text: Transition to a Joint Headquarters
  the joint force headquarters training websites non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network at
  https://jdeis.js.mil/jdeis/index.jsp. These products include notional JTF headquarters templates that contain
  joint manning documents to assist in manning; command and control architectures, systems, software,
  telecommunications, and video requirements for equipping; and the Joint Force Headquarters Training
  website on the Joint Electronic Library Plus with learning resources for training the JTF staff.
  D-15. In addition, there are numerous organizations that may provide subject matter expertise to a rapidly
  forming joint headquarters. Such organizations include—
  * The joint enabling capabilities command. It provides global, rapidly deployable, temporary joint
  expeditionary capabilities across the range of military operations to assist in the initial
  establishment, organization, and operation of joint force headquarters.
  * National intelligence support. It is sourced from intelligence and communications experts from
  across the national intelligence community.
  * The Defense Threat Reduction Agency integrates, synchronizes, and provides expertise,
  technologies, and capabilities to safeguard the U.S. and its allies from global weapons of mass
  destruction and improvised threats.
  * The Joint Information Operations Warfare Center. It provides information-related subject matter
  expertise and advice to the joint staff and combatant commands and develops and maintains a joint
  information assessment framework that measures and reports performance of information-related
  capabilities supporting joint operations.
  * The joint communications security monitoring activity. Provides information security monitoring
  and analysis support to JTFs.
  * The Joint Warfare Analysis Center. It assists in preparation and analysis of joint operation plans
  and Service chiefs’ analysis of weapons effectiveness.
  (For more organizations and information on rapidly forming a joint headquarters, see JP 3-33 and JP 3-31.)
  PLANNING AND MANAGING TRANSITIONS
  D-16. Upon notification, commanders with support from their existing staffs immediately begin planning and
  managing transitions and apply transition techniques towards the end state of becoming a joint headquarters.
  The transition of operational responsibilities from a combatant command to a joint headquarters usually
  occurs in the early stages of a crisis. Transitioning to a joint headquarters is not a discrete event. The staffs
  may overlap some activities over time. Eight techniques recommended in TC 6-6 are—
  * Plan early and often.
  * Build flexibility into plans.
  * Be as transparent as possible.
  * Integrate transitions across lines of operations.
  * Ensure key leaders actively manage transitions.
  * Adjust staff processes to account for increased requirements.
  * Design organizations and processes with consideration for their short-term and long-term
  consequences.
  * Develop a plan for the transition to a joint headquarters.
  D-17. Additionally, there are things staffs should identify and understand, as part of planning, to promote a
  smooth transition. The staffs should identify and understand—
  * Authorities of the joint headquarters.
  * The joint operational area.
  * Interoperability issues.
  * Lines of communications.
  * Classification for headquarters developed products.
  * Techniques for creating situational and shared understanding.
  D-18. Joint headquarters forming on short notice may not have the opportunity to conduct the level of detailed
  planning they would like to or have the time to develop relationships with staff augments, unified action