The 2008 JOE

"Predictions about the future are always risky. Admittedly, no one has a crystal ball. Regardless, if we do not try
to forecast the future, there is no doubt that we will be caught off guard as we strive to protect this experiment in democracy that we call America."

This Is the opening Paragraph of the Forward For the 2008 JOE (Joint operating environment) By J. N. MATTIS
General, U.S. Marine Corps
Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
I am not sure when this was released ,But between The forward and the introduction It is worth the download to read !

The Joint Operating Environment (JOE) is our historically informed, forward-looking effort to discern
most accurately the challenges we will face at the operational level of war, and to determine their inherent
implications. We recognize that the future environment will not be precisely the one we describe; however, we
are sufficiently confident of this study’s rigor that it can guide future concept development. While no study can
get the future 100 percent correct, we believe it’s most important that we get it sufficiently right, and that the
daunting challenge of perfection not paralyze our best efforts. When future war comes, our concept developers
across the Armed Services should have the fewest regrets if today they study, challenge, and implement solutions
to the security implications defined here in the JOE. In our line of work, having the fewest regrets defines
success when the shocks of conflict bring the surprise that inevitably accompanies warfare.
The whole report here

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