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U.S. Joint Forces Command
Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., U.S. Joint Forces Command is one of nine unified commands in the Department of Defense. Among his duties, the commander of USJFCOM oversees the command's roles in transformation, experimentation, joint training, interoperability and force provision as outlined in the Department of Defense's Unified Command Plan. This channel provides updates on the command's activities.
Empire Challenge 10 Suffolk efforts kick off
Empire Challenge 2010, an annual intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance demonstration, kicks off at various locations in the U.S. and other countries, including USJFCOM's Suffolk, Va. campus where Joint Systems Integration Center personnel are assessing C2 systems interoperability with ISR systems while also supporting the demonstration's main efforts at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
JCSE provides communications during humanitarian assistance mission
U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Enabling Capabilities Command's Joint Communications Support Element has sent eight of its communications experts to U.S. Southern Command's Continuing Promise 2010.
Command to host conference for industry
U.S. Joint Forces Command will meet with interested vendors for a pre-proposal conference for an upcoming joint experimentation support contract July 27.
Command prepares 10th Mountain Division for Afghanistan
A USJFCOM team will conduct Unified Endeavor Mission Rehearsal Exercise 10-3, an exercise designed to prepare the 10th Mountain Division for challenges they will face in their deployment to Afghanistan.
Command completes three-week communication exercise
U.S. Joint Forces Command communicators and personnel from across the government and other countries recently participated in a three-week exercise designed to improve joint and coalition communications abilities.
Conference focuses on globally shared spaces
U.S. Joint Forces Command and NATO's Allied Command Transformation representatives spoke at Cooperation and Conflict in the Global Commons, a three-day conference held in Virginia Beach, Va., that ends Thursday. The conference is sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School, ACT, USJFCOM and the National Defense University Institute for National Security Studies.
Staff assistance visit benefits USJFCOM, CJTF-HOA
A deployable training team from U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Training Directorate/Joint Warfighting Center recently returned from a staff assistance visit with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The visit was a chance for both the team and the joint task force to assess training delivered by J7 prior to the JTF's deployment earlier this year.
Empire Challenge 10 planning continues as event nears
The Empire Challenge team puts the final touches on preparations for this year’s demonstration, scheduled to be held in late July/mid August at Fort Huachuca, Ariz
Command interoperability demonstration underway
USJFCOM’s annual Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration features interoperability trials focused on assessing developing technology solutions against C4ISR capability gaps as identified by combatant commanders, services, agencies and coalition partners. The two-week demonstration runs through June 26.
USJFCOM deployable training team works with CJTF-HOA to improve Unified Endeavor Mission Rehearsal Program
A deployable training team from U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Training Directorate/Joint Warfighting Center travelled to Djibouti working with the staff of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa to reinforce training the task force received prior to deployment. The site assistance visit represents the final phase of USJFCOM's Unified Endeavor Mission Rehearsal Program that trains staffs in Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa.