scope:

Purpose.

To establish the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff policy and guidance for the use of the Joint Training System (JTS) in planning and conducting joint training. Training in the context of this instruction aligns with the Department of Defense Strategic Plan for Transforming DOD Training (reference a), and includes joint training, joint education (references b and c), and all job-performing aids.

Applicability.

This CJCSI applies to the combatant commands, Services, Reserve Components (RC) (to include the National Guard), combat support agencies (CSAs) (Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Information Systems Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Defense Contract Management Agency), Joint Staff, and joint organizations. It guides joint commanders and senior leaders of joint agencies and programs in developing and coordinating joint training programs for their assigned staffs and organizations, component forces and staffs, and assigned forces to support capabilities-based readiness.