Combined Joint Statement of Requirements

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The Combined Joint Statement of Requirements (CJSOR) lists the military capabilities required for an operation in the NATO planning process.

Creation

The CJSOR is created by the staff responsible for operations planning after the concept of operations (CONOPS), the first draft of the planning, has been drawn up.

The CJSOR lists the skills that are required to fulfill the tasks specified in the CONOPS or derived from it. These abilities are listed independently of nationalities (combined = multinational) or a part of the armed forces (joint = armed forces jointly / across).

example
Ability to carry out tactical air transport with helicopters - Possible force contributors (nation / armed forces): Italy / Army, Germany / Air Force, USA / Marines, etc.

Once this catalog of capabilities has been approved by the superior headquarters , the CJSOR serves as the basis for the Force Generation Process, during which the member states are asked in NATO operations which forces they can or want to provide. The respective military representatives (NMR - National Military Representatives) report the approved contributions after consultation with their nations, the CJSOR thus fills up and becomes a catalog of forces.

If skills are not stored with the required powers, skills gaps are accepted and / or the member states are asked again.

On this basis, the operation plan (Operational Plan - OPLAN), the actual simply just issuing of orders created.

Current reference

A prominent example of problems when filling a CJSOR can be found with the NATO Response Force (NRF). Although this is a generic planning, there are gaps in the given range of capabilities, as the limited forces of various NATO member states are already tied up through ongoing missions and are therefore no longer available for the NRF. Adjustments to the concept were therefore necessary.

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