Joint warfare is a military doctrine which places priority on the integration of the various service branches of a state's armed forces into one unified command. Joint warfare is in essence a form of combined arms warfare on a larger, national scale, in which complementary forces from a state's army, navy, air, and special forces are meant to work together in joint operations, rather than planning and executing military operations separate from each other. Military doctrine is a level of military planning between national strategy and unit-level tactics, techniques, and procedures. ... Military service is service in the armed forces of a nation or the military arm of a political organization. ... Jump to: navigation, search The armed forces of a state are its government sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations. ... The term unity of command refers to the principle that a subordinate should have one and only one superior to whom he or she is directly responsible. ... Combined arms is an approach to warfare which seeks to integrate different arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects. ... Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force (for example, the Peoples Liberation Army of China consists of ground force, navy and air force branches). ... U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Nimitz on November 3, 2003. ... An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in air-based war. ... Jump to: navigation, search Special Forces are relatively small military units raised and trained for special operations missions such as Special Reconnaissance (SR), Unconventional Warfare (UW), Direct Action (DA), Counter-Terrorism (CT), and Foreign Internal Defense (FID). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The United States Department of Defence, which endorses joint warfare as an overriding doctrine for its forces, describes it as "team warfare", which "requires the integrated and synchronized application of all appropriate capabilities. The synergy that results maximizes combat capability in unified action." This priority on national unity of effort means practitioners of joint warfare must acknowledge the importance of the interagency process, including the priorities, capabilities, and resources of other non-uniformed agencies (such as intelligence services) in military planning. A defence minister (Commonwealth English) or defense minister (American English) is a cabinet portfolio (position) which regulates the armed forces in a sovereign nation. ... An intelligence agency is a governmental organization devoted to gathering of information by means of espionage (spying), communication interception, cryptoanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources. ...

Military operations conducted by armed forces from two or more allied countries are also sometimes referred to as joint operations. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A Military alliance is an agreement between two, or more, countries; related to wartime planning, commitments, and/or contingencies; such agreements can be both defensive and offensive. ...

See also

• U.S. armed forces United States Joint Forces Command and Joint Chiefs of Staff
• The National Security Act of 1947 and Goldwater-Nichols Act
• Contrast with interservice rivalry

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References

• United States Department of Defense publication JP 1, "Joint Warfare of the Armed Forces of the United States" (pdf document)

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External links

• The evolution of joint warfare - Joint Warfighting, Joint Forces Quarterly, Summer 2002