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On the other hand, JFCOM is the command that the services love to hate, particularly when it mucks about in doctrine and "jointness" that challenges how things are done.

Will Gates' proposed Pentagon spending cuts really save money? 2010

I mean, it's a kind of jointness of mismanagement on behalf of the University of California, but also a lack of priorities for the state of California.

CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2009 2009

Defense secretary Gates is certainly taking serious charge; the Air Force seems to be getting dangerously slapdash, along with not taking "jointness" seriously enough:

Daimnation!: USAF leadership crashing 2008

The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, once dumbly remote from one another, were models of "jointness," as the military calls its long-sought-after (and rarely achieved) goal of cooperation between the services.

The Secret War 2007

The military hated the idea--but it is time that we began to explore the notion of expanding "jointness" beyond the Pentagon definition joint inter-service operations to include other departments like State and Justice.

Obama’s Speech - Swampland - TIME.com 2007

Diggs had screened for his second star six months earlier, just before leaving Fort Irwin, to spend a few months parked in the Pentagon-an abbreviated "jointness" tour, as it was called-before moving back to Germany.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

Those of us who fought to create the position of director of national intelligence intended to establish a joint command across 16 agencies, presided over by a civilian leader who used budget authorities to leverage the strengths of the intelligence community into one command; to instill the concept of "jointness" into the workforce; and to change an antiquated culture based on the concept of "need to know" into a "need to share" environment.

Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email. 2010

-- > Concepts of "jointness" that extend down through the tactical level of war

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog 2009

So for the ILO to endorse "jointness" in this environment is worse than merely papering over the misdeeds of thousands of supplier factories producing for the big brands.

CounterPunch 2009

Review paid more attention to the advantages of "jointness," another concept derived from the doctrine wars of recent American military policy.

The Heritage Foundation Papers Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation - Ted R. Bromund 2008