Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave Colón-López his marching orders soon after taking office in October 2019.
SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR TO THE CHAIRMAN PROFESSIONAL
This is why he oversaw a revision of the enlisted professional military education effort – emphasizing the joint nature of operations and the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers and petty officers to lead the way.Īrmy Gen.
The place to learn about the joint force concept can't be on the battlefield, on the fly, Colón-López said. The civilian agencies – the departments of State, Treasury, Justice, Agriculture and more – provide capabilities that can be crucial to success of U.S. The military works as part of a whole-of-government team. Service members still have to know the procedures and capabilities of their own services first, but they also need to understand the advantages that working as a joint force team provides.īut it now goes even beyond that. Persistent observation may have come from any of the services overarching everything would be satellite communications and surveillance – usually run by the Air Force, but not always. Air Force, Army, Marine or Navy aircraft may have provided the close-air support needed. In Iraq, it was not unusual for an Army patrol to go outside the wire, with Air Force and Navy personnel helping defend against the improvised explosive device threat. What started with senior officers has pushed down the ranks – officer and enlisted – with the realization that even entry-level service members need to know something about the capabilities provided by members of other services. Military leaders saw the advantages of the services working together, and the move since then has been to plan together and fight together. In the 1960s, it meant two or more services worked together – mostly at the senior levels. The idea of "joint" has grown over the years. Kristofer Reyes, the manager for enlisted joint professional military education on the Joint Staff, worked with Colón-López to see the project to fruition. Tied to it is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff publication “Enlisted Professional Military Education.” Air Force Senior Master Sgt. The changes mirror what is happening in the force, he said.Ĭolón-López and the other senior enlisted leaders have issued "Developing Enlisted Leaders for Tomorrow's Wars" – an in depth look at the vision they have for professional military education.
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