Defence Staff HQ Issues the Concept for the Employment of the Armed Forces 2021

• The document has been drafted by the Joint Staff and prefaced by the Chief of Defence Staff

The Defence Staff HQ has released the Concept for the Employment of the Armed Forces (CEFAS) 2021, drafted by the Joint Staff and prefaced by the ESP CHOD, admiral general Teodoro E. López Calderón.

Admiral López Calderón points out in the foreword that CEFAS 2021 "sets out a model of action that will make it possible to respond to all security challenges through the establishment of Strategic Military Objectives and the definition of three Strategic Lines of Action that will contribute to achieving them".

These three lines are deterrence and defence, stability projection and other contributions to security.

The document is structured in five chapters: Introduction, Strategic Framework, The Military Strategy, Strategic Management, Agility and Integration, and The Joint Force.

CEFAS 2021 is available on the following address:

https://emad.defensa.gob.es/Galerias/emad/files/CEFAS_2021.pdf