[Stand-To!] Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) - February 27, 2006

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Edition: Mon, February 27, 2006
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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING
“We are retaining the complete mission set from the Futures Center  
and adding the tremendous responsibility for integrating capabilities  
into the Modular Force. We must work the synchronization and  
coordination of agencies across the Army and the Joint community to  
ensure we accelerate inserting capabilities into the Modular Force  
when these are ready to meet an essential need. Our role in inserting  
[Future Combat Systems] capabilities into the force when ready is  
critical to enabling the Army to evolve rapidly while engaged in this  
long war.”

Dr. Francis J. Harvey
Secretary of the Army
TODAY'S FOCUS
Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC)

A means for integrating technologies for the Army’s Modular Force  
envisioned by Army Secretary Dr. Francis J. Harvey has come to  
fruition with the creation of the Army Capabilities Integration  
Center (ARCIC). Based on a briefing presented by Dr. Harvey, the  
redesignation of the Futures Center to the ARCIC has been directed by  
General Order 4, effective Feb 15, 2006. The ARCIC, through the  
TRADOC commanding general, will be responsible to the SecArmy and  
CSA, and it will have four main areas of responsibility – all  
integral to successfully implementing the Army Plan:

• Using wargaming, experimentation and concepts to develop and  
integrate capability requirements from a comprehensive DOTMLPF  
perspective.

• Providing the management structure for identifying capability gaps  
and directing analytical support for DOTMLPF developments, including  
validating research-and-development priorities for key Army science  
and technology needs. The ARCIC will also develop and validate  
integrated operational architectures depicting warfighting capabilities.

• Serving as the lead Army agency for coordination with Joint  
agencies and other services for integration of Joint capabilities,  
including Joint wargaming, concept development and experimentation.

• Integrating across the Army DOTMLPF requirements identification and  
integration, including current developments supporting the Global War  
on Terrorism and the full range of developments and transformational  
efforts supporting the future force.

Lt. Gen. Curran will serve as the ARCIC director. The organization  
will be located at Fort Monroe, Va., with a forward element located  
in Arlington, Va. The ARCIC, in integrating force-capability  
requirements across the Army, will serve a key role in learning and  
adapting to meet the demands of a nation at war while anticipating  
solutions to tomorrow’s challenges.
SOLDIERS AND THE 2006 OLYMPICS
National Guard Soldier takes Olympic silver medal (NTN)
Army WCAP program churning out Olympians (TCP)
NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY
Sears Holding joins Army recruiting partnership (ARNEWS)
7 Army paratroopers accused of sex acts shown on Web site (ARNEWS)
Soldiers find, destroy bomb near mosque (ARNEWS)
US Army brigades to train foreign forces (JD)
Female pilots get their shot in Iraq's skies (MSNBC)
Contract for flexible body armor awarded (AT)
WAR ON TERROR NEWS
U.S. troops avoid both sides of sectarian fight south of Baghdad  
(Stripes)
Iraqi Army assumes battle space responsibility in central Baghdad   
(ARNEWS)
Cache or Credit? Iraq 's Army getting both (MNF-Iraq)
Report Charts Iraqi Political, Economic, Security Progress (DOD)
Posters Bridge Gap Between Iraqi Army, Locals (DOD)
OF INTEREST
Iran: the next war (MAG)
Marine Corps Special Operations command operated (DOD)
Fort’s troops get dose of Iraqi reality (TO)
Halliburton said to get disputed Iraq costs (CNN)
Guantanamo II (SLATE)
WORLD VIEW
Sudan leader warns against UN force (Aljazeera | Story)
Al-Qaida says it hit Saudi oil facility (Aljazeera | Story)
Saudi forces kill suspected militants after siege (Reuters | Story)
Prisoners at Bagram being held uncharged (IHT | Story)
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