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Joint Modernization Command

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The U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command,[1] or JMC, based in Fort Bliss, Texas, gains insights from "Fight Tonight" units about future ways of fighting, future technology, and force structure during realistic live, constructive, and/or simulated training exercises. Joint Modernization Command is subordinate to the Army Futures & Concepts Center in Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; both report to the U.S. Army's newest Four-Star Command, the Army Futures Command (AFC) based in Austin, Texas.[2]

U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command
Front of the Joint Modernization Commands HQ building on Fort Bliss, Texas.
ActiveJune 15, 2006
CountryUnited States
BranchArmy Command
Part ofArmy Futures Command
Garrison/HQFort Bliss, Texas
Nickname(s)JMC
Motto(s)"Forge the Future"
Mascot(s)The Hammer
Websitehome.army.mil/bliss/index.php/units-tenants/joint-modernization-command
Commanders
Current
commander		Brig. Gen. Zachary L. Miller
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Will L. Langes
The Army Futures Command Shoulder Patch

Joint Modernization Command (JMC) plans, synchronizes, and executes exportable live field experiments to inform modernization efforts to enable a Multi-Domain Capable Force by 2028.

Purpose

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  • Execute realistic field experiments and assessments to gain Soldier and Leader feedback focused on Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) Concepts, Capabilities, and Formations at echelon.
  • Execute exportable and scalable field experiments to assess MDO Concepts, Capabilities, and Formations for the 2028 MDO-Capable Force.[4]
  • Execute Joint Warfighting Assessments (JWA) resulting in a focused Initial Insights Report and Joint Exercise Report.
  • Provide field experimentation and assessment support to Army Cross Functional Teams and their 31 Signature Efforts in accordance with the Army Modernization Strategy.[5]
  • Coordinate and manage MDO Concepts, Capabilities, and Formations in all Army Live Prototyping Assessment (ALPA) events.
  • Build Readiness for the units participating in assessments; JMC synchs Commander's training objectives with experiment/assessment requirements.

Leadership

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JMC's commanding general was Brig. Gen. Johnny K. Davis, who took command on June 14, 2018,[6] succeeding then BG Joel K. Tyler.[7] Davis was formerly the 80th commander[8] of 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard); Tyler assumed command of U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command.[9]

History

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U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command (JMC) was established as the Future Force Integration Directorate (FFID) on June 15, 2006 at Fort Bliss, Texas as a result of a Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) directive to United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Established as an on-site integration organization to facilitate development, testing, and evaluation of Future Combat Systems (FCS), FFID was organized as a directorate of the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), a subordinate unit of TRADOC. FFID's mission was to prepare, evaluate, and synchronize delivery of FCS-related products with the Program Manager, Future Combat Systems, Brigade Combat Team (FCS BCT).

FFID was officially designated direct authority over the Army Evaluation Task Force (AETF) in support of the modular future force. The AETF was activated on December 16, 2006 as the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. BG James L. Terry, FFID's first Director, was welcomed in a formal ceremony on April 6, 2007.

 
Brigade Modernization Command logo in 2011.

FFID's mission was modified in August 2007 to integrate modernization efforts in support of Army transformation to provide FCS-enabled modular brigades in Fiscal Year 2011 and an FCS BCT at full operational capability in 2017.

FFID conducted training and testing events as well as demonstrations of FCS capabilities for senior Department of Defense and Army leadership, congressional leaders and staffers, business executives, and national and local news media representatives.

In April 2009, after the Secretary of Defense terminated the FCS program, FFID assumed responsibility for integrating BCT modernization.

 
Soldiers firing the M777 Howitzer at White Sands Missile Range during an Assessment.

In 2010, the Army Vice Chief of Staff directed that FFID, along with Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range, become the Army's centerpiece for network integration. Since this would require a full BCT to assess the network, the Chief of Staff of the Army directed the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division to assume the AETF mission.

On Feb. 7, 2011, the Chief of Staff of the Army directed that FFID be re-designated the Brigade Modernization Command (BMC) [10] with a mission to conduct physical integration and evaluations of the network and capability packages to provide Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy recommendations to the Army. BMC focused its efforts on integrating test and evaluation events to deliver the Mission Command Network 2020. It conducted two distinct events: first, the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) was a structured event testing Army Programs of Record; second, the Army Warfighting Assessment (AWA) allowed the Army to assess interim solutions to enduring Warfighting Challenges by incorporating innovative concepts and capabilities into various formations including Joint and Multinational forces. In addition to accelerating the rate of Army innovation, AWAs enhanced training, Joint/Multinational interoperability, and future force development.

The Network Integration Evaluation was a series of semi-annual evaluations designed to establish a Network Baseline and then rapidly build and mature the Army's tactical Network. NIE's provided a means to evaluate relevant capabilities in parallel and make incremental improvements based upon a disciplined and professional feedback cycle. The effort was designed to facilitate rapid evaluation of commercial and government network solutions to establish a Network Baseline and then rapidly build from it. Network Integration Exercise (NIE) 18 at Fort Bliss, TX was the final Network Integration Evaluation.

Army Warfighting Assessments (AWA) were held to assess the capabilities of the Army to meet Army Warfighting Challenges (AWFCs) in a relevant operating environment.

Effective February 7, 2017, BMC was redesignated the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command (JMC)[11] and the AWA was redesignated as the Joint Warfighting Assessment (JWA). JWAs are the Army's premier modernization exercise and field experimentation venue involving Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). JMC conducts JWAs that focus on validating MDO concepts and capabilities, including new ideas, equipment, technologies, doctrine and formations through soldier and leader feedback.

Joint Warfighting Assessments

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Multinational Leaders observe new capabilities being assessed during JWA 18 in Germany.

Joint Warfighting Assessments are the Army's live multi-echelon joint and multinational capstone exercise aligned to either the Europe or Pacific Area of Operations, informed by existing Operation Plan, and set in a 2028 operational environment to demonstrate and assess Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) Concepts, Capabilities, and Formations.

JWAs aim to:

  • Improve Force Readiness
  • Obtain Soldier/Leader observations and feedback on modernization solutions
  • Integrate and assess MDO Concepts, Capabilities, and Formations at Echelon (CJTF-BCT)
  • Integrate and assess Joint and Multinational Interoperability
 
Multinational leaders participate in a Combined Arms Rehearsal during JWA 19 at Joint Base Lewis McChord

The first Joint Warfighting Assessment JWA 18, was held in Europe in the spring of 2018.[12][13]

Joint Warfighting Assessment JWA 19 rotated to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in 2019,[14] to assess the Army's Multi-Domain Task Force.[15][16]

The robotic complex breach concept (RCBC) was demonstrated with "fight tonight" units during a combined arms breach at JWA 18 and JWA 19. Smoke, breaching assets, and suppression capabilities were all remotely operated while successfully breaching an obstacle.[17][18]

Joint Warfighting Assessment JWA 20 rotates back to Europe in 2020. JWA 20 will exercise and assess Multi-Domain Operations, force packages, and capabilities.[19]

 
A Stryker platoon prepares for a combined arms breach during JWA 19 at Yakima Training Center. (photo by PFC Valentina Montano)

References

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  1. ^ Burge, David (12 February 2017). "BMC takes on new name of Joint Modernization Command". El Paso Times.
  2. ^ "JMC Celebrates Recent Move". DVIDS. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  3. ^ "Real-world challenges inspire CSM's arrival to Joint Modernization Command". DVIDS. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  4. ^ JMC Mission
  5. ^ "2019 Army Modernization Strategy". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  6. ^ (4 April 2018) General Officer Assignments: BG Johnny K. Davis
  7. ^ (31 May 2018) BG Tyler relinquishes command of JMC[usurped]
  8. ^ Spc. Brandon C. Dyer (June 9, 2016) Leading the Army's oldest infantry regiment
  9. ^ Lindsey R Monger (ATEC) (June 13, 2018) ATEC welcomes new commander
  10. ^ "Brigade Modernization Command". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  11. ^ Burge, David. "BMC takes on new name of Joint Modernization Command". El Paso Times. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  12. ^ "PROTOTYPES RAPIDLY DELIVER CYBER CAPABILITIES". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  13. ^ 18 May 2018 - JWA 18.1: A multinational think tank to improve network technology
  14. ^ Laven2 (3 October 2018) In preparation for JWA, Fort Bliss command asks the tough questions[usurped]
  15. ^ "Joint Warfighting Assessment 2019: Seven Nations Meet to Finalize Plans". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  16. ^ "JMC sets the stage for largest annual modernization exercise". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  17. ^ DFN:Robotics Complex Breach Concept Demonstration (B-Roll), GERMANY, 04.06.2018
  18. ^ Fort Bliss' modernization command will deploy to Germany to run immense exercise
  19. ^ Sean Kimmons, Army News Service (October 11, 2018) Second phase of Multi-Domain Task Force pilot headed to Europe
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