Leadership of Change

TRADOC Futures Center

Information Briefing Combat Vehicles Conference, 22 September 2003

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Purpose

To provide an overview of the Training and Doctrine Command’s Futures Center and

describe how it will lead Future Force developments

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TRADOC Mission

TRADOC recruits, trains and educates The Army’s soldiers, develops leaders, supports training in units, develops doctrine, establishes standards, and builds the future Army.

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The Army is a Learning Organization

We have transformed and are transforming!

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• TRADOC established • Individual soldier competence• NCO Corps development• Centralized Training Centers

• Centralized Training Centers• EXFOR XXI & Situational Awareness • Joint Operations

• See First, Understand First, Act First, Finish Decisively • Joint, Interagency, modular, and deployable• Warrior Ethos

TRADOC -- Where Tomorrow’s Victories Begin

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Futures Center Mission• Designs, develops, and integrates into a Joint warfighting

environment all aspects of the Future Force -- from concept to

capability

• Develops and integrates Joint and Army concepts, architectures, and

Doctrine, Organizations, Training, Materiel, Leadership Development,

Personnel and Facilities capabilities

• Validates Science and Technology priorities and leads Future Force

experimentation

• Synchronizes and integrates Army capabilities with Joint,

Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multi-National capabilities

Cultivating a Culture of Innovation for developing the Future Force

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Building the Future Force

• Army’s Architect of the Future • Advocate for the soldier• Link for the Army with joint commands and sister services • Lead for Army experimentation and shape Joint experimentation• Army’s “Future Capabilities” Visionary • Integrator of Current Force and Future Force capabilities

TRADOC leads The Army and The Army is leading DoD in Transformation Process

TRADOC is the:

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Army’s ArchitectLooking to the Future

• Futures Center

• Networked, Enhanced Battle Labs

• Experimentation Element for Army’s First Unit of Action

• Robust team of users embedded in Future Combat Systems program management

• Comprehensive Experimentation Campaign Plan

ORGANIZING TO SUPPORT CREATING THE FUTURE FORCE

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Futures Center Functional Relationships

SISTER SERVICES

INDUSTRYMATERIEL DEVELOPERS

JOINTCOMMANDS

TRADOC HQ(Strategic Vision)

Futures Center(System of Systems

Integration)

Centers & Schools(Sponsorship)

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CapabilitiesDevelopments

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TRADOC Transition to Futures CenterIntegrating all Future Developments Work

Training, education and leader development

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First hand shake to

first unit of assignment

Training, education and leader development

Non-branch schoolsBranches

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TRADOC is the Architect of the Future

Future Force Leadership

Accelerate the fielding of the Future Force this decade

Integrate and synchronize warfighting capabilities & technologies

Provide assessments that focus senior Army leadership decision-making

Central leadership to integrate, coordinate, motivate and drive Future Force work

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LessonsLearned

Leadership of Change

TRADOC Futures Center

Information Briefing Combat Vehicles Conference, 22 September 2003

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