Joint warfare is a

military doctrine Military doctrine is the expression of how military forces contribute to campaigns, major operations, battles, and engagements. It is a guide to action, rather than being hard and fast rules. Doctrine provides a common frame of reference acros ...

which places priority on the integration of the various service branches of a state's

armed forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

into one unified command. Joint warfare is in essence a form of

combined arms Combined arms is an approach to warfare that seeks to integrate different combat arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects (for example by using infantry and armour in an urban environment in which each supports the other) ...

warfare on a larger, national scale, in which complementary forces from a state's

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navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...

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, and

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are meant to work together in joint operations, rather than planning and executing

military operations A military operation is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state or actor's favor. Operations ma ...

separate from each other. Its origins can be traced to the establishment in 1938 of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the world's first joint higher command structure, though it should not be seen as the same level of "jointness" as

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. The

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, 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

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means practitioners of joint warfare must acknowledge the importance of the inter-agency process, including the priorities, capabilities, and resources of other non-uniformed agencies (such as

intelligence services An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy objectives. Means of informatio ...

) in military planning.

Military operations A military operation is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state or actor's favor. Operations ma ...

conducted by armed forces from two or more allied countries are referred to by the

combined operations In current military use, combined operations are operations conducted by forces of two or more allied nations acting together for the accomplishment of a common strategy, a strategic and operational and sometimes tactical cooperation. Interact ...

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JP 1, "Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States"
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document) * Zaloga, Steven J. ''Sicily, 1943: The Debut of Allied Joint Operations'' (Osprey, 2013) 96 pp.

External links

The evolution of joint warfare - Joint Warfighting
Joint Forces Quarterly, Summer 2002
Toward Combined Arms Warfare: A Survey of 20th-Century Tactics, Doctrine, and Organization
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