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Following Lord Levene鈥檚 report on defence reform (PDF, 1.22mb) in 2011, it was recommended that a joint service organisation should be formed within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to better support our UK Armed Forces.

In 2012, JFC was established and became responsible for joint operations, intelligence, medical services, information systems, training and education, special forces and our overseas bases.

In 2018, 7 years after Levene鈥檚 initial recommendation, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Sir Nick Carter and the Permanent Secretary for the MOD, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, directed that a review of JFC should be undertaken. 皇冠体育app purpose of the review was to identify ways that JFC could be adapted to better support the MOD鈥檚 outputs.

皇冠体育app outcome of the review validated the contribution of JFC to date, but it went further in recommending that JFC should take on an enhanced role with more responsibilities on behalf of defence, these include:

• providing leadership in the cyber domain for the MOD
• generating and developing capabilities for defence across the land, sea, air, cyber and space domains
• preparing for and coordinating joint operations
• educating and training the joint force of today and of the future
• leading in the information environment for defence and providing the MOD鈥檚 information and communication technology systems.

JFC has been renamed Strategic Command to better reflect the contribution it makes to defence.