Life-Cycle Management - Army Logistics University - U.S. Army

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Assistant Secretary of the Army
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
Senior Rater
Deputy Commanding General
Acquisition and Technology
Commanding General
Research,
Development,
and Engineering
Command
U.S. Army
Security Assistance
Command
LCMC
(Aviation
and Missile
Command)
The life-cycle management initiative has
changed the organizational structure of
the Army Materiel Command, with PEOs
aligned under the appropriate major
subordinate commands.
PEO
Tactical
Missiles
PEO
Aviation
The soldiers and systems engineers of the SBCT
have developed a sense of trust that OPTRAKS performs
as designed. Database management does not
remove the human factor; it increases the capability of
humans to analyze data before decisions are made or
conclusions reached.
Life-Cycle Management Commands
The Army acquisition process has functioned along
two separate chains of command since implementation
of the Goldwater-Nichols Act. Once a developed item
is released to the Army, sustainment responsibility has
transferred to one of AMC’s commodity-oriented
major subordinate commands (MSCs). That is about
to change.
On 2 August 2004, the commanding general of
AMC and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology agreed to formalize
a Life-Cycle Management Initiative by aligning
selected PEOs with the appropriate AMC MSCs to
create life-cycle management commands (LCMCs).
The new LCMCs are Aviation/Missile, Soldier/Ground
Systems, Communications/Electronics, and Joint
Ammunition. PEOs will continue to report directly to
the Army Acquisition Executive. The idea is that
PEOs and AMC logisticians together will enhance the
acquisition processes influencing future sustainment
and readiness. The Military Deputy to the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and
Army Materiel Command
Commanding General
LCMC
(Tankautomotive
and Armaments
Command)
Deputy Commanding General
Operations and Readiness
PEO
Soldier
PEO
Ground
Combat
Systems
PEO
Combat
Support
and Combat
Service
Support
LCMC
(Communications-
Electronics
Command)
PEO
Intelligence,
Electronic
Warfare,
and Sensors
PEO
Command,
Control, and
Communications
Tactical
LCMC
(Joint
Ammunition
Command)
PEO
Ammunition
Army Field
Support
Command
Technology will serve as the AMC Deputy Commanding
General for Acquisition and Technology. The new
position of AMC Deputy Commanding General for
Operations and Readiness will serve as the command
focal point for shaping AMC’s future. This synergistic
initiative will profoundly impact efforts to enhance
“cradle to grave” modular sustainment.
The rapidly configured, brigade-based modular
Army of the future will enhance our Nation’s ability to
project combat power. Many dedicated professionals
throughout DOD and the corporate world have contributed
immensely to the success of SBCT transformation.
The Army is operating under a fast-moving
climate of change driven by technology and corporate
enterprise. This is opening the door for logisticians to
break existing paradigms and explore creative concepts
and solutions. Logisticians will continue to play
vital roles in presenting innovative, flexible solutions
that keep pace with transformational combat concepts.
ALOG
GREGORY L. ALDERETE IS THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AT
AMC FORWARD STRYKER AT FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON.
HE SERVED 24 YEARS IN THE ARMY AND IS A GRADUATE OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT STEVENS POINT, THE
ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE, AND
THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE.
MARCH–APRIL 2005