The Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) is the United Kingdom (UK)

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History

The DCDC, originally called the Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre (JDCC), was established as a result of the 1998

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. The UK recognised that it needed to have a clearer long-term vision of the way in which it expected it forces and their methods of operation to develop.

Structure

The DCDC is headed by a two-star officer, located at Shrivenham and is under the UK's Strategic Command but reports to the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS) who sets its priorities and outputs.

Outputs

DCDC produces many publications relating to the future global environment. It also has a Doctrine Team responsible for writing and maintaining a range of joint operational level UK and NATO doctrine publications, and Strategy, Analysis and Research and Legal Teams such as the

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Directors

The list of Directors of the JDCC and DCDC have been: Director JDCC *Major-General Anthony Milton 1999-2002 *

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Iain McNicoll 2002-2005 *

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Christopher Parr 2005-2008 (JDCC became DCDC around 2006) Director DCDC *Major-General Paul Newton 2008-2010 *Air Vice-Marshal M. Paul Colley 2010-2012 *Major-General Andrew Sharpe 2012-2013 *Rear Admiral

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2013-2013 *Rear Admiral

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Gerald I. Mitchell 2016-2020 *Major-General Darrell Amison 2020–2022. *Air Vice-Marshal John Monahan 2022–present

References

External links

Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre
British defence policymaking Futures studies organizations Prediction Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) Think tanks based in the United Kingdom Think tanks established in 1998 {{future-stub