Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) Advanced Studies Program and Fleet Support Program (Pilot)

1. Purpose. To announce the establishment of Marine Corps University's Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO) Education Program.

2. Background. Reference (ref) (a) notes that rapid advances in technology and the digitization of information—especially in space, cyberspace, and the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS)—are fundamentally changing the character of warfare. It also highlights that current joint doctrine emphasizes deconfliction to allow Service components to operate in distinct, domain-specific areas of responsibility—a method that sufficed when the joint force held uncontested overmatch across the theater. However, against a capable adversary, this segregated approach is no longer viable and must give way to integrated, cross-domain operations. Ref (b) notes that Joint warfighting in the modern era requires an unprecedented level of integration across domains to achieve operational success. Joint Force Commanders are tasked with the complex challenge of orchestrating diverse capabilities to create synchronized effects, ensuring that their operations are both adaptive and decisive. To meet these demands, commanders employ innovative planning frameworks that allow them to harness the full array of joint capabilities
while responding to rapidly changing operational environments. Ref (c) directs leaders of Joint Professional Military Education institutions to build joint warfighting expertise emphasizing active performance-oriented experiential learning methodologies such as role-based wargaming and interactive joint planning exercises and to use classified instruction where appropriate. In ref (d), the Commandant of the Marine Corps references the 2022 National Defense Strategy which prioritizes the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the pacing challenge and identifies the Marine Corps' enduring purpose as the provision of ready forces to meet Combatant Commander and Fleet needs – specifically, through expeditionary Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTFs) capable of combined arms and integration into the Joint Force. Ref (e) tasks Marine Corps University (MCU) to develop and implement curricula to produce Joint All Domain Officers with the knowledge and skills to manage the integration of all domain capabilities in a complex joint/
combined operating environment and to explore options for graduating students who are fully informed in higher classification concepts and programs. MCU's JADO Education Program described below and formally launched in academic year (AY) 26, addresses the warfighting imperatives addressed in references (a), (b), (c), and (d) and specifically fulfills the tasks assigned to MCU in reference (e).

3. JADO Education Program. At present, MCU's JADO Education Program includes two tracks. Track 1 is the JADO Advanced Studies Program
(ASP) offered as part of the Command and Staff College (CSC) resident
program in Quantico. Track 2 is the JADO Fleet Support Program (FSP) currently being piloted by MCU's College of Distance Education and Training (CDET) in three locations. The JADO ASP is completed during the CSC AY, with the possibility of travel post AY, and includes
instruction at the Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented information (TS/SCI) level. CSC anticipates graduating 32 students from the JADO ASP in AY 26 and increasing the number of graduates annually until the program has 96 graduates in AY 29. The JADO FSP Pilot is completed as part of the Command and Staff College Blended Seminar Program (CSCBSP) and includes instruction at the SECRET level. CDET anticipates graduating 35 students through the JADO FSP in AY 26 and
more in subsequent years depending on funding and other factors.

4. Program Concept. In both tracks, the JADO curriculum has been designed to develop the competency of officers to conduct operational planning at classification and to serve on the staff of a Joint Task Force (JTF) and in other Joint and Combined environments. Upon completing the JADO ASP, graduates will be fluent in operations/
targeting, logistics, and command and control and able to formulate and articulate the construction of appropriate annexes linked to a Theory of Victory. They will be able to synchronize fires across all domains with maneuver and logistics and construct and utilize multi-
domain movement corridors. Graduates will be better equipped to harmonize the "symphony of capabilities" needed to execute the Department of Defense's core mission of deterring war and, if necessary, defeating and destroying our adversaries. The JADO FSP is being designed to achieve the same student learning outcomes as the JADO ASP, but to less depth. It is also being tailored to address Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) specific warfighting equities and operation plan (OPLAN) responsibilities. At present, the JADO FSP is being piloted at Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune, and Quantico as part of the CSCBSP at those locations. Depending on the outcomes of the pilots, it may be expanded to other locations as a stand-alone program or become a regular part of the CSCBSP at one or more locations.

5. Enrollment and Classification Requirements. U.S. students selected to attend the Marine Corps Command and Staff College resident course in Quantico are provided information on how to enroll in the JADO ASP during the initial weeks of the AY. 32 CSC students have been vetted and approved to participate in the JADO ASP in AY 26. Students in the JADO FSP are provided enrollment instructions during the opening weeks of the CSCBSP at Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune, and Quantico. Students approved to participate in the JADO ASP must possess a Top Secret/SCI clearance. Students approved to participate in the JADO FSP must possess a SECRET clearance. All students must have Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) accounts and SIPRNet tokens to gain access to classified information, curriculum, and secure facilities.

6. Recognition for Completion. Students who successfully complete the JADO ASP or the JADO FSP will be recognized with a JADO school code which becomes part of their permanent military record and appears on their Master Brief Sheet (MBS). Each program will have a distinct school code associated with it to acknowledge the differences in program design, depth, and classification. This designator will allow the Marine Corps to track officers who have received JADO education for assignments or other purposes.

7. Release authorized by Brigadier General M. W. Tracy, President, Marine Corps University.