Joint Operations Division

The Joint Operations Division is a component of the South African National Defence Force tasked with conducting Joint Operations involving the various arms of the SANDF.

History
The Joint Operations Division was established on 1 August 1997 during a major reorganisation of the armed forces.

Before the re-organization each arm of Service had an operations staff responsible for deploying its units as directed by the Service chief and the Chief of the SANDF. The Chief of the SANDF had an operations staff, playing a co-ordinating role.

Following the re-organization each arm of Service had to provide properly trained and equipped forces to Joint Operations. Joint Operations would then deploy these forces as necessary and revert back to their parent Service following the mission. The exception is the Special Forces Brigade, which is directly under the command of the Chief of the SANDF and is permanently allocated to Joint Operations.