A recent Defense News opinion piece suggests that the only way to achieve joint force design is to move force acquisition out of the hands of the military services and instead, 'structuring the budget around the joint force design rather than just service-specific priorities.' This is not a new concept and has been around since the 1960s when Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara sought to base force design around a common set of joint missions rather than the armed services. McNamara's proposal at least accepted the idea that different geographies, adversaries and missions around the world should govern force design.