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leadership for informed policy deliberations.
You will find yourself in a creative role. I will
encourage you and your people in this regard.
3. OBJECTIVES: The LAM will:
a. Explore and assess emerging policy
options related to our ability to fulfill Departmental
Title 10 responsibilities to man,
equip, organize, train and sustain the force
and generate tailored Total Army force packages
to support the national military strategy.
b. Participate in joint and combined operations
to support warfighting CINC's in a
structural way to learn and use what we learn
to:
(1) Adjust our doctrine, organizations,
training, materiel, leader development, and
soldiers (DOTMLS).
(2) Confirm our sea, air, and land strategic
mobility, and other requirements.
c. Evaluate new weapons systems, equipment
and organizations through the use of
simulations in a "fly before you buy" commitment
to full fledged R &. D.
4. SCOPE:
The focus of this effort is on how our
Army thinks and fights at the theater level
of war and how best to adjust to the realities
of the interface between the Department's
Title 10 responsibilities and support of
warfighting CIN C's as we mature in the post­
Cold War environment. LAM is a Total Army
effort. It will incorporate HQDA, Army Major
Commands, and warfighting headquarters
as appropriate. Joint and combined participation
will be actual or simulated as required.
S. EXPECTATIONS:
a. I expect you, working under the supervision
of the Deputy Director of Louisiana
Maneuvers and supported by him in his capacity
as Commander, TRADOC, to organize
and staff the LAM TF and to develop a concept
and a plan for the interface of the LAM
General Officer Working Group (GOWG) and
your office. No later than 25 September, I
want you to brief me on the status of the
project, plans, and your expectations.
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b. I expect you to begin this year to develop
and assess issues as pilot projects: to
walk before you run using exercises like
ULCHI Focus LENS 92, REFORGER 92, BCTp, and
so forth that are presently being prepared
for execution this year. I want you to bring
preliminary issues and your long term plans
to me prior to taking it to the LAM Board of
Directors in October of this year.
c. By 1994, I expect to be able to track
and assess multiple exercises at different
points on the continuum to isolate, assess,
and address emerging policy and develop
issues to top-feed the force development and
integration process.
6. ORGANIZATION:
a. The LAM Support System (LAMSS) is
the administration, information, and decision
network architecture supporting Louisiana
Maneuvers. It includes three principal
elements, the CSA LAM Task Force, the LAM
General Officer Working Group, and the
LAM Board of Directors.
b. CSA LAM Task Force (LAM TF): Your
office, and the LAM TF are organized as an
extension of the Office of the Chief of Staff,
Army (CSA) , to develop and execute the
LAM. You will be the principal coordinator
of the General Officer Working Group
(GOWG) and LAM Board of Directors. You
and your people will assist and support the
Army-wide proponents as they develop and
present issues to the GOWG and Directors.
You will coordinate the integration of proponent
developed issues into the exercises,
synchronize exercises and information requirements,
build collection: plans, coordinate
subject matter experts and data collectors
to extract the maximum available information
from the exercises, and use the results
to build decision packages for the Directors.
c. General Officer Wo rking Group
(GOWG) : Each member of the LAM Board
of Directors will deSignate a general officer
as a permanent member of the GOWG. Each
MACOM, Integrating Center, HQDA Staff
proponent, Chief of the Army Reserve
(CAR) , and Director, Army National Guard
The Modern Louisiana Maneuvers