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- ↑ United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 3170.01B - Requirements Generation System, 2001
- ↑ United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 3170.01E - JOINT CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, 2005, p. 4.
- ↑ United States Department of Defense. LIST OF CANCELED AND SUPERSEDED CJCS DIRECTIVES AND MCMs as of 1 January 2023 , 2023, p. 14.
- ↑ United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 5123.01I - CHARTER OF THE JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM , 2021