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

TRADOC Pam 525-3-0winning two wars, to an expeditionary Army that does many things well. The ACC establishesthe foundation for subordinate concepts that will describe how the future Army must fight andidentify the required warfighting capabilities essential to ensuring combat effectiveness againstthe full spectrum of threats the Nation is likely to confront in the future. The ACC is fully nestedin the Capstone Concept for Joint Operations: Joint Force 2020 (CCJO); similarly, thecapabilities the ACC describes define Army 2020, the Army’s contribution to Joint Force 2020.(2) The ACC poses and answers three questions:(a) How does the Army view the future operational environment?(b) Given the future operational environment, what must the Army do as part of the jointforce to win the Nation’s wars and execute successfully the primary missions outlined in defensestrategic guidance? 3(c) What capabilities must the Army possess to accomplish these missions?1-2. Assumptionsa. The ACC makes the following assumptions about the future operational environment:(1) Army forces will be based predominantly in the U.S.(2) Fiscal constraints will compel the Army to rebalance its modernization, training, andforce structure priorities.(3) The Army will continue to assist with interagency functions as part of unified action.(4) The space and cyberspace domains will continue to grow more contested, congested,and competitive.(5) Army forces will deploy from the continental U.S. or forward bases and operate in areaswhere access is denied and cyberspace capabilities are degraded.(6) The U.S. Army will remain an all-volunteer force.(7) The U.S. Army will rely on its Reserve components to meet future commitments.(8) The Army will be resourced appropriately to conduct security cooperation in support ofshape and prevent activities.b. The ACC uses the assumptions above as the starting point for a grounded projection aboutthe future operational environment. This concept summarizes a broad range of threats andassociated operational and tactical challenges that the Army force must address. The ACC thenpresents a central idea and derives from that idea a strategic solution for the Army. The strategic5