Soldiers execute realistic scenario, face hybrid threat as NIE begins
By Claire Schwerin, U.S. Army, May 1, 2012
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. -- The Army's largest ever network field exercise rolled into action today, as more than 4,000 Soldiers began to execute a rigorous scenario designed to measure the performance and operational value of advanced tactical communications...
Read more »LeadershipLTG Keith C. Walker
Deputy Commanding General,
Futures/ Director ARCIC
"What an exciting time to be in our Army as we embark on evolving the future force!"
Gaining and Maintaining Access: An Army-Marine Corps Concept
By ARCIC (Forward)
Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense highlights the continued importance of power projection in order to credibly deter potential adversaries and to prevent them from achieving their objectives. The U.S. Army and Marine Corps play an indispensable role in that effort.
Gaining and Maintaining Access describes our unique contributions to the joint force commanders' ability to project and sustain power, and nests within the broader ideas contained within the Joint Operational Access Concept.
In The News
Army Profession completes year of study, releases first report
By Center for the Army Profession Public Affairs, April 2, 2012
The Center for the Army Profession and Ethic, known as CAPE, at West Point, N.Y., released the Army Profession campaign's first report, today, which provides findings and recommendations following a year of assessing and reviewing the Army profession.
The review, led by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, began in 2010 as a self-initiated look at the force under the direction of the secretary of the Army and Army chief of staff.
Throughout the year-long study, more than 40,000 Army professionals across all cohorts and components provided feedback on the state of the profession and the way ahead through numerous venues.
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Spotlight
ARCIC Hosts Brazilian Army
By ARCIC (Forward), May 3, 2012
FORT EUSTIS, VA - Brig. Gen. Robert Dyess, Director, Requirements Integration Directorate (RID), ARCIC, discusses the importance of challenging young leaders, the critical role of integrity with leadership development, and training development and education with Maj. Gen. Walter Souza Braga Netto, military attaché, Brazilian army, Washington, and Maj. Gen. Walmir Almada Schneider, 7th army, deputy chief of staff, policy and strategy, Brazilian army staff headquarters, Federal District, Brazilia, Brazil, during a visit to TRADOC headquarters Tuesday morning, with Joseph Patykula, IAPD, and Col. Mauro Guedes Ferreira Mosqueira Gomes, Brazilian army liaison officer, TRADOC (from left to right: Gomes, Netto, Dyess, Patykula, and Schneider).
The U.S. Army in a time of transition - Building a flexible forceBy Gen. Ray Odieron, Chief of Staff of the Army, April 25, 2012
WASHINGTON -- After six months as chief of staff, I can see clearly that the coming decade will be a vital period of transition for the U.S. Army.
The service will have to adjust to three major changes: declining budgets, due to the country's worsened fiscal situation; a shift in emphasis to the Asia-Pacific region; and a broadening of focus from counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, and training of partners to shaping the strategic environment, preventing the outbreak of dangerous regional conflicts, and improving the army's readiness to respond in force to a range of complex contingencies worldwide.
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Army Capabilities Integration Center (Forward)
Mr. Rickey Smith
Analysis and Integration DirectorateMr. Allan Resnick
Brigade Modernization CommandBG Randal Dragon
Concept Development & Learning DirectorateBG William Hix
International Army Programs DirectorateMr. Edward Melton
Requirements Integration DirectorateBG Robert Dyess
