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1 1225 JV 2020 Pgs 2/24/01 11:36 AM Page 57. Joint Vision documentation 2020. America's Military . Preparing for Tomorrow Summer 2000 / JFQ 57. Form Approved Report Documentation Page OMB No. 0704-0188. Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number.

2 1. REPORT DATE 3. DATES COVERED. 2. REPORT TYPE. 2000 00-00-2000 to 00-00-2000. 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER. Joint Vision 2020. America's Military - Preparing for Tomorrow 5b. GRANT NUMBER. 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER. 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER. 5e. TASK NUMBER. 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER. 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION. REPORT NUMBER. National Defense University,Institute for National Strategic Studies,260. Fifth Avenue SW Bg 64 Fort Lesley J. McNair,Washington,DC,20319. 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S). 11. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT. NUMBER(S). 12. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. 14. ABSTRACT. 15. SUBJECT TERMS. 16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: 17. LIMITATION OF 18. NUMBER 19a. NAME OF. ABSTRACT OF PAGES RESPONSIBLE PERSON.

3 A. REPORT b. ABSTRACT c. THIS PAGE Same as 20. unclassified unclassified unclassified Report (SAR). Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98). Prescribed by ANSI Std Z39-18. 1225 JV 2020 Pgs 2/24/01 11:36 AM Page 58. Joint VISION 2020. disappear. The strategic concepts of decisive force, power projection, overseas presence, and strategic agility will continue to govern our efforts to fulfill those responsibilities and meet the challenges of documentation the future. This document describes the opera- tional concepts necessary to do so. If the Armed Forces are to be faster, more lethal, and more precise in 2020 than they are today, we must continue to invest in and develop CJCS Vision .. new military capabilities. This vision describes the ongoing transformation to those new capabilities. Dedicated individuals and innovative organizations As first explained in Joint Vision 2010, and depend- ent upon realizing the po- transforming the Joint force for the 21st century tential of the information revolution, today's capa- to achieve full spectrum dominance: bilities for maneuver, strike, logistics, and pro- Persuasive in peace tection will become domi- nant maneuver, precision Decisive in war engagement, focused lo- gistics, and full dimen- sional protection.

4 Preeminent in any form of conflict The Joint force, be- cause of its flexibility and responsiveness, will re- T. he military today is a force of su- main the key to operational success in the future. perbly trained men and women who The integration of core competencies provided by are ready to deliver victory for our Na- the individual services is essential to the Joint tion. In support of the objectives of team, and the employment of the capabilities of our national security strategy, it is routinely em- the total force (active, Reserve, National Guard, ployed to shape the international security envi- and civilian members) increases the options for ronment and stands ready to respond across the the commander and complicates the choices of full range of potential military operations. But our opponents. To build the most effective force the focus of this document is the third element of for 2020, we must be fully Joint : intellectually, our strategic approach the need to prepare now operationally, organizationally, doctrinally, and for an uncertain future.

5 Technically. Joint Vision 2020 builds upon and extends the This vision is centered on the Joint force in conceptual template established by Joint Vision 2020. The date defines a general analytical focus 2010 to guide the continuing transformation of rather than serving as a definitive estimate or the Armed Forces. The primary purpose of those deadline. The document does not describe coun- forces has been and will be to fight and win the ters to specific threats, nor does it enumerate Nation's wars. The overall goal of the transforma- weapon, communication, or other systems we tion described in this document is the creation of will develop or purchase. Rather, its purpose is to a force that is dominant across the full spectrum describe in broad terms the human talent the of military operations persuasive in peace, deci- professional, well-trained, and ready force and sive in war, preeminent in any form of conflict.

6 Operational capabilities that will be required for In 2020, the Nation will face a wide range of the Joint force to succeed across the full range of interests, opportunities, and challenges and will military operations and accomplish its mission in require a military that can both win wars and 2020 and beyond. In describing those capabili- contribute to peace. The global interests and re- ties, the vision provides a vector for the wide- sponsibilities of the United States will endure, ranging program of exercises and experimenta- and there is no indication that threats to those tion being conducted by the services and interests and responsibilities, or to our allies, will combatant commands and the continuing evolu- tion of the Joint force. Based on the Joint vision implementation program, many capabilities will 58 JFQ / Summer 2000. 1225 JV 2020 Pgs 2/24/01 11:36 AM Page 59. Joint VISION 2020.

7 The evolution of these elements over the next two decades will be strongly influenced by two factors. First, the continued development and proliferation of information technologies will documentation substantially change the conduct of military op- erations. These changes in the information envi- ronment make information superiority a key en- abler of the transformation of the operational capabilities of the Joint force and the evolution of Joint command and control. Second, the Armed Forces will continue to rely on a capacity for in- tellectual and technical innovation. The pace of technological change, especially as it fuels changes in the strategic environment, will place a premium on our ability to foster innovation in our people and organizations across the entire range of Joint operations. The overall vision of the capabilities we will require in 2020, as intro- Air Force (Val Gempis).

8 Duced above, rests on our assessment of the strategic context in which our forces will operate. STRATEGIC CONTEXT. Three aspects of the world of 2020 have sig- nificant implications for the Armed Forces. First, the United States will continue to have global in- be operational well before 2020, while others will terests and be engaged with a variety of regional continue to be explored and developed through actors. Transportation, communications, and in- exercises and experimentation. formation technology will continue to evolve and The overarching focus of this vision is full foster expanded economic ties and awareness of spectrum dominance achieved through the in- international events. Our security and economic terdependent application of dominant maneuver, interests, as well as our political values, will pro- precision engagement, focused logistics, and full vide the impetus for engagement with interna- dimensional protection.

9 Attaining that goal re- tional partners. The Joint force of 2020 must be quires the steady infusion of new technology and prepared to win across the full range of military modernization and replacement of equipment. operations in any part of the world, to operate However, material superiority alone is not suffi- with multinational forces, and to coordinate mili- cient. Of greater importance is the development tary operations, as necessary, with government of doctrine, organizations, training and educa- agencies and international organizations. tion, leaders, and people that effectively take ad- vantage of the technology. Figure 1. Full Spectrum Dominance Dominant Maneuver Peacetime Engagement Information Precision Engagement Superiority and Technological Deterrence and Conflict Prevention Full-Dimensional Protection Innovations Focused Logistics Fight and Win Summer 2000 / JFQ 59. 1225 JV 2020 Pgs 2/24/01 11:37 AM Page 60.

10 Joint VISION 2020. documentation 982d Signal Company (James V. Dowden, Jr.). Second, potential adversaries will have access The potential of such asymmetric ap- to the global commercial industrial base and proaches is perhaps the most serious danger the much of the same technology as the military. United States faces in the immediate future . We will not necessarily sustain a wide technologi- and this danger includes long-range ballistic cal advantage over our adversaries in all areas. In- missiles and other direct threats to citizens creased availability of commercial satellites, digi- and territory. The asymmetric methods and ob- tal communications, and the public Internet all jectives of an adversary are often far more im- give adversaries new capabilities at a relatively portant than the relative technological imbal- low cost. We should not expect opponents in ance, and the psychological impact of an attack 2020 to fight with strictly industrial age tools.