text: Chapter 1
  1-55. The National Security Strategy outlines the President’s vision for providing enduring security for the
  American people. National strategic guidance identifies the importance of allies and partners to help build
  the strongest possible coalition of nations to enhance collective influence, shape the global strategic
  environment, and to solve shared challenges.
  DOD PLANNING
  1-56. DOD strategic guidance and planning documents provide and describe the nation’s defense priorities
  and objectives and implementation strategies to balance the joint force to meet future contingencies.
  The National Defense Strategy
  1-57. The Secretary of Defense prepares the National Defense Strategy. This document stems from the
  National Defense Strategy (NDS) The National Defense Strategy encompasses the Secretary’s vision for
  DOD’s role in protecting the American people and U.S. interests.
  The National Military Strategy
  1-58. The National Military Strategy applies the considerable body of policy and strategy direction provided
  in the National Security Strategy (NSS), National Defense Strategy, and other documents into an overarching
  military strategic framework. The National Military Strategy is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  (CJCS)’s military advice for how the joint force accomplishes the defense objectives set forth in the National
  Defense Strategy and from the direction provided by the President and Secretary of Defense.
  Joint Strategic Campaign Plan
  1-59. The Joint Strategic Campaign Plan (JSCP) is a five-year global strategic campaign plan (reviewed
  every two years) that operationalizes the National Military Strategy. It is the CJCS’s primary document to
  guide and direct the preparation and integration of joint force campaign, contingency, and support plans. The
  JSCP establishes a common set of processes, products, priorities, roles, and responsibilities to support the
  integration of the joint force’s global operations, activities, and investments from day-to-day campaigning to
  contingencies. The JSCP is the primary means by which the CJCS provides strategic and operational
  guidance in the preparation of joint plans.
  Combatant Command Campaign Plan
  1-60. The CCP is the combatant command’s primary instrument for operationalizing a theater strategy. The
  CCP consists of all plans contained within the established theater or functional responsibilities, to include
  contingency plans, subordinate and supporting plans, posture plans, and country-specific SC sections for
  country plans and operations in execution (JP 5-0). The CCP typically contains a country-specific SC section,
  or simply “country plan,” for the partner nation that generally contains the SC-specific intermediate military
  objectives that enable the accomplishment of larger strategic objectives and end states. Combatant commands
  have the primary responsibility for developing country plans. While the processes and contents for country
  plans vary with each combatant command, they all focus on establishing country objectives that support the
  CCP and associated regional campaign plans and functional campaign plans. Those objectives are often stated
  as broad goals linked to the DOD security cooperation focus areas, and depending on the combatant
  command, objectives may be stated as objectives, lines of effort, end states, or key tasks. Regardless of the
  term used, they express the key effect or outcome that the combatant command seeks to achieve in each
  country.
  1-61. Based upon SC goals and objectives, as outlined in SC planning guidance, significant security
  cooperation initiatives are identified and generally led by the combatant commands. The significant security
  cooperation initiatives are coordinated with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the
  joint staff and involve applying multiple security cooperation tools and programs. Significant security
  cooperation initiatives may be overseen and managed by various DOD components and the DOS over
  multiple years to realize a country or region-specific objective or functional objective and involve several
  interagency actors. Often, a specific line of effort in the country-specific SC section of a CCP articulates the
  significant security cooperation initiatives.