Expert Knowledge in a Joint Task Force Headquarters

摘要

Officers receive service-specific education and undergo experiences within their components that provide the expert knowledge that enables them to operate in their respective military departments. Given the Department of Defense (DoD) emphasis on service interoperability, what additional expert knowledge, if any, is necessary for an officer to operate effectively in a joint task force (JTF) headquarters. This article contends that officers in the grades of O-3 and O-4 (captains and majors, or lieutenants and lieutenant commanders in sea services) do not require additional formal expert knowledge because they receive an adequate amount during their service component education. Instead, it argues that informal expert knowledge in the form of true integration is essential to operate in a JTF headquarters.