Joint capability areas
Encyclopedia
The Joint Capability Areas (JCA) are a standardized set of definitions that cover the complete range of military activities. The system was initially established in May 2005 by the Joint Staff with input from each of the services. It is designed to establish "a new framework that paves the way for side-by-side comparisons of service contributions to joint warfighting and a tool that will assist decision-makers in deciding whether to move resources between service budgets."
The establishment of the JCA was primarily a result of an Operational Availability study from 2005 and from the Joint Defense Capabilities Study http://www.acq.osd.mil/jctd/articles/JointDefenseCapabilitiesStudyFinalReport_January2004.pdf of 2003 (which is almost universally referred to as the Aldridge Study after its primary author, Edward Aldridge.) The Aldridge study called for the establishment of a new joint lexicon
that would allow leaders to clearly discuss mission areas and how to most responsibly manage resources.
Further information on JCAs can be found at the Joint Experimentation, Transformation and Concepts Division (JETCD) http://www.dtic.mil/futurejointwarfare/cap_areas.htm of the Joint Staff (JS) J-7, Operational Plans and Joint Force Development Directorate.
The establishment of the JCA was primarily a result of an Operational Availability study from 2005 and from the Joint Defense Capabilities Study http://www.acq.osd.mil/jctd/articles/JointDefenseCapabilitiesStudyFinalReport_January2004.pdf of 2003 (which is almost universally referred to as the Aldridge Study after its primary author, Edward Aldridge.) The Aldridge study called for the establishment of a new joint lexicon
Lexicon
In linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. A lexicon is also a synonym of the word thesaurus. More formally, it is a language's inventory of lexemes. Coined in English 1603, the word "lexicon" derives from the Greek "λεξικόν" , neut...
that would allow leaders to clearly discuss mission areas and how to most responsibly manage resources.
Further information on JCAs can be found at the Joint Experimentation, Transformation and Concepts Division (JETCD) http://www.dtic.mil/futurejointwarfare/cap_areas.htm of the Joint Staff (JS) J-7, Operational Plans and Joint Force Development Directorate.
Current Joint Capability Areas
- Force Application
- Command and Control
- Battlespace Awareness
- Net-Centric
- Building Partnerships
- Protection
- Logistics
- Force Support
- Corporate Management and Support
Initial Joint Capability Areas
- Joint battlespace awareness
- Joint command and control
- Joint network operations
- Joint interagency coordination
- Joint public affairs operations
- Joint information operations
- Joint protection
- Joint logistics
- Joint force generation
- Joint force management
- Joint homeland defense
- Joint strategic deterrence
- Joint shaping and security cooperation
- Joint stability operations
- Joint civil support
- Joint non-traditional operations
- Joint access and access denial operations
- Joint land control operations
- Joint maritime/littoral control operations
- Joint air control operations
- Joint space control operations