Combined operations

[citation needed] In its basic form it involved raiding coastal regions by land forces arriving from the naval vessels.

The raiding tactics were expanded into more complex operations by Alexander the Great, who used naval vessels for both troop transporting and logistics in his campaigns.

In Southeast Asia, the development of combined operations proceeded along the same developmental path as in Europe with the raids by the Wokou, or so-called "Japanese pirates."

Because the Wokou were weakly resisted by the Ming Dynasty, the raiding eventually developed into fully-fledged expeditionary warfare with the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598).

Some have argued that was the first revolution in military affairs, which changed national strategies, operational methods and tactics both at sea and on land.

Aside from being the first modern expeditionary operation that used steam powered warships and telegraph communications, which made it the departing point for the rest of the 19th- and 20th-century developments, it was also the first used as a military theatre instrument to force decision in the conflict.

The term Combined Joint Task Force then took on an extra meaning, beyond that of a multinational multiservice grouping since it came to refer to a particular type of NATO deployment planning, outside the treaty area, in the late 1990s.

These abilities reduce duplication of effort and increase economies of scale in a strategic alliance of its members, allow pooling of resources and produce synergies among its commands.