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TRADOC Pam 525-3-0guidance, the operating environment, and lessons learned. This biennial process yields moreaffordable force modernization strategies that enable the Army to invest in the right capabilitiesconsistent with analysis of current and future operational environment. 45d. To meet the challenges facing combatant commanders, Army leaders will adapt forcestructure and reduce modernization efforts to ensure readiness. The Army will provide a capablenetwork, balance readiness-modernization force structure efforts to ensure uncompromisedreadiness, and field a ground combat vehicle. The priority for modernization efforts must remainfocused on the Soldier, the squad, the network, mobility, and survivability.Chapter 5Summarya. The ACC describes the anticipated future operational environment, what the future Armymust do based on that environment, and the broad capabilities the Army will require toaccomplish its enduring missions successfully. The future operational environment includeseconomic challenges which will impact the U.S., and its allies and partners; a U.S. shift instrategic focus towards the Asia-Pacific region while maintaining a presence in the Middle East,and continued proliferation of WMD. The environment is uncertain and complex and its threatsinclude: criminal organizations, terrorists, states and no-state actors, insurgents, transnationalgroups, proxies, technologically-empowered individual, and paramilitaries. These are increasingin number and capabilities, and may operate as regular, irregular, or hybrid threats that can andwill challenge conventional military forces. Enemies will use anti-access and area denial, andadvanced threat tactics and technologies, to challenge U.S forces.b. Given the future operational environment, the ACC also describes what the Army must doas part of the joint force to protect U.S. national interests and successfully execute the primarymissions, of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Army must maintain a credible, robust capacity to windecisively and the depth and resilience to support combatant commanders across the range ofmilitary operations in the homeland and abroad. This places a premium on operationaladaptability, the fundamental characteristic of the Army–a quality that Army leaders, Soldiers,and civilians possess based on critical thinking, comfort with ambiguity and decentralization, awillingness to accept prudent risk, and an ability to make rapid adjustments based on acontinuous assessment of the situation. Operational adaptability requires resilient Soldiers andcohesive teams that are able to overcome the psychological and moral challenges of combat,proficient in the fundamentals, masters of the operational art, and cognizant of the human aspectsof conflict and war. It also requires flexible organizations and adaptable institutions that aretailored and scaled to support a wide variety of missions and adjust focus rapidly to preventconflict, shape the operational environment, and win the Nation’s wars. Finally, the Army mustadapt its institutions in response to lessons learned and the future operational environment. Thiswill require a comprehensive investment strategy based on operational adaptability and flexibleorganizations. A key resource for this investment strategy will be the war dividend ofexperienced leaders and Soldiers. It will also require that the Army set strategy-based andfiscally prudent priorities, carefully balancing the readiness of its forces with criticalmodernization and end strength investments.24
TRADOC Pam 525-3-0c. Army forces consisting of leaders, Soldiers, and civilians, trained and educated to beoperationally adaptable, continue to support the steady-state foundational activities forcombatant commanders and provide versatile, sustainable, land forces for a wide range ofmissions as outlined in defense strategic guidance. The capabilities the Army must possess toprevent conflict, shape the operational environment, and win the Nation’s wars are describedthroughout the ACC. The Army is an adaptive, flexible, and combat-hardened Army used tomeet challenges. Regardless of the future challenges, the Army will continue to execute itsresponsibilities in a professional and honorable manner.______________________________________________________________________________Appendix AReferencesSection IRequired ReferencesThis section contains no entries.Section IIRelated References. Army regulations, DA pams, field manuals, Army doctrine publications(ADP), and DA forms are available at Army Publishing Directorate Home Pagehttp://www.usapa.army.mil TRADOC publications and forms are available at TRADOCPublications at http://www.tradoc.army.mil/tpubs.ADP 1The ArmyADP 3-0Unified Land OperationsArmy Regulation 71–9Warfighting Capabilities DeterminationArmy Special Operations Capabilities Integration Center Capabilities Development IntegrationDirectorate, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. (2012).Special Operations White Paper. Available upon request through the proponent.Capstone Concept for Joint OperationsDepartment of the Army. (2012, April 19). 2012 Army Strategic Planning Guidance.Department of the Army (2012, March 1). 2012 Annual Report on Business Transformation,Providing Readiness at Best Value. Retrieved from http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/downloads/239492.pdf25
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