Combined Joint Task Force
Combined Joint Task Force ( CJTF ) is the originally purely US-American name for multinational forces that are put together across the armed forces for clearly defined or temporary tasks. For example, during the invasion of Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury) , the United States put together a Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) 120, which consisted of four separate task forces. A Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) 180 was deployed in the Afghan War.
The so-called CJTF concept describes the process of leading such forces with detachable parts of the NATO command structure. It enables the participation of non-NATO countries in such operations. In addition, the WEU CJTF headquarters can be made available to enable crisis operations within the scope of the Petersberg range of tasks under the leadership of the WEU. A further development of the concept, which was approved by the NATO foreign and defense ministers in Berlin and Brussels in June 1996 , also includes the possibility of using national and multinational headquarters outside of the NATO command structure for CJTF operations.
For example, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) against the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) has existed since 2014.
Individual evidence
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See also
- Coalition Forces Land Component Command in Iraq and Afghanistan