Nt1310 Unit 2 Term Paper

The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), Defense Acquisition System (DAS), and Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) System support Force Management. The purpose of the JCIDS is a need driven, capabilities assessment. The DAS provides effective, affordable, and timely weapon systems to the warfighters. The PPBE is the most important process of Force Management because it connects strategy and force structure to resources. The President issues the National Security Strategy (NSS) and the National Defense Strategy (NDS) is nested and issued by the Secretary of Defense and identifies specific priorities. In addition, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) publishes the Defense Planning and Programming Guidance (DPG)
Resources are considered the people, equipment, systems, land, facilities, and support funding. The planning phase determines the requirements needed to achieve approved military objectives, missions, and tasks aligned to National level and Army Strategy, specifically the G-3/4/7 by developing The Army Plan (TAP) and Total Army Analysis (TAA). Next, is the programming phase that matches available resources to requirements and the completion of the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) initiates the budget and budget execution Phase. After that is the budgeting phase that focuses on the first year of the budgeting cycle of the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) which is the official SECDEF approved programs and the results of the PPBE process. The FYDP resides in a database and updated annually. Finally, is the executing phase. The execution phase includes allocating, obligating, and financial management. Through these phases, the PPBE connects strategy and force structure to resources. Furthermore, “It is the principle tool used by the Secretary of Defense and Assistant Secretary in managing the