MCO 3120.12A - Cancels MCO 3120.12
3 Nov 2020 | SSIC 03000 Operations & Readiness
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The strategic environment is both crisis-prone and complex. To address our nation’s global challenges, the Secretary of Defense (SecDef) employs the Joint Global Force Management (GFM) process to assign (inclusive of Service-retained forces), apportion for
planning and allocate Service-generated forces (units and individuals) to Combatant Commanders (CCDRs) for employment. The GFM process, implemented in 2005, enables SecDef to make proactive, risk-informed decisions in order to align forces against known CCDR requirements in advance of planning and deployment preparation timelines. Based on SecDef direction in the Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF), Global Force Management Implementation Guidance (GFMIG), Forces for Unified Command Memorandum, and the annual GFM Allocation Plan (GFMAP), the Joint Staff (JS) orchestrates the GFM process in order to allocate forces for validated CCDR requirements. GFM continuously and systematically tracks demand for Service forces through annual CCDR force requirement submissions for inclusion in the GFMAP; modifications to the GFMAP address crisis response and other emergent requirements. Table 1-2 in enclosure (2) summarizes roles and responsibilities of GFM and force synchronization stakeholders. This Order focuses on the force allocation process. Chapter 1 of enclosure (2) includes a primer on GFM. This Order is in accordance with references (a) through (an).