Joint and multinational staffs are generally unfamilar with US Navy capabilities and operations, leading to less than optimum naval integration in joint and multinational operations. The Carrier Battle Group employment ToolBook is a multi-media ToolBook on CD-ROM that focuses on carrier battle group (CVBG) assets, missions and planning factors, with the aim to better achieve joint objectives. The ToolBook is broken down into three main categories, Planning, Assets, and Joint Missions, each of which address specific areas such as command structure, mission descriptions, platform descriptions and capabilities, tasking procedures and considerations.