The Joint Staff (TJS) and Interaction with Others

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The Joint Staff (TJS) and Interaction with Others

• Presentation to
• American Society of Military Comptrollers
• Washington Chapter
• April 2012 Luncheon Speaker Program
• Dennis M. Savage
• Joint Staff Comptroller

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Agenda

• Provide a contextual PPBE understanding of the
  Joint environment
• Identify TJS interaction with OSD, Defense
  Agencies, COCOMs, and the Inter-Agency

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TJS Interaction with Others Enduring Yet
Evolving Depending on National Security Needs

• Combatant Commands
• AFRICOM
• CENTCOM
• EUCOM
• NORTHCOM
• PACOM
• SOCOM
• SOUTCOM
• STRATCOM
• TRANSCOM

• Defense Agencies
• DIA
• DFAS
• DISA
• DARPA
• DTRA
• MDA
• DLA
• NGA, NRO, NSA
• WHS
• PFPA

• Office of the Secretary of Defense
• SECDEF/DEPSECDEF
• USD(P)
• USD(I)
• USD(ATL)
• USD(PR)
• USD(C)
• CAPE

• Interagency
• National Security Staff
• Department of State
• National Director of Intelligence
• Treasury Department

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The Federal and DoD Funds Distribution Schema
Comptrollers Understand this Footprint Maybe
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Operational-Level Chain of Command Perhaps a
Bit Overly Simplified
NCA
PRESIDENT
SECDEF
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Communications
U.S. Special Operations Command SOCOM
U.S. Transportation Command TRANSCOM
U.S. Northern Command NORTHCOM
U.S. Southern Command SOUTHCOM
U.S. European Command EUCOM
U.S. Central Command CENTCOM
U.S. Pacific Command PACOM
U.S. Strategic Command STRATCOM
U.S. Africa Command AFRICOM
Regional Responsibilities
Functional Responsibilities
Unified Commands
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TEMR vs. Operational-Level Execution
Purposeful But with Second Order Contentiousness
NCA
PRESIDENT
SECDEF
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Communications
U.S. Special Operations Command SOCOM
U.S. Transportation Command TRANSCOM
U.S. Northern Command NORTHCOM
U.S. Southern Command SOUTHCOM
U.S. European Command EUCOM
U.S. Africa Command AFRICOM
U.S. Central Command CENTCOM
U.S. Pacific Command PACOM
U.S. Strategic Command STRATCOM
Train, Equip, Man, Resource
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JCS ? The Joint Staff (TJS), Yet the Concept is
Commonly Misunderstood

• Vice Chairman acts in the absence of the Chairman

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TJS Advises CJCS So Interaction With
OthersTends to be Important

• Combatant Commands
• AFRICOM
• CENTCOM
• EUCOM
• NORTHCOM
• PACOM
• SOCOM
• SOUTCOM
• STRATCOM
• TRANSCOM

• Defense Agencies
• DIA
• DFAS
• DISA
• DARPA
• DTRA
• MDA
• DLA
• NGA, NRO, NSA
• WHS
• PFPA

• Office of the Secretary of Defense
• SECDEF/DEPSECDEF
• USD(P)
• USD(I)
• USD(ATL)
• USD(PR)
• USD(C)
• CAPE

• Interagency
• National Security Staff
• Department of State
• National Director of Intelligence
• Treasury Department