Joint Chiefs of Staff

Chairman's Key Themes

  • Achieve our national objectives in the current conflicts
  • Develop Joint Force 2020
  • Renew our commitment to the Profession of Arms
  • Keep faith with our Military Family

Chairman's Strategic Direction
to the Joint Force

CJCS Letter to the
Joint Force

J1 Manpower and Personnel

To provide the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff consistently outstanding manpower and personnel advice support, thus ensuring maximum readiness and sustainability of the total force.


Our Goals:
1.  Improve communication, understanding and cooperation between the J1 and our customers.

2.  Enhance total force readiness by identifying, analyzing and acting on manpower and personnel issues through the Joint Warfighitng Capabilities Assessment (JWCA)/Joint Monthly Readiness Review (JMRR) process.

3.  Optimize the Joint Staff organization to support the COCOM/CCs and the JCS.

4.  Obtain highly qualified people for the Joint Staff.

5.  Provide highly qualified manpower and personnel support to the staff and other agencies.

Chairman's Quote