United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-11-09 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-100R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-100R P0b002ee180374625 f:d02100r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-100R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-100R GAO-02-100R Advanced weapons systems Air defense systems Combat readiness Command control communications computer systems Defense capabilities Defense economic analysis Defense procurement Management information systems Military communication Military inventories Noncompliance Testing Waivers Warfare Correspondence A02452 Because the military services' weapon systems, particularly communication systems, have not been sufficiently interoperable, the services have experienced difficulty during operations such as the Gulf War and the Kosovo operation. In Joint Vision 2020, a strategic statement on the transformation efforts of U.S. military forces, the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff recognizes that a joint force is key to operational success and envisions an interoperable joint force with technologically advanced warfighting capabilities able to dominate any adversary by 2020. This vision also emphasizes the importance of experimenting with new joint warfighting concepts. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council plays a key role in advancing the joint warfighting capabilities of U.S. forces in support of Joint Vision 2020. The Council oversees the joint requirements process by, among other things, assessing and approving the services' joint requirements and deficiencies, reviewing and approving plans for correcting those deficiencies while ensuring interoperability, and ensuring that the services have linked their capabilities to Joint Vision 2020. The Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and others have identified several weaknesses and initiated actions to address them. Because these initiatives are in the early stages of implementation, it is too early to assess their impact in improving the Council's oversight and the joint requirements process. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-100R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-100R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-100R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-100R.pdf GAO-02-100R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-100R Correspondence GAO-02-100R; Defense Plans: Status of DOD's Efforts to Improve Its Joint Warfighting Requirements Process; Advanced weapons systems Air defense systems Combat readiness Command control communications computer systems Defense capabilities Defense economic analysis Defense procurement Management information systems Military communication Military inventories Noncompliance Testing Waivers Warfare