Combined Arms Center Cac

Index to selected publications of the Combined Arms Center.

Index to selected publications of the Combined Arms Center.

Overview of the Center's five major subordinate organizations and their missions: Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL), Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD), Command and General Staff College (CGSC), Combined Arms Center for Training (CAC-T), and Training and Doctrine Command Program Integration Office/Battle Command (TPIO/BC).

It is essential for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center to plan 2-5 years in the future in order to ensure that fully integrated and funded programs are a reality in the future. The author identifies 45 circumstances which, if they exist within an organization, may preclude effective planning. By surveying the principal mid-range planners at the Combined Arms Center (CAC), reviewing organization goal/objective statements, and reviewing formal documented plans, it was determined which of these 45 circumstances exist. The principal conclusions reached with regard to goals/objectives are: (1) All organizations within CAC have goals/objectives; (2) These goals/objectives are not placed in hierarchy by priority; (3) Mission activities require more guidance from higher management in order to develop goals/objectives. The main conclusions reached vis-a-vis actual planning are: (1) There is very little mid-range planning being done; (2) The planning which is being done is primarily mechanical, and too short-ranged; and (3) Better coordination of plans is needed. It was also found that: (1) Planning is not inhibited by the CAC organization structure; and (2) Turnover of personnel is a problem if action is not taken to 'phase' the replacement cycle.

Index to selected publications of the Combined Arms Center.