Do We Make Interoperability a High Enough Priority Today?

Recently, the Joint Chiefs of Staff voiced concern that JV 2020 will impact future multi-national operations. Because of the pursuit of technology on the battlefield, the US may be leaving her friends and allies behind. My hypothesis is that while there is definitely a technology gap between US force capabilities and that of our allies/coalition partners, the problems of multi-national interoperability go much deeper. In fact, given our National Security Strategy (NSS), the US must be prepared to "go it alone" into battle if ever called to do so, hence our high tech systems are critical to support our NSS. But, more than likely, we will fight future conflicts as part of a coalition, and hence to be best prepared for this likely course of future events, all the components of multi-national interoperability (training, policy, doctrine, personnel, materiel, logistics, support, and technology) must get higher priority billing for resources and support within the United States Government and with our allies and coalition partners.