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WASHINGTON, March 17, 2010 – U.S. Joint Forces Command is providing military leaders with valuable insight for the future of the military, the command’s chief of staff said this week. Air Force Maj. Gen. David M. Edgington discussed a paper called U.S. Joint Forces Command Joint Operating Environment 2010 during a “DoDLive” bloggers roundtable March 15. The document depicts the strategic framework of the future operational environment and its implications on the joint force, both structurally and operationally, Edgington said. The idea behind the new plan, he explained, is to help U.S. combatant commanders determine their resource requirements over the...