From the 1989 annual historical review's Chapter One, Introduction; The Combined Arms Center in 1989 (page 1): The United States Army Combined Arms Center (CAC), a subordinate element of the Training and Doctrine Command, was at the center of the Army's ongoing efforts to develop a ground force sufficient to deter potential adversaries, or, if necessary, to fight a future war. Located at historic Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the Combined Arms Center served as the source of much of the Army's efforts in developing doctrine, simulations, new equipment and weapons, and training innovations. CAC also served as the single integrating center for all projects in the Army's changing concepts and doctrine of combined arms warfare. As such, CAC coordinated and integrated the efforts of its associated schools and centers and worked closely with numerous other agencies of the Army and its sister services. In short, CAC developed the concepts, turned concepts into doctrine, developed the material systems to support the doctrine, tested both in complex simulations, and developed leaders to prepare the Army for the battlefield of the future.

Annual History Collection U.S. Army Combined Arms Center - CAC

Commander's Introduction -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- The Combined Arms Center in 1989 -- Airland Battle Future -- Combat Developments and Force Design -- Leader Development and Doctrine -- Some Aspects of Combined Arms Training at the End of the 1980s -- Origins of the Light Force National Training Center Idea, 1973-1983 -- The Original Plans for a Light Force National Training Center (LFNTC), 1983-1984 -- Overcoming Resistance to the Light Force National Training Center (LFNTC), 1984-1985 -- The Green Book: Restructuring the Light Force Center into an Institution for Joint Training, 1985-1986 -- "Bare Bones": Final Planning for the Interim Joint Readiness Training Center -- Roster of Key Personnel -- Glossary -- Index.