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The '''Universal Joint Task List''', more commonly known as '''UJTL''', is a comprehensive list of possible military tasks at the [[Strategic level|strategic]], [[Operational level|operational]]s and ([[Joint warfare|joint]]) [[tactical level]] of [[war]].<ref name="UJTL 2006">[http://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Library/Manuals/m350004.pdf CJCSM 3500.04F Universal Joint Task List (UJTL), version of August 1, 2005, updated until 1 June 2011]</ref> The UJTL was developed for the [[Military of the United States|U.S. Armed Forces]] but it has been used by several other countries and international military organizations such as [[NATO]], sometimes in adapted form and under different names, but usually including the term "task list".

The UJTL is meant to be a tool in [[operational planning]] and similar forms of [[military planning]]. It gives a menu of capabilities (mission-derived tasks with associated conditions and standards, i.e., the tools) that a [[joint force commander]] may select to accomplish the assigned mission. Once identified as essential to mission accomplishment, the tasks are reflected within the command joint mission essential task list.

== Levels in UJTL ==

The UJTL consists of a large number of hierarchically organized military tasks groups in four levels of warfare:
* Strategic National level (SN)
* Strategic Theater level (ST)
* Operational level (OP)
* Tactical level (TA)

The tasks in the list are labeled SN, ST, OP or TA to show which level of warfare they refer to.

== Example of organization of UJTL tasks ==

An example of the hierarchical organization of the UJTL:<ref name="UJTL 2006"/>
* Among the operational level tasks, there are seven top-level tasks, labelled OP 1 through OP 7. OP 1 is "Conduct Operational Movement and [[wikt:maneuver|Maneuver]]".
* Subordinate to OP 1, there are six tasks labelled OP 1.1 through OP 1.6, of which OP 1.1 is "Conduct Operational Movement".
* Subordinate to OP 1.1, there are three tasks labelled OP 1.1.1 through OP 1.1.3, of which OP 1.1.2 is "Conduct Intratheater [[Military deployment|Deployment]] and Redeployment of Forces within the [[Joint Operations Area]]".
* Subordinate to OP 1.1.2, there are two tasks labelled OP 1.1.2.1 and OP 1.1.2.2. OP 1.1.2.1 is "Conduct [[Airlift]] in the Joint Operations Area".

The depth of task levels is not the same everywhere: unlike OP 1.1.2, OP 1.1.1 "Formulate Request for Strategic Deployment to a Joint Operations Area" does not have any subordinate tasks, and the same is true for OP 1.6 "Conduct Patient Evacuation".

==References==
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[[Category:United States Department of Defense doctrine]]

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