(Pam) 525-3-0, The Army Capstone Concept - Federation of ...

TRADOC Pam 525-3-0
provide opportunities for greater use of contractors to reduce the demands on logistic personnel.
In the future, private military security companies may provide and protect logistic support to
alleviate the burden on deployed land forces. Greater use of logistic contractors will not
significantly reduce the protection responsibilities of the commander.
g. Integrate joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational partners into
overlapping protection. Because supporting partners, allies, and other groups may lack
advanced protection capabilities, U.S. efforts must include providing some degree of protection
to partners.
B-5. Sustainment
a. Expand the sustainment support network. Sustainment planning and execution
requires the development of a support network. The support network is a joint structure with
land forces sustainment elements providing an integral part of the solution. It will be a single
network spanning the future force and industry, linking points of production to points of use.
The support network will deliver, govern, and track the location, movement, configuration, and
condition of materiel, people, and related information. The challenge will be to synchronize
supply and demand across the support network in order to maximize the freedom of action of the
operational commander. The support network will enable resources to be shared more
effectively between force elements providing the commander with greater agility to prosecute
operations and improve flexibility in managing ―surges‖ of sustainment activity.
b. Man deployed units fully. The requirement to generate fully manned, stable, and robust
deployable units is ―core‖ to the Army and its way of warfare. The Army must build cohesive
teams and train, educate, and prepare Soldiers to cope with the demands of enduring operations
and mission accomplishment. Identifying the correct balance between regular and reserve forces
will be challenging, particularly given that many capabilities are currently maintained within the
reserve, yet will be required on an enduring basis. Fully manned land forces are a prerequisite
for operational success.
c. Develop resilient Soldiers. The demands of the operational environment and specifically
the enduring nature of future armed conflict demands resilient Soldiers. Resilient Soldiers are
those that readily recover from or adjust to stress. They are motivated to succeed in operations
and subsequently, after recuperation and training, are prepared to return to operations.
d. Account for expanded executive agent responsibilities. Because we have relearned the
extent of our responsibilities for executive agency as a major factor in war, committing
manpower, demanding force protection, and causing many other second order effects, the future
force must account for the impacts of such functions (such as detainee operations, inland
transportation, port operations, and others) as an enduring feature of the operational
environment.
f. Individual skills and expertise. Because future armed conflict will remain in the realm
of uncertainty, Army forces demand skills and expertise that, although present within the Army,
are not specifically designed into the structure of operating forces or are not trained, tracked, or
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