Department Of Defense-Joint Vision 2020

The US military today is a force
of superbly trained men and women who are
ready to deliver victory for our Nation. In
support of the objectives of our National
Security Strategy, it is routinely employed to
shape the international security environment
and stands ready to respond across the full
range of potential military operations. But the
focus of this document is the third element of
our strategic approach – the need to prepare
now for an uncertain future.
Joint Vision 2020 builds upon and
extends the conceptual template established by
Joint Vision 2010 to guide the continuing
transformation of America’s Armed Forces. The
primary purpose of those forces has been and
will be to fight and win the Nation’s wars. The
overall goal of the transformation described in
this document is the creation of a force that is
dominant across the full spectrum of military
operations – persuasive in peace, decisive in
war, preeminent in any form of conflict.
In 2020, the nation will face a wide
range of interests, opportunities, and
challenges and will require a military that can
both win wars and contribute to peace. The
global interests and responsibilities of the
United States will endure, and there is no
indication that threats to those interests and
responsibilities or to our allies, will 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 the future. This document describes the
operational concepts necessary to do so.
If our 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 new military capabilities. This vision
describes the ongoing transformation to those
new capabilities. As first explained in JV 2010,
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