SHIFT IN SUPPORT


Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (3-10 MTN), on a force protection patrol, stop at a hilltop overlooking the village of Mo- hammad Agah, Afghanistan, Jan. 23. The SMP takes planning as a materiel enterprise to a new level to ensure investment in capabilities that will give Soldiers a decisive edge to achieve battle- field dominance, in contrast with the wartime focus on getting needed equipment to the Soldier as quickly as possible to meet urgent needs. (Photo by CPT John Goodwill, 3-10 MTN Public Affairs)


deep dive focuses on small arms fire control, with future deep dives to look at indirect precision effects targeting, aircrew-specific


equipment, and micro


drones and sensors, to name a few capa- bility areas.


Te next step for the SMP, after all of the deep dives are complete, will be to take a vertical look at capabilities across the Soldier portfolio, to gain a true under- standing of the interrelationships.


Tis vertical look will lay out all of the deep dives to see potential points of intersection, which will allow the SE to influence future programming and bud- get decisions within the Soldier portfolio.


Te decisions that have emerged so far from the deep dives could not have hap- pened if all SE stakeholders were not working together. In most cases, the value of the SMP was more in the actual sitting down, planning and learning to work smarter within the SE than the integrated schedules that the partici- pants produced. When capability gaps, requirement documents, technologies and PORs are all part of a coherent story and all


stakeholders in the enterprise


are in agreement, we will be that much more efficient and effective in improving


Additionally, we will review past work to ensure that we are in line with the Army Vision Force 2025 and Beyond efforts.


Soldier dominance in Army operations, today and in the future.


For more information, contact the author at 703-704-4216.


MS. KATHLEEN W. GERSTEIN is director of systems integration at PEO Sol- dier, Fort Belvoir, VA. She holds an M.S. in program management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point. She is Level III certified in engi- neering, program management and S&T management and is a member of the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps.


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