Burgeoning courses, lagging standardization

Since the advent of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, the requirements for and approaches to joint training and education have morphed across the joint learning continuum. Goldwater-Nichols aimed to enhance joint operational effectiveness and spawned standards for joint officer management, joint doctrine, and joint training and education policies. Since the joint qualified officer system now allows for alternate paths to gain joint credit outside of the original Goldwater-Nichols path, joint training requirements and novel joint officer development opportunities have emerged. Tables, Figures. Adapted from the source document.