U.S. Army Capstone Concept (PDF) - Defense Innovation Marketplace

TRADOC Pam 525-3-0and fiscally prudent priorities, carefully balancing the readiness of its forces with criticalmodernization and end strength investments.(3) The Army training strategy may be under resourced. Army training capabilities maynot allow units to employ a combination of live-virtual-constructive and gaming environments.Additionally, the ability to replicate combat training center experiences at home station may notbe resourced. To mitigate risk, Army leaders must resource units to train units at the expense ofmodernization. The Army must also develop less technology-dependent approaches to trainingas an alternative.(4) The Army may not be adequately resourced to support all theater campaign plans. Theability for Army forces to shape the environment is at risk if the demand for Army forcestructure increases and/or operational tempo funding decreases beyond current projections. Tomitigate risk, Army forces must utilize a combination of cyberspace operations and physicalpresence to gain understanding, build partners, and conduct training. Army leaders must alsoensure the DOD adequately resources joint and multinational exercises. Additionally, the Armymust leverage the National Guard’s state partnership program to meet the demands of thecombatant commander’s campaign plan.(5) The Army may not have sufficient capability to conduct cyberspace operations in acontested environment. Army forces may not be effective at operating in cyberspace withoutinvestment in training and leader development, and personnel recruitment and retention.Freedom of action in cyberspace may be challenged if the Army does not meet these needs. TheArmy assumes additional risk if acquisition reform does not allow for rapid acquisition oftechnologies. To mitigate risk, Army forces must train routinely in degraded cyberspace andspace environments, develop doctrine to conduct cyberspace operations, and include cyberspaceoperations in Soldier and civilian professional development programs. Army leadership mustrecommend changes to policy and U.S. code to ensure access to advanced technology.c. To mitigate these risks, the Army’s campaign of learning will examine alternatives andidentify additional methods and courses of action to reduce the impact assuming risk may haveon mission accomplishment.D-2. Risk within the Army Concept FrameworkAs the Army develops the documents which make up the Army Concept Framework, additionalrisks may appear. The Army’s execution of the Joint Capabilities and Integration DevelopmentSystem will provide solutions which mitigate those risks.36