"The development and promulgation of the Joint Training System in 1994, by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, was then and arguably still remains the re-engineering joint training effort within the Department of Defense. Even-though General Powell's successors, including the current Chairman, have not used the "re-engineering"phrase - their intent has been consistent and clearly focused precisely on what some have now termed re-engineering joint training. Department of Defense (DoD) Transformation Policy, and its center-piece, Training Transformation (T2), has not replaced the re-engineering joint training objective. Instead, the T2 Policy crystallized the re-engineering focus and accelerated the impetus for cultural change across the Department. Now, the Joint Training System provides the basis for training implementation throughout the entire Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense directed that, "The Joint Training System will be refined, fully implemented, and used to manage training throughout the Department. "Evolving the joint preparation of the Armed Forces of the United States remains the sole overarching objective for all processes that define the Joint Training System (JTS). The focus for the process has transitioned from a historical events-based approach to a requirements-based framework for affecting the joint training of individuals, staffs, units, and forces. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), as well as the Service Chiefs, combatant commanders and other senior officials, determined that the new world order's challenges demanded breaking the paradigm of event-based training that had predominantly defined joint preparation before the first Gulf War. The implementation of the Joint Training System in 1998 marked the first training cycle in which combatant command joint training events were accomplished based on the requirements identified, and a command Joint Training Plan developed, using the processes of the Joint Training System. "The core elements of the Joint Training System -- mission capability-based requirements, a common joint language, performance-based evaluation against pre-determined mission-oriented standards, and readiness assessment more clearly linked to mission requirements -- have since not only been embraced within the training environment but have been adopted by many other governmental entities and functionalities. They are now at the heart of preparation and readiness assessment policy throughout the Department of Defense and beyond. This holistic, warfighting requirements-based approach not only supports the CJCS intent for re-engineering joint training but affirms its effectiveness". (JCS, DoD, Required Training Capabilities for Joint Force Commanders "Re-engineering Joint Training" Study, Joint Staff J7, Joint Training Div. Draft)