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, conducting, and assessing 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 job-performance aiding.

Applicability. This CJCSI applies to the combatant commands, Services, Reserve Components (RCs) (to include the National Guard), combat support agencies (CSAs) (including Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Information Systems Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and Defense Contract Management Agency), Joint Staff, standing Joint Task Forces, and other 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.