the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS).<ref name=hyten2020 >[https://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/gen-hyten-on-the-new-american-way-of-war-all-domain-operations/ Colin Clark (18 Feb 2020) Gen. Hyten On The New American Way of War: All-Domain Operations]
Former Secretary of Defense [[Mark Esper]]  tasked the Joint Staff with developing a [[Reorganization plan of United States Army#jadoDevFromMdo|Joint Warfighting Concept]]<ref name=jCFT group=JadConcept >JADC2 as a concept— Like the Integrated Tactical Network, instances of a concept can exist before acquisition— see [https://peoc3t.army.mil/tr/itn.php PEO C3T (2018) Integrated Tactical Network]</ref> for the services by December 2020.<ref name=jadc2AsConcept >{{Cite web|url=https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/2020/01/new-joint-warfighting-plan-will-help-define-top-priority-jadc2-hyten/|title=New Joint Warfighting Plan Will Help Define 'Top Priority' JADC2: Hyten|first=Theresa|last=Hitchens|date=29 January 2020}}</ref> Developing Joint all-domain command and control ([[Reorganization plan of United States Army#jadoRolesAllocated|JADC2]]) as a concept<ref name=jCFT group=JadConcept /> is a key goal of the [[Mark Milley|20th]] CJCS.<ref name=jadc2AsConcept /> An [[Office of the Secretary of Defense|OSD]]/Joint Staff [[Cross-Functional Team]] for [[United States Army Futures Command#JointAllDomainC2|JADC2]] is [[underway]].<ref name= jadc2ApprovalUpcoming >[https://breakingdefense.com/2021/05/revised-jadc2-strategy-hits-depsecdefs-desk/ Sydney J Freedberg Jr (11 May 2021) Revised JADC2 Strategy Hits DepSecDef's Desk] JADC2 strategy: federate the data fabric</ref><ref name=jcftJadc2 >{{Cite web|url=https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/2019/11/osd-joint-staff-grapple-with-joint-all-domain-command/|title=OSD & Joint Staff Grapple With Joint All-Domain Command|first=Theresa|last=Hitchens|date=14 November 2019}}</ref> Esper ordered the four services and the Joint Staff to create a new joint warfighting concept for All-domain operations, operating simultaneously in the air, land, sea, space, cyber, and the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS).<ref name=hyten2020 >[https://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/gen-hyten-on-the-new-american-way-of-war-all-domain-operations/ Colin Clark (18 Feb 2020) Gen. Hyten On The New American Way of War: All-Domain Operations]
*"A computer-coordinated fight":  in the air, land, sea, space, cyber, and the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS)
*"A computer-coordinated fight":  in the air, land, sea, space, cyber, and the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS)
**"forces from satellites to foot soldiers to submarines sharing battle data at machine-to-machine speed"
"forces from satellites to foot soldiers to submarines sharing battle data at machine-to-machine speed"
*"it's the ability to integrate and effectively command and control all domains in a conflict or in a crisis seamlessly"—Gen. Hyten, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
*"it's the ability to integrate and effectively command and control all domains in a conflict or in a crisis seamlessly"—Gen. Hyten, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
** All-Domain Operations use global capabilities: "space, cyber, deterrent [the nuclear triad (for mutually assured destruction in the Cold War, an evolving concept in itself)], transportation, electromagnetic spectrum operations, missile defense"
All-Domain Operations use global capabilities: "space, cyber, deterrent [the nuclear triad (for mutually assured destruction in the Cold War, an evolving concept in itself)], transportation, electromagnetic spectrum operations, missile defense"
</ref> The Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders witnessed [[Reorganization plan of United States Army#jadoOnrampSep2020|demonstrations of the concept]] in September 2020.<ref name= killChainInSeconds >[https://breakingdefense.com/2020/09/abms-demo-proves-ai-chops-for-c2/ Theresa Hitchens (3 Sep 2020) ABMS Demo Proves AI Chops For C2] The acquisition method for several of the capabilities being demonstrated would be indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ), but the decisions to buy would be made by the Combatant Commands. —Air Force acquisition executive Will Roper</ref>
</ref> The Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders witnessed [[Reorganization plan of United States Army#jadoOnrampSep2020|demonstrations of the concept]] in September 2020.<ref name= killChainInSeconds >[https://breakingdefense.com/2020/09/abms-demo-proves-ai-chops-for-c2/ Theresa Hitchens (3 Sep 2020) ABMS Demo Proves AI Chops For C2] The acquisition method for several of the capabilities being demonstrated would be indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ), but the decisions to buy would be made by the Combatant Commands. —Air Force acquisition executive Will Roper</ref>


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*Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
*Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
**Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
***Director, Joint Staff – assists the Chairman in his role as advisor to the President and Secretary of Defense, coordinates and directs activities of the Joint Staff in support of the Chairman, and serves as the staff inspector general.
*Director, Joint Staff – assists the Chairman in his role as advisor to the President and Secretary of Defense, coordinates and directs activities of the Joint Staff in support of the Chairman, and serves as the staff inspector general.
****Vice Director, Joint Staff
Vice Director, Joint Staff
*****J1 – Director, Manpower and Personnel
*J1 – Director, Manpower and Personnel
*****J2 – Director, Intelligence
*J2 – Director, Intelligence
*****J3 – Director, Operations
*J3 – Director, Operations
*****J4 – Director, Logistics
*J4 – Director, Logistics
*****J5 – Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy
*J5 – Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy
*****J6 – Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers / Chief Information Officer
*J6 – Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers / Chief Information Officer
*****J7 – Director, Joint Force Development
*J7 – Director, Joint Force Development
*****J8 – Director, Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment
*J8 – Director, Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment
*****Director of Management
*Director of Management
*****Secretary, Joint Staff (SJS) – overall management and administration of JS actions
*Secretary, Joint Staff (SJS) – overall management and administration of JS actions
*****Joint History Office – record activities of the chairman and the Joint Staff
*Joint History Office – record activities of the chairman and the Joint Staff
***Assistant to the Chairman – oversees matters requiring close personal control by the chairman with particular focus on international relations and politico-military concerns
*Assistant to the Chairman – oversees matters requiring close personal control by the chairman with particular focus on international relations and politico-military concerns
***Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) – advisor to the chairman on all matters involving joint and combined total force integration, utilization, health of the force, and joint development for enlisted personnel
*Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) – advisor to the chairman on all matters involving joint and combined total force integration, utilization, health of the force, and joint development for enlisted personnel


===Directorates of the Joint Staff===
===Directorates of the Joint Staff===
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The Joint Staff includes the following departments where all the planning, policies, [[Military Intelligence|intelligence]], [[Human resources|manpower]], communications and logistics functions are translated into action.<ref name="jcs.mil"/>
The Joint Staff includes the following departments where all the planning, policies, [[Military Intelligence|intelligence]], [[Human resources|manpower]], communications and logistics functions are translated into action.<ref name="jcs.mil"/>
* DOM – Directorate of Management
* DOM – Directorate of Management
** Joint Secretariat
Joint Secretariat
*** [[Joint Staff Information Management Division (United States)|Information Management Division]]
* [[Joint Staff Information Management Division (United States)|Information Management Division]]
*** Actions Division
* Actions Division
* J1 – Personnel and Manpower
* J1 – Personnel and Manpower
* J2 – Intelligence
* J2 – Intelligence
** The National Military [[Joint Intelligence Center]] (NMJIC) is part of the J2 directorate and is staffed by [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] personnel
The National Military [[Joint Intelligence Center]] (NMJIC) is part of the J2 directorate and is staffed by [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] personnel
* [[Operations (J3)|J3 – Operations]]
* [[Operations (J3)|J3 – Operations]]
** The [[National Military Command Center]] (NMCC) is part of the J3 directorate
The [[National Military Command Center]] (NMCC) is part of the J3 directorate
* J4 – Logistics
* J4 – Logistics
* J5 – Strategic Plans and Policy
* J5 – Strategic Plans and Policy
* J6 – Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber<ref name="dtic">{{cite web|url=http://www.jcs.mil/page.aspx?id=21 |title=J6 Page at jcs.mil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514114515/http://www.jcs.mil/page.aspx?id=21 |archive-date=14 May 2011 }}</ref>
* J6 – Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber<ref name="dtic">{{cite web|url=http://www.jcs.mil/page.aspx?id=21 |title=J6 Page at jcs.mil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514114515/http://www.jcs.mil/page.aspx?id=21 |archive-date=14 May 2011 }}</ref>
** The J-6 directorate is one of a group of agencies that administer the [[SIPRNet]]. Other administrators include: the [[National Security Agency]], the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]], and the [[Defense Information Systems Agency]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAA/is_1_28/ai_103992818/ |title=SIPRNET connectivity: do's and don'ts |work=Army Communicator |first=Tim |last=Gibson |year=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017050255/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAA/is_1_28/ai_103992818/ |archive-date=17 October 2015 }}</ref> The J-6 chairs the DOD's Military Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Executive Board (MC4EB)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Military-Command-Control-Communications-and-Computers-Executive-Board-23-Apr-2014|title=Military Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Executive Board, 23 Apr 2014|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> which works in conjunction with the multinational [[Combined Communications-Electronics Board]].
The J-6 directorate is one of a group of agencies that administer the [[SIPRNet]]. Other administrators include: the [[National Security Agency]], the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]], and the [[Defense Information Systems Agency]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAA/is_1_28/ai_103992818/ |title=SIPRNET connectivity: do's and don'ts |work=Army Communicator |first=Tim |last=Gibson |year=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017050255/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAA/is_1_28/ai_103992818/ |archive-date=17 October 2015 }}</ref> The J-6 chairs the DOD's Military Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Executive Board (MC4EB)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Military-Command-Control-Communications-and-Computers-Executive-Board-23-Apr-2014|title=Military Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Executive Board, 23 Apr 2014|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> which works in conjunction with the multinational [[Combined Communications-Electronics Board]].
** The J-6 [[Joint Deployable Analysis Team]] ([[JDAT]]) conducts assessments in conjunction with Combatant Command exercises, experiments, and test and evaluation events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2015/budget_justification/pdfs/03_RDT_and_E/RDTE_MasterJustificationBook_Joint_Staff_PB_2015.pdf|title=DoD Budget p.33}}</ref>
The J-6 [[Joint Deployable Analysis Team]] ([[JDAT]]) conducts assessments in conjunction with Combatant Command exercises, experiments, and test and evaluation events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2015/budget_justification/pdfs/03_RDT_and_E/RDTE_MasterJustificationBook_Joint_Staff_PB_2015.pdf|title=DoD Budget p.33}}</ref>
* J7 – Joint Force Development
* J7 – Joint Force Development
** The J-7 is responsible for the six functions of joint force development: Doctrine, Education, Concept Development & Experimentation, Training, Exercises and Lessons Learned.
The J-7 is responsible for the six functions of joint force development: Doctrine, Education, Concept Development & Experimentation, Training, Exercises and Lessons Learned.
* J8 – Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment
* J8 – Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment


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