Joint Force Quarterly
Abstract
Joint Force Quarterly 120, 3rd Quarter 2026, focuses on contemporary defense strategy, joint warfighting, professional military education, operational innovation, and military sustainment. The issue opens with Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge A. Colby’s discussion of the logic underlying the 2026 National Defense Strategy and an executive summary reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the future of jointness. Forum articles address analytic superiority in warfare, the development of operational objectives, and new evidence concerning the Lavelle Affair. Contributions on joint professional military education explore defensive cognitive warfare, strategist development, and cyberspace collaboration for homeland defense. Commentary examines U.S. Special Operations Command’s approach to defense innovation, command and control of Arctic air operations, and a proposed public-private framework for industrial mobilization and military sustainment. Feature articles consider resilient medical logistics and the use of artificial intelligence to improve blood production and distribution in expeditionary environments. The issue also includes a historical study of USS Kitty Hawk during Operation Enduring Freedom and reviews of books on security force assistance, national power, and the 1979 Camp Fuji fire.
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