(DoD) Planning activities associated with joint military operations by combatant commanders and their subordinate joint force commanders in response to contingencies and crises. Joint operation planning includes planning for the mobilization, deployment, employment, sustainment, redeployment, and demobilization of joint forces. See also execution planning; Joint Operation Planning and Execution System; joint operation planning process.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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