jointery

n. command shared between two or more branches of military; (hence) military command shared between two or more nations. Subjects: English, United Kingdom, Military, Jargon

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Citations: [1989 Chris Moncrieff (Press Association) (U.K.) (Sept. 8) “Owen ‘Clanger’ Cost Us Votes, Says Steel”: All through the previous parliament David had dragged his feet on joint selection of candidates, joint parliamentary meetings, joint everything and even now when “jointery” had proved wanting here, he was putting up more obstacles to unity.] 1994 Bruce Clark, Roland Rudd Financial Times (U.K.) (July 15) “‘Tri-Service’ Plan Triumphs Over Tough Vested Interests” p. 10: Under the new principle—referred by the ugly new word “jointery’—there is to be a tri-service hospital and a tri-service staff college. Joint arrangements will be promoted in areas such as flying instruction, music lessons and veterinary care. 1994 Donald Anderson Commons Hansard (U.K.) (Oct. 18) “House of Commons Hansard Debates” vol. 248, p. 168: Peacekeeping will have major procurement implications: there will be an emphasis on flexibility and amphibiosity and the marines will have a new significance. There are implications for heavy transport and training and for “jointery,” one of the themes of the defence costs study, and there will be renewed emphasis on the interoperability of equipment. 1998 Douglas Barrie Flight International (U.K.) (July 15) “Rhetoric Or Reality?”: The Government, however, now has to turn the rhetoric of the SDR into reality—in particular, what Johns describes as the key theme of “jointery,” of tri -service commands—known as Purple commands in the UK. 2004 SpaceWar (Oct. 22) “US command of British troops in Iraq ‘business as usual” (in London, Eng.): Multinational command—known in military parlance as “jointery”—was a vital component of modern warfare.

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