The Department of Defense announced today that U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) will conduct the first joint national training capability horizontal training exercise from Jan. 18-30, 2004. This exercise is the first of many planned JNTC exercises, which will pull together service training sites, systems, and exercises to meet the needs of combatant commanders to fight in a joint environment. This and future exercises will lead to initial operational capability of JNTC by October 2004. The joint training will build on the Services’ training exercises to provide a common picture that includes all exercise data from across the military-whether live,...