[Stand-To!] Concept Development and Experimentation - March 30, 2006

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Edition: Thu, March 30, 2006
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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING
"What's driving the change, first of all, is the change in threat.  
The threat faced today is not as defined as that of the Cold War era."

Lt. Gen. William Boykin
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Warfighting  
Support
TODAY'S FOCUS
Concept Development and Experimentation

What is it? Concept Development and Experimentation (CDE) is a  
campaign of learning supporting current and future force development  
through a two-path approach nested within U.S. Joint Forces Command's  
Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Campaign Plan.  
Concepts, developed and refined through wargames and experiments, are  
the basis for determining the capabilities required for the Future  
Combat Force.

What has the Army done?

• Developed and refined the Army Concept Development and  
Experimentation Campaign Plan
• Published the Army Capstone Concept (TP 525-3-0, The Army in Joint  
Operations)
• Developed the Army Concept Strategy and supporting concepts  
(operational and functional)
• Fully supported Joint CDE, including joint concept development and  
participation in major joint and sister service experiments
• Conducted annual Unified Quest wargames, co-sponsored with U.S.  
Joint Forces Command
• Conducted experiments (145 in 2004 and 120 in 2005) addressing  
critical issues for the Future Combat Systems equipped BCT and the  
Future Combat Force
• Initiated and conducted Omni Fusion integrating experiments in  
2004-2005

What efforts does the Army plan to continue in the future? CDE will  
continue along two paths: concept development and prototyping. The  
Concept Development Path develops a concepts-based, coherently joint  
Future Combat Force using live, virtual and constructive  
experimentation to provide actionable recommendations to reduce  
Future Combat Force development risk. The Prototype Path approaches  
the future through discovery, refinement, and improvement and spirals  
torward feasible future force capabilities, satisfies critical  
operational needs and tests compelling technology. These two paths,  
approaching the future in a deductive and inductive fashion,  
respectively, provide complementary risk reduction for developments  
and operations.

Why is this important to the Army? CDE is fundamentally a risk  
mitigation activity; failure to conduct effective CDE significantly  
increases developmental risk for the Future Combat Force and  
operational risk to the Army Modular Force. CDE reduces Future Combat  
Force development risk by developing concepts and capabilities that  
meet the needs of the future Joint force commander through rigorous  
concept development experimentation. CDE increases the capabilities  
of the Army Modular Force through prototype experiments that test  
compelling solution options and develop doctrine, organization,  
training, materiel, leader development and education, personnel, and  
facilities (DOTMLPF) capability packages to support the spiraling  
forward of future force capabilities to satisfy critical current  
force operational needs.

Further information can be found on the Army Posture Statement web site.
NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY
Fort Riley Soldiers Deploy to Africa (ARNEWS)
Three Divisions, Dental Corps Get New Commanders (AT)
WWII POW Receives Purple Heart at Bataan Memorial Death March (ARNEWS)
Wounded Warriors Honored by Army’s Old Guard (ARNEWS)
WAR ON TERROR NEWS
Beleaguered Premier Warns U.S. to Stop Interfering in Iraq's Politics  
(EB | NYT)
In Iraq, Frontline Patience Wears Thin (EB | CSM)
U.S. Troops Repel Blitz By Taliban (EB | WP)
Jill Carroll Released by Captors in Iraq (USAToday)
Senator Asks Prison Guards About Commanders’ Culpability (AT)
General Voices Doubt on Iraq Files (EB | NYT)
Extra Troops' Exit Contingent on Iraqi Unity (WT)
Bush: United States Will Leave, 'But Not Retreat' From Iraq (DOD)
OF INTEREST
Dodging IEDs (EB | CSM)
Contractors Won’t Face Charges (AT)
The Cost Of Invading Iraq: Imponderables Meet Uncertainties (EB | NYT)
A Dangerous War Makes a Staggering Shift (MSNBC)
WORLD VIEW
Bush Wants Musharraf to Shed Uniform Next Year: Pak Analyst (IRNA)
Al Qaeda’s Moussaoui 'Lied to Kill' (Gulf Daily News)
An "Alliance" Of Violence (Counter Currents)
Vote Cuts Term of U.S. Force Budget (Japan Times)
Saran Meets Rice, Discusses Implementation of Nuclear Deal (Hindustan  
Times)
WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS
Weekend Raid Aftermath was Staged (In The Bullpen)
The Naked Cartridge (DefenseTech.org)
Hindsight (Done With Mirrors)
Centcom Plays Hardball (Late Final)
A Man’s Word (Thomas Paine’s Corner)
Al-Jazeera Cares (Andi’s World)


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