1. FORCE PROJECTION SYMPOSIUM
Deploying the Objective Force
THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION AND THANKS TO THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF U.S. ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND, COMBINED ARMS SUPPORT COMMAND, U.S. ARMY TRANSPORTATION CENTER, MICHIGAN CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION, AND PEO CS&CSS FOR HOSTING THIS 4TH ANNUAL FORCE PROJECTION SYMPOSIUM.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR KEY PARTNERS FROM INDUSTRY AND ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.  I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT TO THE ARMY.  YOU’VE DONE A OUTSTANDING JOB DEVELOPING, FIELDING, AND SUSTAINING THE ARMY SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR INVENTORY. YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN WHY WE ARE THE GREAT ARMY THAT WE ARE.
BEFORE I GET STARTED I’D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT CAPABILITIES.
PLAY CLINT BLACK, IRAQ & ROLL
LTG John S. Caldwell, Jr.
Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
May 6, 2003

2. MS B OE IOTE 52 Military 20 Civilian 330 Contractors 402 Total
WE ARE THE ARMY LEAD FOR THE MATERIEL ACQUISITION OF THE OBJECTIVE FORCE. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE WARFIGHTER WITH AFFORDABLE WORLD CLASS WEAPON SYSTEMS AND CONTRACTING SERVICES YEARS BEFORE ANY ADVERSARY CAN ACQUIRE A COMPARABLE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY.
WE WILL SELECTIVELY MODERNIZE AND RECAPITALIZE THE LEGACY FORCE TO GUARANTEE WARFIGHTING READINESS AND TO SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVE FORCE AS WE TRANSFORM.
WE WILL ENSURE THE SBCT CLOSES THE CAPABILITIES GAP BETWEEN OUR HEAVY AND LIGHT FORCES.
WE WILL FOCUS OUR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAND COMBAT SYSTEMS, IN PARTICULAR, THE FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS (FCS). THESE FUTURE AIR AND GROUND SYSTEMS WILL BE NETWORKED TOGETHER AND MODERNIZED ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS….THE NETWORK ALONE PRESENTS US WITH A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE. OUR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES & LOGISTIC TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVES WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE OUR SYSTEMS’ COST OF OWNERSHIP.
QUALITY PEOPLE, TEAMWORK, AND A TREMENDOUS DRIVE FOR SUCCESS ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACQUISITION CORPS AND THESE CHARACTERISTICS WILL LEAD US TO THE OBJECTIVE FORCE. THIS TEAM WILL DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT THE MATERIEL SOLUTION FOR FCS: WITH AN OVERALL GOAL TO PROVIDE A FIGHTING ENSEMBLE THAT STRIKES AN OPTIMUM BALANCE BETWEEN THE CRITICAL PERFORMANCE FACTORS: RESPONSIVENESS, AGILITY, VERSATILITY, DEPLOYABILITY, LETHALITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND SURVIVABILITY. OE
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3. BG Roger Nadeau PEO Mr. Randal Gaereminck DPEO Light Tactical Vehicles
Ms Debra Davis
Medium Tactical Vehicles
COL Robert Lees
Heavy Tactical Vehicles
COL Robert Groller
Combat Mobility
COL Michael Asada
HERE’S THE COMBAT SUPPORT AND COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT ORGANIZATION THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE OBJECTIVE FORCE. THE PEOPLE IN THIS ORGANIZATION ARE VERY CAPABLE TOMANAGE AND FIELD PROGRAMS BUT THERE’S A SIGNIFICANT PIECE MISSING FROM THIS SLIDE…..
Force Projection
COL Genaro Dellarocco
Measurement, Electric Power
and Protection
COL Mark Jones

4. THE PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY. WE CANNOT SUSTAIN THE CURRENT FORCE OR TRANSFORM TO THE OBJECTIVE FORCE WITHOUT YOUR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. (PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS)

5. “Our ability to get into areas of crisis today are very much determined by where we can get our strategic lift in…”
- General Eric Shinseki, CSA 
TO WIN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR AND TO PROTECT OTHERS AGAINST TYRANTS AND AGGRESSORS, THE ARMY NEEDS TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE, AND AGILE TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO SUDDEN CHANGES IN THE WORLD. IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR DOMINANCE AND SUCCESSFUL MILITARY POWER PROJECTION, WE (ARMY & INDUSTRY) MUST WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR CURRENT DISTRIBUTION, MOBILITY, AND DEPLOYABILITY CHALLENGES.
WE KNEW OF OUR SHORTCOMINGS AFTER THE GULF WAR AND 12 YEARS LATER, SOME OF THESE SHORTCOMINGS STILL EXIST. LET ME BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE ARMY’S FORCE PROJECTION OF IRAQI FREEDOM.
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6. I R A Q F R E D O M
DURING THIS OPERATION WE’RE MATCHED UP WITH A DIRTY UNFAIR OPPONENT…AN OPPONENT THAT DRESSES AND HIDES OUT WITH CIVILIAN NONCOMBATANTS. AN OPPONENT THAT USES SUICIDE AS A WEAPON. THESE DASTARDLY TACTICS HAVE TAKEN MANY LIVES AND HAVE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED MANY AIRCRAFT.

7. Flow Of Major Combat Forces Operation Iraqi Freedom
Air Drop
Airlift
Sealift
Airlift
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
THIS CHART SHOWS THE TIMELINE OF OUR FORCE PROJECTION INTO THEATER. WHEN THE GROUND WAR BEGAN WE ONLY HAD TWO DIVISIONS IN COUNTRY, 3ID AND 82ND. ELEMENTS OF THE 101ST WERE STILL ARRIVING AND 4ID’S EQUIPMENT HAD TO BE REROUTED TO KUWAIT. 3 ACR ARRIVED TWO DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT BUSH ANNOUNCED COMBAT OPERATIONS WERE OVER AND 1AD EQUIPMENT IS STILL ON THE WAY.
3ID
82nd
101st
173rd
2ACR
4ID
3ACR
1AD
19 Jan
16 Feb
21 Mar 03
G-Day
12 Feb
10 Mar
24 Feb
26 Mar
26 Mar (Combat Jump)
30 Mar
3 Apr
26 Jan
7 Apr
15 Mar
3 May
19 Apr
25 May

8. Defeated 11th Infantry Division Operation Iraqi Freedom
Tigris R. SF
Bashur
Mosul
Irbil
29 April 03 1 2
Kirkuk
Occupies Kirkuk
IRAN
Al Qaim
21 April 03
SYRIA
Euphrates R.
Tikrit
Secures Tikrit 5 12 SF
4 - 8 April 03
Baqubah
Ar Ramadi
Battle For Baghdad SF
31 March – 2 April 03
Baghdad
Battle For Karbala H4 H3
Karbala
Al Hillah
AFTER THE STRATEGIC DEPLYMENT TO THE IRAQI THEATER, OUR GROUND FORCES HAD TO TRAVEL HUNDREDS OF MILES (250 – 350) TO CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS. IN LESS THAN A WEEK, DESPITE BRUTAL SANDSTORMS AND 80 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS, THE ARMY ADVANCED MORE THAN 200 MILES ACROSS IRAQI TERRITORY. BY COMPARISON, A SIMILAR ACCOMPLISHMENT DURING THE 1991 GULF WAR TOOK ABOUT 38 DAYS TO COMPLETE.
THERE WAS NO PAUSE IN OPERATIONS OR IN THE ADVANCE ACROSS IRAQ (EXCEPT DURING THE SANDSTORM). THERE WERE HARASSING ATTACKS AGAINST THE OUR SUPPLY LINES, BUT THE ATTACKERS WERE EVENTUALLY DEFEATED. THE SUPPLY CONVOYS WERE WELL-PROTECTED BY ATTACK HELICOPTERS AND ARMORED PATROLS. THE LOGISTICS & SUPPLY LINE STRETCHED 250 MILES THROUGH IRAQ TO UNITS ON THE FRONT LINES.
      
25-29 March 03
Al Kut
JORDAN
Al Kufa
Battle of An Najaf
Sand Storm
An Najaf 22
29 March 03
As Samawah
SAUDI
ARABIA
21-23 March 03
An Nasiriyah
Ar’ar
6 April 03
Defeated 11th Infantry Division
Securing LOCs 1
Safwan
Umm Qasr
21 March 03
Heavy Ground Maneuver
Operation Iraqi Freedom
G-Day
Kuwait City
15 April 03
KUWAIT

9. Air Assault & Airborne Operations Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bashur
21-26 April 03
Combat Jump
26 March 03
400 Km AASLT
Pockets of Resistance
IRAN
Irbil
Mosul 1 2
Kirkuk
SYRIA X 2
Euphrates R.
Tikrit 5
Al Qaim 12
Samarra
10-15 April 03
Repels Counterattack
Diyala
10-15 April 03
Baqubah
AASLT into Baghdad
Baghdad 1
Ar Rutbah
Fallujah
6-7 April 03 H4 H3
OUR AIRBORNE AND AIR ASSAULT UNITS HAD TO TRAVEL SIMILAR DISTANCES TO SUPPORT MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Al Hillah
Battle at Karbala
Karbala
30 March – 4 April 03
Al Kut
JORDAN
An Najaf
250 Km AASLT
Battle at An Najaf
Al Qadisiyah
22 March 03 22
As Samawah
Maysan
Clearing Opns 6
An Nasiriyah
Ar’ar
SAUDI
ARABIA
An Najaf X
Al Basrah 9 X 2
Safwan
Umm Qasr
22 March 03
Air Assault & Airborne Operations
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Kuwait City
KUWAIT

10. Current Disposition of Forces Operation Iraqi Freedom
Army Heavy Forces
Ground Forces
Tanks
637
Active Army
136,797
Dahuk XX
Reserve Army
49,616
Bradleys
577
Dahuk
Bashur
Tigris R. X SF
Total Army
186,413
Arbil
Artillery
128
Coalition
47,370
Marine
75,308
Tall Afar
Mosul
Sulaymaniyah
101st AA DIV (+)
Irbil
MLRS
110 1
10th SF Group
Ninawa 2
Kirkuk
Total
309,091
Dayr az Zawr
At Tamim
As Sulaymaniyah
IRAN
4th INF DIV (+)
Salah ad Din
Hamadan
Euphrates R. XX
Euphrates R.
Tikrit
SYRIA 5
Al Qaim 12
Samarra
Army Aviation XX
Diyala
I I I
3rd INF DIV (+)
AH64
128
Ar Ramadi
Baqubah
UH-60
313 1
Ar Rutbah
Baghdad
Fallujah
3rd Armored CAV Regiment
CH-47 90 10
Wasit H4 H3
Babil
Al Hillah
OH-58D 76
Special Operations
Forces
HERE’S OUR CURRENT DISPOSITION OF FORCES, BOTH PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT. OUR CONVENTIONAL FORCE MIX OF HEAVY, LIGHT, AIRBORNE AND AIR ASSAULT DIVISIONS PROVIDED THE COMBATANT COMMANDER WITH TREMENDOUS CAPABILITIES. THE HEAVY FORCES PROVIDED THE SHOCK AND MOBILITY TO DASH TO BAGHDAD. AIRBORNE FORCES JUMPED INTO NORTHERN IRAQ TO CREATE A SECOND FRONT; AND LIGHT AND AIR ASSAULT FORCES DID MUCH OF THE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE FIGHTING IN THE URBAN AREAS. OUR COMMANDERS EMPOYED RECONNAISSANCE ASSETS FROM NATIONAL TO UNIT LEVEL WITH THESE MANEUVER FORCES, COMBINED WITH THE FIRES OF ARMY ARTILLERY, ARMY AVIATION, THE AIR FORCE AND THE NAVY, ALL WITH DEVESTATING EFFECTS.
DID WE HAVE ALL THE ENABLING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT THIS INTRA-THEATER AIR AND GROUND FORCE PROJECTION?  THE ANSWER IS NO. BY THE EFFORTS OF THE ARMY STRATEGIC PLANNING BOARD WE CASH-FLOWED OVER $2.1B OF FY03 FUNDS TO OUTFIT THE FORCE IN IRAQ WITH SOME OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE. SOME OF THE RESULTS WERE SELF-EVIDENT – OTHERS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE OR MEASURE, BUT ALL OF THEM CONTRIBUTED TO THE RELATIVELY LOW NUMBER OF CASUALTIES WE SUFFERED.
ASPB – BRINGS A NEW PRODUCT OR AN INCREASED CAPABILITY TO THE FIGHT BEFORE IT WAS EVER EXPECTED. THE MAIN IDEA IS TO REPRIORITIZE AND REDISTRIBUTE AN INCREASED CAPABILITY TO THE UNITS CONDUCTING CURRENT WARTIME OPERTIONS. X SF
Karbala XX
Al Kut
JORDAN
Al Anbar
Karbala
Dezful
Al Kufa
Al Amarah
Army
2,634
An Najaf
Ad Diwaniyah
Al Qadisiyah
Coalition
1,110
5th SF Group 22 UK
DIV
As Samawah
1st MEF (+)
Maysan
Dhi Qar
Ahvaz
Total
3,744 6
An Nasiriyah xx
Ar’ar
Tallil
An Najaf
Al Basrah
Al Basrah 1 9
Az Zubayr
Umm Qasr
SAUDI
ARABIA
Safwan
Al Muthanna’ XX
Current Disposition of Forces
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Kuwait City
1st AR DIV
KUWAIT

11. Logistics Common Operating Picture (LCOP)
D9 Dozer
Wolverine
Dry Support Bridge
(DSB)
Logistics Common Operating Picture
(LCOP)
Armored Vehicle Launch Bridge
(AVLB)
Improved Ribbon Bridge
(IRB)
CATBOT
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE ARMY TO ENHANCE THE INTRA-THEATER FORCE PROJECTION.
THE ASPB DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED 370 DISCRETE TASKS TO SUPPORT THE COMBATANT COMMANDERS OF THOSE 370 TASKS WERE EQUIPMENT TASKS IN SUPPORT OUR WARFIGHTERS IN THE CURRENT FIGHT. 70 OF THOSE TASKS WERE ASA(ALT) SPECIFIC; AN ACCELERATED PRODUCTION OR NEW ACQUISITION. MORE THAN 50% OF THE SYSTEMS WERE PROVIDED THRU ASA(ALT) CHANNELS.
I WANT TO THANK OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS FOR PROVIDING THIS EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE WARFIGHTER.
SO WHAT ELSE DID WE LEARN FROM IRAQI FREEDOM?
WOLVERINE (12) – 4ID ITV (64) – CFLCC
AVLB (7) – 3ACR LCOP – CFLCC
DSB (4) – III CORPS HMMWV (400) – CFLCC & USASOC
IRB (126) – III & XVIII CORPS
D9 DOZER (12) – CFLCC
CATBOT (5) – 101ST
SKID STEER LOADER (12) – III CORPS & 3ID
HSTAMIDS (204) – 101ST, 1AD, 3ID, 1CD, 4ID, 82ND
MINE DOG TEAM (1) – CJTF180
ZEUS (1) – CJTF180
POLE TRUCK (4) – 249TH ENG BN
Skid Steer Loader
Handheld Standoff
Mine Detection System
(HSTAMIDS)
AH-64 Transportability
Kits
Pole Truck
HMMWV
In-Transient Visibility (ITV)
ZEUS

12. Strategic Mobility/Deployability
Stryker
Heavy Force
Strategic Mobility/Deployability
IRAQI FREEDOM VALIDATED THE NEED FOR THE STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM TO FILL THE OPERATIONAL GAP BETWEEN OUR HEAVY AND LIGHT FORCES. THE STRYKER BRIGADES WOULD HAVE PROVIDED THE JOINT FORCE COMMANDER WITH OTHER OPTIONS, SUCH AS UNIMPEDED ACCESS TO THE NOTHERN FRONT AND THE SECURITY OF OUR LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND MSRs.
IRAQI FREEDOM VALIDATED THE NEED OF A HEAVY FORCE THAT PROVIDED THE SHOCK AND MOBILITY TO BAGHDAD. OUR CONVENTIONAL MIX WILL ALWAYS INCLUDE THE CAPABILITIES THAT OUR HEAVY FORCES BRING TO THE TABLE.
IRAQI FREEDOM VALIDATED AND CONFIRMED OUR TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS TO THE OBJECTIVE FORCE. FCS, THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF THE OBJECTIVE FORCE AND UNIT OF ACTION IS A HIGHLY INTEGRATED STRUCTURE OF MANNED AND UNMANNED, AIR AND GROUND ASSETS, BOUND BY A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK TO ACT AS A UNFIED COMBAT FORCE. FCS HAS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF COMBAT FUNCTIONS INHERENT IN ITS CAPABILITIES. FCS WILL BE LIGHTER, MORE AGILE, AND MORE STRATEGICALLY DEPLOYABLE AND THE ARMY IS COMMITED TO FIELDING FCS THIS DECADE.
1 Brigade
Reduced Logistics Footprint, especially Fuel and Water, is Key to Achieving Goal
Ports of
Embarkation 96
Hours
1 Division
120
Hours
Joint/Coalition
Area Of
Operations
5 Divisions 30
Days
Ports of
Debarkation

13. Army Top Twenty RDA Programs FY04-09*
25000
Resource Framework “Bin”
OF = Objective Force
LOF = Legacy to Objective Force
IF = Interim Force
LF = Legacy Force
FCS
20000
S&T OBJ Force 6.1-3
15000
COMANCHE
Dollars in Millions
HERE ARE THE TOP 20 ARMY PROGRAMS BY DOLLAR AMOUNT. ONLY THREE PROGRAMS (green) ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE OBJECTIVE FORCE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THEY CONSUME MUCH OF THE DOLLARS FOR THIS POM PERIOD.
THERE ARE TWO LEGACY FORCE PROGRAMS (red) AND ONE INTERIM FORCE PROGRAM (blue) IN THE ARMY TOP 20.
THE MAJORITY OF THE TOP 20 PROGRAMS ARE LEGACY TO OBJECTIVE PROGRAMS (yellow) WHICH WILL UNDOUBTEDLY TRANSITION TO THE OBJECTIVE FORCE.
AS YOU CAN SEE FCS AND THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE OBJECTIVE FORCE ARE A VERY SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY.
LONGBOW APACHE RECAP
10000
Training AMMO
BLACK HAWK RECAP
AERIAL COMMON SENSOR
CH-47F RECAP
PATRIOT
STRYKER
ABRAMS RECAP
GMLRS ROCKETS
Army Test & Eval
LAND WARRIOR
5000
FMTV
HMMWV
EXCALIBUR
MEADS
HIMARS
JTRS OF OF OF
LOF IF
LOF
LOF LF
LOF
LOF LF
LOF
LOF
LOF
LOF
LOF
LOF
LOF
*As of 28 February 2003

14. Program Restructures/Terminations
FY 04-09
Program Restructures/Terminations
Restructured Programs
A2C2S
Abrams (AIM)
Aerial Recon Low
Army Battle Command Systems
Army Enterprise Architecture
Blackhawk
Construction Equipment
Firefinder Q-47/Radar
HEMMT Recap
Hercules
Infrared Aiming Light
Javelin
M113 Mods
Materiel Handling Equipment
Medium Tactical Vehicles
Modular Artillery Charge System
Multi-Role Arm and Ammo System
Night Vision AN/PSV-7
Prophet
Second Gen FLIR
Soldier Modernization
TUAV
POM 04-09
Terminated Programs
Crusader
Raptor
25mm M919 Round
120mm E4 Tank Round
Abrams - SEP
ADIP
ATACMS BAT P3I
ATACMS BLOCK II
AVLB
Bradley A3
D7 Tractor (Dozer)
Floodlight Sets
Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT)
LW Video Recon System
M16A4 Rifle
Mark 19 Grenade Launcher
MLRS 270A1 Conversion
Non-lethal Capability Sets
Wide Area Munitions (WAM)
Striker
Common Ground Station (CGS) P3I
Stinger
Tactical Exploitation System (TES)
Guardrail
ITAS
$18B
$45B
$51B
$23B
$4B
IN ORDER TO RESOURCE THE SYSTEMS SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WE HAD TO RESTRUCTURE AND TERMINATE PROGRAMS FOR THE FY04-FY09 BUDGET PERIOD. THE ARMY HAS REDUCED/RESTRUCTURED 22 SYSTEMS AND HAS TERMINATED 25 SYSTEMS FOR A TOTAL OF $23B IN SAVINGS. THESE SAVINGS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE FOLLOWING:
PARTIALLY FUNDS S&T FOR THE OBJECTIVE FORCE
FUNDS FCS INCREMENT 1
FUNDS OBJECTIVE FORCE UNIT OF ACTION
FUNDS IBCTS 1-6, AND FUNDS CATK AT 2 1/3 DIVISIONS
GIVEN THE FISCAL RESTRAINTS OF THE FY POM AND THE SIGNIFICANT EMERGING REQUIREMENTS, WE BELIEVE THE PROPOSED APPROACH PROVIDES THE OPTIMUM ALLOCATION OF ARMY RESOURCES.
72% OF RDA SUPPORTS TRANSFORMATION
32% OBJECTIVE FORCE
37% LEGACY-OBJECTIVE
3% INTERIM FORCE
SO WHAT ARE OUR CHALLENGES AHEAD?
28%
23%
165%
$12B
$17B
$5B
$40B
$30B
Legacy to Objective
Objective Force
POM 02-07
Non-Weapon Systems
Interim Force
Legacy Force

15. Force Projection Challenges
Current Force
Force Projection Challenges
Peace Keeping
Hauling
Humanitarian Aid
Bridging
Fighting Terrorism
Recovery
THE ASPB FILLED SOME OF THE GAPS THAT EXISTED IN OUR CURRENT FORCE’S FORCE PROJECTION. HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL SOME HOLES THAT EXIST. NOW WHEN I SAY CURRENT FORCE I’M INCLUDING THE STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS BECAUSE THE BASELINE UNIT’S IOTE HAS NO OUTSTANDING ISSUES AND IS ON TRACK FOR EXECUTION AT FT KNOX, KY FROM 8 MAY TO 10 JUN .
TO PROJECT THE FORCE INTO A THEATER AND WITHIN A THEATER: “THE SUM OF ALL PARTS MAKE THE WHOLE.” YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE THE MANPOWER AND THE EQUIPMENT (THE TIP OF THE SPEAR), AND THE SUPPORT FOR BOTH (THE SHAFT OF THE SPEAR).
STRATEGICALLY, OUR HEAVY FORCES ARE A SIGNIFICANT BURDEN TO OUR AIR AND SEA ASSETS. WE KNOW THAT AND WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE NAVY AND AIR FORCE TO REFINE OUR REQUIREMENTS. WE MUST ALSO LOOK AT OUR AC/RC FORCE AND EQUIPMENT MIX TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT BALANCE FOR OUR FUTURE FIGHTS.
THE LOGISTICS TAIL FOR OUR CURRENT FORCE IS TREMENDOUS. I IMAGINE SBCTs WILL FIX PART OF THAT…FOR IRAQI FREEDOM, THEY COULD HAVE HAD THE MISSION TO PROTECT AIRFIELDS, OUR LINES OF COMMUNICATION, AND MAJOR SUPPLY ROUTES TO FREE UP THE ARMOR VEHICLES FOR THE HEAVY BATTLES. NEVERTHELESS, WE STILL NEED THE LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT TO MOVE OUR FORCES WITHIN THEATER.
I DO KNOW THERE ARE A FEW ARMY TECHNOLOGY CONCEPT DEMONSTRATIONS (ATCDs) THAT ARE ADDRESSING OR WILL SOON ADDRESS OUR INTER AND INTRA THEATER MOBILITY/DEPLOYABILITY BUT OUR CHALLENGE NOW IS TO DO WHAT WE CAN NOW TO EASE THE BURDEN. (ASPB)
Force Protection
Support
Maintain
Homeland Security
Sustain
Drug Enforcement

16. Objective Force Force Projection Challenges
Shallow-Draft, High-Speed Sealift
Theater Support Vessel (FY03 ACTD)
Ultra Large Airlifters
Super-Short Take-off & Landing Aircraft
Global Range Transport
Future Tactical Truck System (FY04 ACTD Candidate)
Precision Airdrop (FY04 ACTD Candidate)
Mobile Offshore Bases
Adaptable Containers
Package Fuel/ Package Water
Rapidly Installed Fuel Transfer System
Other Future Concepts and Technologies
Objective Force Force Projection Challenges
World View
RDECS
NRL/NRO
National
Technology
DARPA
International
Industry
Trade Analyses
World View
RDECS
NRL/NRO
National Labs
Technology Providers
DARPA
International
Industry
Technology Maturity Assessments
World View
RDECS
NRL/NRO
National Labs
Technology Providers
DARPA
International
Industry
Affordability 2 1
Deploying
the
Objective
Force
THE OBJECTIVE FORCE WILL REQUIRE A MUCH MORE ADVANCED LOGISTICS SYSTEM THAN WHAT OUR CURRNET FORCE HAS TODAY. HERE ARE A FEW ADVANCED MOBILITY CONCEPTS THAT ARE UNDER RESEARCH AND STUDY TO VALIDATE FOR THE OBJECTIVE FORCE. WHEN WE INVEST IN A CONCEPT WE’RE LOOKING TO GET THE “BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK” OR THE “BEST DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR THE LOGISTICS TAIL.” WE ARE NOT TRYING TO DO MORE WITH LESS; OUR APPROACH IS TO DO LESS WITH LESS…THE SMARTEST WAY POSSIBLE. THERE ARE ALWAYS MORE IDEAS THAN MONEY ALLOWED TO SEE THOSE IDEAS THRU…OUR JOB…YOUR JOB….YOUR CHALLENGE IS TO DISCOVER THE ENABLERS, THE TECHNOLOGIES, THAT ARE AFFORDABLE, THAT WE CAN USE TO DEPLOY THE OBJECTIVE FORCE INTRA NAD INTER THEATER. I
Analysis, Modeling and Simulation
7 KPPs
Technical Maturity Too Low 2 5 ?
Critical Technologies

17. “…We will provide strategic responsiveness…through force projection… ”
- General Eric Shinseki, CSA 
WE CAN HAVE THE GREATEST MOST POWERFUL FORCE AND THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED FORCE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN…BUT IF WE CAN’T GET IT TO THE FIGHT…. IT’S WORTHLESS.
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