Joint Intelligence Directorate transitions to Joint Staff

Several functions of the Intelligence Directorate (J2) will transition from U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) to the Joint Staff today as part of the continuing effort to realign functions and generate greater efficiency as part of USJFCOM's disestablishment.

The directorate's functions of developing, integrating, training and providing joint intelligence capabilities will now support the Joint Staff's joint intelligence, joint operations and joint training directorates.

"The alignment of these vital intelligence operations with the appropriate parts of the Joint Staff will aid in the ultimate mission of improved intelligence support to today's warfighters," said Thomas N. Tomaszewski, USJFCOM director of intelligence.

Also serving to generate efficiencies, the Transformational Joint Intelligence Operations Center (JIOC-X) ceased operations on July 15.

Charged with developing best practices, the JIOC-X worked in conjunction with both the intelligence and the operations communities utilizing USJFCOM's unique capability to conduct joint operational intelligence concept development, experimentation, and training.

Tomaszewski continued, "I'm also very proud of the many contributions that USJFCOM's professional intelligence workforce have made to the Department of Defense, and want to express my thanks to them as they move on to their next assignments. They have served with distinction and honor."