The purpose of the Army Operating Concept Team Teach is to provide uniformed and civilian leaders across the Army and it's Joint, Interorganizational and multinational partners with an understanding of the Army's vision of future conflict as described in the U.S. Army Operating Concept: Win in a Complex World.

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Army Operating Concept
Concept Development and Learning Directorate
Army Capabilities Integration Center
950 Jefferson Ave
Fort Eustis, VA 23604
As of: 14 NOV 2014
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American Military Power is Joint Power
The Army both depends on and supports air and naval forces across the land, air,
maritime, space and cyberspace domains.

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Purpose
To provide Uniformed and Civilian Leaders across the Army
and its Joint, Interorganizational, and Multinational partners
with an understanding of the Army’s vision of future conflict
as described in the U.S. Army Operating Concept: Win in a
Complex World.
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“Win in a Complex World, emphasizes ready land forces' importance for
protecting our nation and securing our vital interests against determined,
elusive, and increasingly capable enemies.”
- General Raymond Odierno

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Agenda
 Why Concepts?
 Future environment
 Missions
 Problem
 Solution
 Way ahead
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 Concepts describe how commanders might employ future capabilities
against anticipated threats to accomplish missions.
 Concepts establish the intellectual foundation for Army modernization.
 Concepts help Army leaders identify opportunities to improve future
force capabilities.
 Concepts are NOT doctrine, but begin the process for delivering
capabilities to future Army Forces
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Concepts are about the Future
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“One of our most important duties as Army professionals is to think clearly
about the problem of future armed conflict.”
- General David Perkins

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Concepts Guide Future Force Development…
Force 2025 Maneuvers Solutions
 Doctrine
 Organization
 Training
 Materiel
 Leadership
and education
 Personnel
 Facilities
 Policy
Learn, Analyze, Assess…
Army Operating Concept
Army Functional Concepts
Army Capstone Concept
Capstone Concept for
Joint Operations
“The Army Operating Concept guides future force
development through the identification of first order
capabilities that the Army must possess to accomplish
missions in support of policy goals and objectives.”
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What the AOC the does for the Army
• Guides future force development through the identification of first
order capabilities that the Army must possess to accomplish
missions in support of policy goals and objectives.
• Describes how future Army forces, as part of joint,
interorganizational, and multinational efforts, operate to
accomplish campaign objectives and protect U.S. national
interests.
• Describes how future Army forces:
 Project power onto land and from land across the air,
maritime, space, and cyberspace domains.
 Provide foundational capabilities required by the Joint Force.
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A Unifying Concept for the Future
AirLand Battle:
Fight outnumbered, and win
Joint Combined Arms Operations:
Win in a complex world
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Agenda
 Why Concepts?
 Future environment
 Missions
 Problem
 Solution
 Way ahead
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War is an Extension of Politics War is Human
War is Uncertain War is a Contest of Wills
Continuities of War
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Hybrid Strategies in a Complex Environment
Future Forces Must: Shape, Defeat the enemy, Establish security, Consolidate gains
AVOID
EMULATE
DISRUPT
Hide in complex urban terrain
Steal, copy, and adapt technology Employ proxies and criminal networks
Area Access/Area Denial strategies
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EXPAND

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Future Environment
 Increased momentum of human interaction
 Capable, elusive enemies
 Potential for enemy capability overmatch
 Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
 Increasing importance of the space and cyberspace domains
 Dense urban areas
 Ease of technology transfer to state and non-state actors
 Transparency and ubiquitous media
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Agenda
 Why Concepts?
 Future environment
 Missions
 Problem
 Solution
 Way ahead
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Missions
Prevent Conflict and Shape the Security Environment
 Maintain the foundation of theater capabilities; learn and anticipate
 Assure and strengthen partners; deter adversaries
 Sustain the ability to compel
Win Wars
 Conduct expeditionary operations
 Defeat and compel enemy forces and key actors
 Establish security and consolidate gains
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Regional Engagement, Global Response, Sustained Security

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Agenda
 Why Concepts?
 Future environment
 Missions
 Problem
 Solution
 Way ahead
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Military Problem
Given both the continuities in the nature of war and the changes
anticipated in the future operational environment…
How does the Army conduct joint operations promptly, in sufficient
scale, and for ample duration to prevent conflict, shape security
environments, and win wars?
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The Army cannot predict who it will fight, where it will fight, and with
what coalition it will fight. To win in a complex world, Army forces must
provide the Joint Force with multiple options, integrate the efforts of
multiple partners, operate across multiple domains, and present our
enemies and adversaries with multiple dilemmas.
- GEN David Perkins

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Agenda
 Why Concepts?
 Future environment
 Missions
 Problem
 Solution
 Way ahead
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Central Idea
Conduct Joint Combined Arms Operations to:
• Protect the homeland and engage regionally
• Create multiple options for responding to and resolving crises
• Maneuver from multiple locations and across domains
• Exercise mission command
• Integrate joint, interorganizational, and multinational capabilities
• Defeat enemy organizations, control terrain, and secure populations
• Preserve joint force freedom of movement and action
• Seize, retain, and exploit the initiative
Defeat enemies , establish security, consolidate gains, and achieve sustainable outcomes
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Win in a Complex World
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 Emphasizes the human, cultural, and political
continuities of armed conflict; war remains a
contest of wills.
 Considers all echelons of war; conflict cannot be
divided into discrete levels.
 Recognizes that American military power is Joint
power; emphasizes the Army’s unique contributions
across the range of military operations.
 Describes the Army’s contributions to win;
defending the nation, achieving sustainable
outcomes consistent with U.S. vital interests.
 Emphasizes the criticality of land forces; to shape
security environments, deter conflict and consolidate
gains.
 Recognizes decentralized operations in complex
environments; requiring adaptive leaders, cohesive
teams, and resilient Soldiers committed to the Army
profession who thrive in chaos and uncertainty.
 Emphasizes the integration of advanced
technologies; with skilled Soldiers and well-trained
teams maintaining differential advantages over
enemies.
Tenets
 Initiative
 Innovation
 Simultaneity
 Depth
 Adaptability
 Endurance
 Mobility
 Lethality
Enable Joint Force Operations
Core
Competencies
 Combined Arms
Maneuver
 Wide Area Security
 Special Operations
 Shape the Security
Environment
 Set the Theater
 Project National
Power
 Cyber Operations

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Win in a Complex World
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Win in a Complex World
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Win in a Complex World
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Win in a Complex World
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Agenda
 Why Concepts?
 Future environment
 Missions
 Problem
 Solution
 Way ahead
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Concepts to Capabilities: Building the Future Force
Focused and Sustained Collaboration across the Army and Key Stakeholders
Army Warfighting
Challenges
First-order
questions;
framework for
learning and
collaboration
Drivers for Change
• THREATS
• MISSIONS
• TECHNOLOGY
• HISTORICAL
LESSONS
Force 2025
Maneuvers
The Army’s
Campaign of
Learning and
experimentation
• O&O Development
• Studies & Analysis
• Unified Quest
• Seminar Wargames
• Experimentation
• NIE
• AEWE / AWA
• Exercises
• Prioritization &
Divestment
Force 2025
Army
Modernization
and Stakeholder
Forums
Army Operating
Concept
Solid conceptual
foundation for
future force
development
Concept
Content
Analytical
Framework Governance
• Army Campaign Plan (ACP)
• Long-Range Investment
Requirements Analysis-
(LIRA)
• Program Objective
Memorandum (POM)
• DOTLPF Integrated Change
Recommendation (DICR)
• Executive Directives and
Orders
• DA Prioritization and
Resourcing
• R&D Priorities
• Experimentation and
Learning Demands
• Total Army Analysis (TAA)
o Force Design Update
(FDU)
• Initial Capability Document
(ICD)
• Changes in Policy
Implementation
Analysis
CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK
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Requirements Determination
CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK
First-order
required
capabilities
What Army forces
must do

26. Army Warfighting Challenges
Missions to Challenges
The Army’s 11 Missions
1. Develop Situational Understanding
2. Shape the Security Environment
3. Provide Security Force Assistance
4. Adapt the Institutional Army
5. Counter WMD
6. Conduct Homeland Operations
7. Conduct Space and Cyber Electromagnetic
Operations and Maintain Communications
8. Enhance Training
9. Improve Soldier, Leader, and Team Performance
10. Develop Agile and Adaptive Leaders
11. Conduct Air-Ground Reconnaissance
12. Conduct Entry Operations
13. Conduct Wide Area Security
14. Ensure Interoperability and Operate in JIM Environment
15. Conduct Combined Arms Maneuver
16. Set the Theater, Sustain Operations, and Maintain
Freedom of Movement
17. Integrate Fires
18. Deliver Fires
19. Exercise Mission Command
20. Develop Capable Formations
1. Provide
for military
defense of
the
homeland
2. Defeat an
adversary
3. Provide a
global
stabilizing
presence
4. Combat
terrorism
5. Counter
weapons of
mass
destruction
6. Deny an
adversary’s
objectives
7. Respond
to crisis and
conduct
limited
contingency
operations
8. Conduct
military
engagement
and security
cooperation
9. Conduct
stability
and
counter-
insurgency
operations
10. Provide
support to
civil
authorities
11. Conduct
HADR
FORCE 2025 Maneuvers
Develop mission capabilities through experimentation against future challenges
Concepts CapabilitiesUnified Quest, Experimentation,
Exercises, Army Warfighting Assessment
Opportunities for Joint Combined Arms Training
Missions to Challenges
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