Effective Guidance to Improving DOD Mission Accomplishment Quadrennial Defense Review The Quadrennial Defense Review is a document providing the parties concerned with a thorough analysis of actions that should be made within the Department of Defense during the period of four years. However, the document focuses more on what has been already done in this area and gives certain analysis of priorities for future years. Nevertheless, this document provides effective guidance to improving unified directions and unified actions towards Department of Defense mission accomplishment. The Department of Defense is sure to accomplish its mission effectively if following the guidelines suggested in this report. The document can be considered a result of effective cooperation of all departments because all areas of the defense are involved. Besides, it is possible to outline the measures to be taken by the US defense department within nearest twenty years which can be treated as the long-term perspectives. It is certainly necessary to forecast the international situation for future and use appropriate methods to deter terrorists’ attacks and other threats that come from all over the world. Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel The independent panel provides effective guidance to improving unified directions and unified actions towards Department of Defense mission accomplishment as well as the Quadrennial Defense Review. However, this document is aimed more at analyzing and comparing the information introduced in the review. Presentation of data seems to be more adequate in the independent panel. Besides, one can easily follow the independent panel because it contains processed information about needs, expectations, and objectives of the US defense system for the nearest future including forces and teams of different levels, equipment and training resources. The only thing that can be considered less effective about the independent panel compared to the review is that the panel includes interpreted information. In addition, “Gates disputes the panel’s assertion that the QDR did not provide a 20-year vision for the force and an accompanying long-term force planning construct” (Castelli n.pag.). In this respect, the independent panel questions the main themes raised in the review as reported by Hadley and Perry: rebalancing American defense priorities to better support U.S. forces engaged in today‘s wars while building the capabilities needed to deal with future threats …[and] reforming the way the Pentagon does business, fixing the Defense institutions and processes to enable better support for the urgent needs of the warfighter (95). Thereby, I think that the most effective guidance is provided by the QDR because it enables the parties concerned to see the needs of the defense system and take appropriate measures to improve the defense methods. Major Recommendations/Initiatives of Highest Priority Collaboration of civilians and military forces Collaboration of ordinary civil population and representatives of military forces of different levels can contribute greatly to the improvement of defense measures on national level and regarding the international community level. In this respect, this major recommendation of highest priority can be logically divided into few more initiatives such as cyberspace development (“Develop greater cyberspace expertise and awareness” (United States 38)), protective measures against terrorist attacks (“Protect