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Designing the Integrated Force: How to Define and Meet the Challenge?

He chairs the investment committee where the principals met to make strategic decisions on investments.
Obviously, control of the purse strings is crucial to make suggestions turn into recommendations with clout for
force structure development.

And finally he saw the streams as key elements to reshaping the strategic approach to force structure
development – as modernization choices are made.

The Perspective of the Force Design Division

And indeed, in the next presentation by Brigadier Jason Blain, Director General Force Options and Plans from
the Force Design Division, the importance of shifting to a stream and program approach was seen as
fundamental to the shift to enable enhanced joint capabilities.

BG Blain highlighted throughout his presentation a number of key principles or guidelines to the thinking within
the Force Design Division.

Integration is a force multiplier.

If we don’t “design” the integrated force we are committed to “after-market” integration.

To enhance the ability to do integrated force design, the Division has developed a force design cycle
whereby they evaluate opportunities to augment integrative efforts.

If we are not an integrated team from the design to the operation of the force, we will incur unacceptable risk
in operations.

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