Joint Forces Command – the Commander JFC, (an Air Chief Marshal)) is the UK military‘s newest 4* operational Commander, with the responsibility for commanding and generating the joint capabilities allocated to the Command; and setting the framework for joint enablers that sit within the single services.     The staff at Joint Forces Command is currently working to establish Full Operating Capability by April 2013.     The creation of the Joint Forces Command was a key recommendation in Lord Levene’s Defence Reform Report, which focused on strategic planning and joint operations as part of a wider package of radical reform.

The Commander JFC received a ceremonial welcome in the best traditions of the Naval Service as he stepped over the brow of the Assault Ship BULWARK at Portland Harbour (Dorset), whilst on 2012 Paralympic Games duty.     The Commander JFC was shown the way that the BULWARK had used its planning and communications capabilities to integrate the Royal Navy quickly and effectively with civilian LOCOG staff and local police to provide security for the Olympic and Paralympic events.