To better integrate and synchronize the development and fielding of the Army’s required capabilities, as well as to provide a more efficient and effec- tive capability management process, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) recently changed its strategy for TRADOC Capability Manager (TCM) alignment to include TCMs that focus on organi- zations as well as other TCMs that will continue the traditional systems-based functional focus.
From Systems to Programs In the early 1970s, TRADOC was established and assumed the training functions of the Continental Army Command and the combat devel- opments mission of the Combat Developments Command, as part of a major reorganization of the Army command structure. In assuming those responsibilities, TRADOC became the focal point for formulating the need and requirements for new weapon and materiel systems, monitoring the development of those systems, and identifying the need to adjust train- ing, personnel, and organizations to facilitate the integration of these new systems into Army units.
To fulfill its role in providing training excellence, guidance on fighting the country’s wars, and insights about the organization and materiel necessary to support the Soldier on the battlefield, TRADOC needed to take a total sys- tems approach to development. This approach spawned the establishment of the first TRADOC System Manager (TSM) offices in 1977 (see Figure 1). Each TSM consisted of a colonel with a small staff pulled from the TRADOC centers and schools.
The TSMs represented all major weapon and materiel systems in development and functioned with power and authority comparable to those of the program and project managers within the U.S. Army Materiel Command
FIGURE 1. TRADOC SYSTEM MANAGER OFFICES ARMY AL&T
FORT BENNING Black Hawk
Fighting Vehicle System Improved Tow Vehicle
FORT HUACHUCA Corps Tactical Electronic
Warfare/Intelligence System
Division Tactical Electronic Warfare/Intelligence System
FORT BLISS
Division Air Defense Gun Patriot Roland Stinger
FORT GORDON
Automatic Telephone Central Office Advanced Tactical Support System
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
Tactical Satellite Communications FORT KNOX Tank System Development
FORT RUCKER Attack Helicopter
Advanced Scout Helicopter HELLFIRE
FORT SILL
Copperhead Firefinder
General Support Rocket System
M198 Towed Howitzer and associated systems Pershing II Missile
FORT LEAVENWORTH Positioning/Navigation
Remotely Piloted Vehicle Smoke
Stand-off Target Acquisition System Tactical Operating Systems
SOURCE: March 1977 brief to TRADOC CG
Tactical Fire Direction System 8" Howitzer Systems
(AMC). They were given the job of integrating and synchronizing all the doctrine, training, leadership, organizations, and materiel activities associated with fielding weapon and materiel systems. The TSMs’ charters were to facilitate the training, logistical support, and personnel functions needed to sustain the systems during fielding and beyond. They were designed to be the “energizers” of the larger TRADOC school staffs and not necessarily the “doers.”
TSMs served as user advocates—the “voice” of the warfighter—and worked in complement with the system developers in AMC. They reported directly to their respective school commandants, and were chartered by and worked for the TRADOC Commanding General (CG) in defending the need for the systems.
The original intent was for each TSM office to be disestablished once the specific weapon or materiel system was fielded. However, the continuation of block improvements, the evolution of spiral developments, and the general requirement for continuous improve- ments to these systems required the TSMs to evolve beyond their original
purpose of addressing the life cycle of changing materiel programs and force design updates.
Recognizing the increasing linkages and interdependencies between systems and the growing number of different systems being developed and fielded, TRADOC identified the need for a similar type of office to facilitate integration across TRADOC centers and schools. Hence, TRADOC Program Integration Offices (TPIOs) were established with the mission to serve as the TRADOC integrating agency for their assigned systems. The first of these, TPIO Deep Battle, was established in April 1988. Unlike the TSMs, which managed specific systems, the TPIOs managed the commonality and interoperability aspects and provided management and development oversight for proponent system-specific components, modules, or weapon systems.
Establishment and Evolution of TCMs
Eventually, rather than concentrating on a single system, TSMs gained responsi- bility for a family of materiel systems, or a group of closely related or interdepen- dent materiel systems. TRADOC found
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