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10-11. See also Peay's letter to BG Mountcastle, 16 October 1997, pp. 2-3. 56 See Sullivan's 9 March 1992 Message at Appendix D. See also Interview, Harper with Yarrison, 2 October 1996, p. 18. Sullivan also announced the LAM concept to the Army Staff at the General Staff Council meeting of 9 March 1992. See Memorandum for record, 9 March 1992, sub: GSC Memo #10-92, in Sullivan Papers, CSA Papers, Box 08B of 16, February-March 1992, Folder 4-2, March 1992, CSA Memorandums, file 2. 57 Memorandum for Record, LTC Rick Gutwald, CSA Staff Group, to Harper, Sullivan, Reimer, Franks, and Peay, 27 March 1992, sub: Louisiana Maneuvers IPR, 24 Mar 1992, in Sullivan Papers, CSA Chronicles,january-March 1992, Box lOA of 16, Folder 3-2, Memorandums, March 1992, file 12. See also COL Blodgett's undated, unsigned analysis of the DCSOPS-proposed charter to MG Lionetti, the TRADOC Chief of Staff, sub : Louisiana Maneuvers Charter - DCSOPS Version, which describes the many impediments Blodgett saw established in that version. One of his recommendations was that a TRADOC-LAM representative meet with a DCSOPS representative to arrive at a mutually acceptable draft charter - which is what happened. Document in LAM TF Files, Box 1, file 3-2c. 58 Memorandum for See Distribution from Harper, 25 March 1992, sub: CSA Expectations for Louisiana Maneuvers (Draft) . LTC Gutwald faxed a copy separately to COL David Blodgett, TRADOC ADCS A, GEN Franks' POC for getting LAM moving at TRADOC. Star note to Gen. Franks from LTG Peay, 9 April 1992, which forwards DCSOPS' version of the LAM charter. This document made the TRADOC commander subordinate to a LAM Decision network between him and the Chief of Staff, made him the rater of the BG heading the Task Force, and inserted the AWC Commandant as the BG's intermediate rater. It also made the DCSOPS responsible for synchronizing and integrating LAM exercises. The TRADOC Memorandum for LT G Peay from Chief of Staff, TRADOC, is dated 23 April 1992, sub : Louisiana Maneuvers Charter. Representatives were COL LeCuyer, DCSOPS, and COL Blodgett, LAM TF All documents are in LAM TF Files, Box 1, file 3-2c. 59 MFR from Gutwald, 27 March 1992, sub: Louisiana Maneuvers IPR, 24 Mar 1992, n. 57 above. 60 See n. 57 above. See also Louisiana Maneuvers briefing packet from CSA IPR in LAM TF Files, Box 1, file 3-2c. 6 1 Briefing packet, sub: Louisiana Maneuvers, in Sullivan Papers, Harper Papers, Box 24, Miscellaneous, Folder 9, May 1992, file 2. The referenced language is on pp. 5 and 6. 6 2 In addition, Sullivan sent a separate message to GEN Fred Franks thanking him for his efforts on the charter and explaining why he had used an LOr. Memorandum for COL LeCuyer from Harper, undated but fax-machine dated 18 May 92, sub : LA Maneu- 30 verso The memo covers the signed message to GEN Franks, same subject, and the much-reworked draft LOr. It also explains to LeCuyer how Harper and Sullivan came to be rewriting the letter by themselves, though Sullivan apparently discussed the rewrite with Peay at some point. (In Sullivan Papers, CSA Papers, Box 9A of 16, April-May 1992, Folder 2-3, CSA Memorandums, May 1992, file 9.) See Appendix H for LOr. See also Memorandum, LeCuyer to BG Mountcastle, 4 December 1997, sub: Draft History of LAMTF, pp. 3-4; in historian's files. 63 Interview, COL (Ret.) David Blodgett with Yarrison, 15 August 1996, pp. 4-5. Blodgett also was the drafter of Franks' message to Sullivan, 161316Z Dec 91, sub: Louisiana Maneuvers-A Fifty Year Stride, referenced and quoted in n. 26 above, so he was well informed early about the evolving concept. 64 Interview, Radda with Yarrison, 21 August 1996, pp. 2-6. 65 Franks also had MG Lionetti, his Chief of Staff, send a message, Personal For GEN Reimer and MG Jerrold Putman, the Commander, PERSCOM, 161920Z March 1992, sub: Executive Secretariat for Louisiana Maneuvers (LAM), in which he referred to Sullivan's guidance at the 2 March luncheon and sought the VCSI\s help in acquiring the right specialists for the new organization. 66 Interview, Radda with Yarrison, 21 August 1996, p. 6. 67 Letter, Charles M. Valliant to Yarrison, 24 August 1998, sub: Draft LAM Monograph, Jul 98, historian's files. 68 Interview, Rodgers with Yarrison, 28 June 1996, pp. 3-6. Interview, Blodgett with Yarrison, 15 August 1996, pp. 6-7. Of Rodgers, Blodgett said: "Bob ... was a Godsend. He had a great deal to do with where the Louisiana Maneuvers evolved to. He was one of the first arriving team members who was both an original thinker and able to carry a concept farther than it had gone." 69 See Letter, Valliant to Yarrison, 24 August 1998, for a discussion of this evolution. 70 John L. Romjue et al., U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Annual Command History, 1 January to 31 December 1992, Henry O. Malone, ed. (Fort Monroe, VA : Office of the Command Historian, U.S. Army TRADOC, 1993), pp. 21-23. This section, written by Dr. Anne Chapman, provides a very good synopSiS of LAM's first year from the TRADOC perspective. See also a letter from Charles M. Valliant to Yarrison, 6 November 1997, p. 10. 7l Interview, Blodgett with Yarrison, 15 August 1996, pp. 16-19. Interview, Radda with Yarrison, 21 August 1996, pp. 12-32. 72 Interview, GEN (Ret.) Jimmy D. Ross with Yarrison, 12 November 1996 and 16 January 1997, pp. 4, 7-8, 48-49, and 56-57. 73 Message, GEN Sullivan to GEN Franks, 222235Z Oct 91, sub Terminology. See also Memo- The Modern Louisiana Maneuvers
andum for Record, 29 October 1991, sub: General Staff Council Memorandum 43-91, in which Sullivan commented on his tasking to TRADOC on owning the night. See Owning the Night Chronology, 1991- 1995, Appendix F. See also Letter, Salomon to Mountcastle, 4 August 1998, historian's files. 14 Interview, Franks with Yarrison, 18 February 1997, pp. 24-25. See also Chronology of Army Digitization Efforts, 1991-1995, Appendix G. 75 Interview, Franks with Yarrison, 18 February 1997, p. 24. 76 Romjue, American Army Doctrine for the Post Cold Wa r. pp. 74-75. 77 Briefing packet, title: Atlanta XVIII, Atlanta, Georgia, 21 April 1992, GEN Frederick M. Franks, Jr. , in historian's reference files, provided by GEN Franks. See Romjue, op. cit., pp. 55-57. See also White paper, HQ TRADOC, 4 May 1992, sub : Battle The Genesis of the Louisiana Maneuvers Laboratories: The Road to the Post Cold Wa r Army. in historian's reference files. See also Message from GEN Franks, Personal For all TRADOC school and coordinating center commandants, for info to all MACOM commanders and DCSOPS, 032248Z May 1992, sub: Commander's Intent: Battle Labs. Franks states: "Battle labs will define capabilities, identify requirements, and determine priorities for power projection army. " The name of the Battle Lab Integration and Technology Directorate (BLITD) later became Battle Lab Integration, Technology, and Concepts Directorate. See also Frederick M. Franks, "TRADOC at 20: Where Tomorrow's Victories Begin," Army : 1993-94 Green Book 43:19 (October 1993), 55. 78 Interview, Franks with Yarrison, 18 February 1997, pp. 10-12; Interview, Sullivan with Yarrison, 29 April 1997, pp. 11-13. 31
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