New Center to Drive Army Modernization
February 22, 2006
Secretary of the Army Dr. Francis J. Harvey recently directed the formation of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, known as ARCIC, from the resources and organization of the U.S.Army Training and Doctrine Command Futures Center. The ARCIC will be the lead Army agency to coordinate and integrate war-fighting capabilities among all the military services and other agencies and be located at Fort Monroe, Va.
The newly designed ARCIC will develop and integrate the Army’s capability requirements. Lt. Gen. John M. Curran, currently the director of the TRADOC Futures Center, will serve as the ARCIC director for this initiative to be located at Fort Monroe, Va. There also will be a Washington, D.C.-based office to coordinate ARCIC missions with the Army Staff, Joint Staff and Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Today, the Army is moving from the current force to the future force through a modernization program called the Future Combat Systems. FCS provides Soldiers with leading-edge technologies to improve their capabilities to fight the enemy in complex environments. ARCIC will ensure that FCS capabilities are fielded as soon as practical across the force.
Dr. Harvey initially discussed the idea for establishing a center with the ARCIC’s responsibilities during an April 5, 2005, media interview. The ARCIC will be responsible to the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff. General Orders No. 4, effective Feb 15, 2006, implemented this direction.
For more information, call Lt. Col. Carl Ey at (703) 614-2487 or E-mail carl.ey@hqda.army.mil
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