Draft Roles and Missions Guidance Triggers Talk of Major Service Turf Wars

By Jason Sherman / April 16, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Pentagon leaders this week moved to strike a delicate balance in launching a congressionally mandated military roles and missions review that aims to satisfy lawmakers without triggering a full-blown bureaucratic turf war between the services, according to Defense Department officials. However, draft guidance for the roles and missions assessment, issued April 14 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff, is raising the hackles of the military services who say the roughly 15-page document includes provisions...

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