| Unification of the Armed Forces Contributor(s): Jacobs, Ronald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1249428386 ISBN-13: 9781249428381 Publisher: Biblioscholar OUR PRICE: $55.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2012 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.44 lbs) 104 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This study investigates the desirability of unifying the U.S. Armed Forces into a joint military service. As the U.S. reshapes and downsizes its armed forces for the future, the primary purpose continues to be support for joint operations and a modernization strategy that focuses on increased capabilities. The organization realignment, initiated by the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Act of 1986, forced the armed services to increase joint union and cooperation. However, an over-critical hypothesis suggests that Goldwater-Nichols failed to adequately establish newly defined roles, missions, functions, and failed to properly initiate a future organization for the armed forces in a joint environment. The roles, missions, functions, and service organizations were used to highlight the similarities and differences of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Canadian Forces were also used as a comparison to give prominence to the similarities and differences of an integrated and unified military service. |