1. APEX 40 National Level Interagency & The Joint Staff J-5 Maj Gen Steve Shepro Vice Director Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5) The Joint Staff Welcome UNCLASSIFIED 12 March 2015

2. Functions: Advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies Principal arm for coordinating policies across various government agencies Statutory Advisors CJCS DNI US Rep to UN Treasury Homeland Security President Vice President Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Energy Attorney General White House Chief of Staff National Security Advisor The President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters UNCLASSIFIED National Security Council

3. National Security Policy Interagency Policy Committee(IPC) Sub - IPCs DeputiesCommittee(DC) Deputies Discussion PrincipalsCommittee(PC) Interagency Discussion Issue National Security Council(NSC) UNCLASSIFIED National Policy & the IA Process

4. DRRS CRS QRRC JFRR JCCA War Plans PPBS & JSPS TCPs Force Employment & Management Force Development Strategic AssessmentStrategic Direction CRA JSR CJACJA UCP NSS CRS DRRS GFMIG NMS CGACGA CCJO What should the Future Joint Force look like? CPA JSPS design - within a national construct UNCLASSIFIED GFMAP J JCCA JFRR PB FYDPFYDP QDRQDR CPR GEF JSCP Approval POTUS SecDef CJCS CCMD/SVC How will the Armed Forces advance/ protect Interests? What are our National Interests & Priorities? What are the means available? What roles & how will we organize our commands? Comprehensive SITREP from CCMDs & Services: How well are they doing? Develop a Common Strategic Picture; What are Strategic Risk origins? How well are we protecting our National Interests? Alignment of E-W-M? Macro Feedback Mechanism What are our priorities & Outcomes? Who gets priority of avail rotational forces? How ready is the force for current operations, contingency missions? What are priority planning & military tasks? What Forces Avail: Assigned, Allocated, Apportioned? Current Missions to meet GEF Priorities CONPLANS to meet JSCP Direction What are the President’s fiscal requirements considering all USG? Did the Services meet DPG priorities? What are DoD’s fiscal requirements for POM + current & next year? What are the Service Plans & Programs to meet DPG? What are priority programs & investments to meet defense strategy? What are the priority programs/capabilities: risk informed, Joint perspective What Joint Capabilities best meet CCDR needs & reduce risk? DPG POMs TPPs Theater Posture Plans to meet GEF Priorities

5. 5 The U.S. is playing 4 simultaneous chess games with one set of pieces to meet strategic priorities. Scale of Consequence Tier 4 – Humanitarian Crises (HA/DR) Tier 3 – Transnational Criminal Organizations Tier 2 – Trans-Regional Insurgencies Tier 1 – Interstate War 6 X National Security Interests Ends Ways (Missions/Plans) Means Where do we think we are with defense strategy? 4 X Enduring National Interests (NSS)

6. JAN 2014 Afghanistan BSA Syria Chinese ADIZ AQAP

7. JAN 2015 Transition Afghanistan Chemical Weapons Russia Crimea Ebola Unaccompanied Children ISIL Cyber Threats Ukraine BOKO Haram AQAP CTOC Nigeria NATO Cohesion Pandemic Disease Homeland Defense Building Partnerships

8. Questions? UNCLASSIFIED