The Planning Process
Methodology
The Executive Steering Committee established the overall vision statement,
mission statement, and Planning Assumptions for the Future Reach Plan
and by extension the Strategic Action Plan. It was decided that these
three documents would be common to the entire Department. The Executive
Steering Committee also developed the Core Planning Areas: Missions,
Force Structure, Human Resources, Training, and Infrastructure. These
planning areas became the common bedrock for each component’s plans.
Once these had been agreed upon by the Steering Committee, these issues
were given to the component committees to build the NJDMAVA Future Reach
and Two-Year
Action Plans. The component committees also developed core values as part
of their plans. These plans were reviewed on a regular basis by members
of the
Steering Committee and then adopted. Once the Future Reach and Two-Year Action
plans had been completed to the satisfaction of the Executive Steering Committee,
they were presented to the NJNG General Officers and disinterested parties
for review prior to presentation to The Adjutant General.
Planning Assumptions
The Executive Steering Committee and the three sub-component committees
used the following planning assumptions in the development of the future
plans:
·
New Jersey demographics will continue to shift.
·
Education and professional standards for our workforce will increase.
·
NJDMAVA will take advantage of and incorporate advances in technology.
·
New Jersey’s veterans’ population will age, decrease, and
require greater care.
·
The United States will continue to wage war against terrorism.
·
New Jersey will continue to be impacted by terrorism and natural disasters.
·
Economic conditions will remain a challenge for the first half of the
planning period and then economic conditions will improve.
·
Federal and State funding will remain level while priorities may shift.
·
Natural and manmade catastrophic events may occur that may alter the
arrangements of nations.
· Force structure will continue to evolve.
· The New Jersey National Guard will continue to be deployed on State
and Federal missions.
· The United States will remain the sole world superpower for the duration
of the planning period.
· The United States Homeland Security/Homeland Defense construct will
impact NJDMAVA.