text: Transition to a Joint Headquarters
  * A mission-based command group, strategic communications, reconstruction, security, and
  political and military sections.
  * A hybrid organization with typical joint staff sections, current operations, future operations, future
  plans; or the joint-code structure with commander, personal and special staff, deputy commanders,
  chiefs of staff, and joint staff sections.
  D-26. Commanders arrange their organization to best support decision-making requirements, to support
  higher echelon headquarters and mission partner information requirements, and to set conditions for
  subordinate success. They direct how the headquarters monitors, assesses, plans, and directs operations. The
  commander must dedicate time to identifying headquarters functions and determining the appropriate
  organization and processes before focusing on specifics of manning.
  Joint Enablers
  D-27. Upon deciding the type and functions of the headquarters, the commander codifies staff roles and aligns
  Service strengths with a joint manning plan. This plan identifies billets and the means to man the headquarters
  through by-name-requests, enabler augmenters, unit sourcing using requests for forces, and joint individual
  augmentees. Commanders continually assess these plans and adjust as necessary to accomplish the mission
  while maintaining agility and flexibility.
  Establishing a Battle Rhythm
  D-28. A battle rhythm provides a logical arrangement of cross-functional, repetitive staff events that integrate
  the commander’s decision cycle across the three event horizons (current operations, future operations, and
  future plans). Ultimately, every event of the battle rhythm supports the commander’s decision making and
  produces shared understanding across staff sections. When developing a battle rhythm, the staffs first
  consider which higher echelon headquarters events they must participate in, followed by determining where
  to locate the JTF commander’s touchpoints that best facilitate the decision cycle. Identifying the right time
  to receive guidance so that planning and product development can continue and timely, well-informed
  decisions can be made is essential.
  D-29. The commander formalizes the battle rhythm by establishing boards, bureaus, centers, cells, working
  groups, and operational planning teams. The commander directs the chief of staff to ensure they support
  commander-centric decision making.
  D-30. Each of the boards, bureaus, centers, cells, working groups, and operational planning teams is
  organized for its respective purpose or function. This facilitates a cross-functional approach, leverages
  expertise, and allows for relevant stakeholder interface to solve problems required to coordinate and
  synchronize efforts across time and space. Logical arrangement of boards, bureaus, centers, cells, working
  groups, and operational planning teams allow staffs to manage activities across three event horizons and to
  effectively support the commander’s decision-making process. Consideration on the participation and
  frequency of boards, bureaus, centers, cells, working groups, and operational planning teams is important as
  to not overwhelm the manning, capability, and capacity of the staffs involved. Assistant chiefs of staffs, under
  the direction of the chief of staff and commander, lead this effort.
  EQUIPPING THE HEADQUARTERS
  D-31. Equipping the JTF headquarters to execute the mission is a deliberate and essential process that sets
  the conditions for transitioning and mitigates potential delays. Commanders emphasize the importance of
  developing an equipping plan that includes the necessary equipment for a joint capable headquarters. Special
  attention must be paid to command and control and other communications equipment to ensure systems are
  integrated for joint operability.
  D-32. Designated Service headquarters commanders emphasize the development of a joint mission essential
  equipment list of joint command and control systems, applications, communications systems, and support
  equipment for the JTF headquarters.
  D-33. The preparation of a command and control equipping plan that includes the joint mission essential
  equipment list, identifies required manning and system-specific training for command and control systems