JP 519(L) - Interagency Experience

Thesis: Attaining US national objectives requires the effective planning to integrate the diplomatic, informational, economic, and military instruments of national power at the operational, as well as the strategic, level. The USG interagency (including DOD) provides capabilities that are critical for operational success and the achievement of national objectives, but integrating USG civilian capabilities and the military capabilities of a Joint Force can be difficult. All executive branch agencies take strategic direction from the President, but at the operational level, the JFC does not usually have unity of command. The JFC and the civilian agencies involved in an operation must find effective ways to coordinate and cooperate with each other to achieve unity of effort despite the lack of operational unity of command.