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The Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) is the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defence's (MOD's) think tank.

History

The DCDC, originally called the Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre (JDCC), was established as a result of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review. 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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 Global Strategic Trends Programme.^[3]

Directors

The list of Directors of the JDCC and DCDC have been:^[4]

Director JDCC

Major-General Anthony Milton 1999-2002
Air Vice-Marshal Iain McNicoll 2002-2005
Rear Admiral 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 Paul Bennett 2013-2013
Rear Admiral John Kingwell 2013-2016
Major General Gerald I. Mitchell 2016-2020
Major-General Darrell Amison 2020–2022.^[5]^[6]
Air Vice-Marshal John Monahan 2022–present^[7]

References

^ "The background to the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre". British Ministry of Defence. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre: the MOD's independent think tank" (PDF). British Ministry of Defence. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre". British Ministry of Defence. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ Mackie, Colin (15 December 2019). "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND TRI-SERVICE APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ "Current generals" (PDF). Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ "No. 62985". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 April 2020. p. 8110.
^ "No. 63875". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 November 2022. p. 21746.

External links

[1] "The background to the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre". British Ministry of Defence. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[2] "Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre: the MOD's independent think tank" (PDF). British Ministry of Defence. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[3] "Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre". British Ministry of Defence. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[4] Mackie, Colin (15 December 2019). "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND TRI-SERVICE APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[5] "Current generals" (PDF). Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[6] "No. 62985". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 April 2020. p. 8110.

[7] "No. 63875". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 November 2022. p. 21746.

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