Joint Force Quarterly 117

(2^nd Quarter, April 2025)

America Needs Bold Joint Force Leaders

Obstacles to Integrated Deterrence
Developing Alternative Manning Strategies

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Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects Hong Kong Garrison of Chinese People’s Liberation Army at Shek Kong Barracks, in Hong Kong, June 30, 2024.

A New Step in China’s Military Reform

By Joel Wuthnow

In April 2024, Xi Jinping announced a new military restructuring focused on improving the ability of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to achieve information dominance and conduct integrated joint operations in wartime.

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Commentary

Military Housing Office sign at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, September 3, 2024

Solving the Crisis: A Partnership Approach for Safe, Affordable Military Housing

By Michael Kittrell and Michael Borders

Today, 216 Cannon Air Force Base (CAFB) Airmen live in a brand-new, energy-efficient off-base community because of a commitment to eschew old thinking and develop unique housing solutions.

Features

Sailors participate in mass casualty drill on flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, South China Sea, February 6, 2023.

Toward a 21st-Century Medical Offset Strategy

By George A. Barbee and Benjamin J. Ingram

We are applying a late 19th-century to early 20th-century mindset to try to solve 21st-century problems.

Air Force crew chiefs marshal A-10C Thunderbolt II during Agile Combat Employment exercise in austere location within U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, December 11, 2024.

Protecting ACE: Air Defense and Agile Combat Employment

By Ian D. Richardson

The Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operational scheme of maneuver was developed by the Air Force to address anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) threats.