The Modern Louisiana Maneuvers - US Army Center Of Military History

Staff, Army, to execute the Louisiana Maneuvers.
Louisiana Maneuvers (LAM)-The process
established by GEN Gordon R. Sullivan
in 1992 to change the way the Army changes.
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Management Decision Package
(MDEP)-A POM-related document that aggregates
all funding sources related to a particular
project.
Mobile Strike Force (MSF)-Notional,
information-based, division-size task force
exercised through simulations during GHQ
exercises as part of the CGSC's PRAIRIE WAR­
RIOR exercise.
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National Training Center (NTC)-The
first of the Army's Combat Training Centers,
located at Fort Irwin, California. Designed
to rigorously train and evaluate mostly Army
armored and mechanized brigade task forces.
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Proponent-Within the Louisiana Maneuvers
process, the command or agency responsible
for investigating an issue and for
briefing the results of the investigation to the
Board of Directors.
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Redistribution of BASOPS/Unit Structure
(ROBUST)-Study chartered March
1988 by CSA GEN Carl E. Vu ono to review
comprehensively all AC and RC TDA organizations
in an effort to configure and fund
the Total Army's TDA structure to support
the warfighting CINCs and accomplish critical
mobilization missions.
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Synchronization-As it pertained to
Force XXI , the process by which the known
actions and decision points affecting each axis
and lane were aligned chronologically on the
Synchronization Matrix to ensure their proper
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sequencing and to permit resolution of timing
and resource conflicts before they could
affect the progress of the campaign.
Synchronization Lanes-Different functional
areas shown on the Force XXI Synchronization
Matrix. The lanes permitted
display of Force XXI-related actions and
decision points particular to those functional
areas that ordinarily would not have appeared
within the three campaign axes.
Synchronization Matrix-Graphic display
used to show chronological list of
known actions and decision points to enable
synchronizers to ensure proper cueing and
to avoid timing and resource conflicts within
the Force XXI Campaign.
Synchronization Working Group
(SWG)-Force XXI process forum conducted
by the LAM Task Force at which representatives
of Force XXI axes and lanes
briefed activities within their purview and
at which outstanding conflicts in sequencing,
timing, and resourcing were resolved.
Synthetic Theater of War (STOW)­
Experiment between the Army and the Defense
Advanced Research Proj ects Agency to
demonstrate the dynamiC environment created
through the sharing of distributed interactive
simulations . Creates a fully integrated
Joint theater of war through interactive
communication between virtual, live,
and constructive simulations in real time.
Soldiers in all three training environments
share a common, relevant picture of the
battlefield, and they interact seamlessly.
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Table of Distribution and Allowances
(TDA)-Document allocating personnel and
equipment to a headquarters, school, ad hoc
task force, or other non-TOE organization
within the Army; normally a combat service
support organization. More eaSily
amended than a TOE.
The Modern Louisiana Maneuvers