As the lead document of the Army Concept Framework, TRADOC Pam 525-3-0, The U.S. Army Capstone Concept (ACC) describes our vision of the future operational environment, the role of the Army in the joint force, and the broad capabilities required by future Army forces. Greater speed, quantity, and reach of human interaction and increased access to military capabilities make the operational environment more unpredictable and complex, driving the likelihood and consequence of disorder. ROBERT W. CONE General, U.S. Army Commanding The ACC provides a guide to how the Army will apply available resources to overcome these challenges and prevent, shape and win in support of recent strategic guidance. The ACC also serves as the foundation for a campaign of learning that will evaluate and refine its major ideas and required capabilities. Finally, the ACC provides a roadmap for development of a comprehensive investment strategy that will rebalance the Army’s force structure, readiness, and modernization efforts in support of national strategy. TRADOC Pam 525-3-0 establishes that, to meet the challenges of the future operational environment, the Army must maintain a credible capacity to win decisively and support combatant commanders across a wide range of military operations at home and abroad. The credibility of our Army, robust, ready, and modernized, underpins our ability to prevent conflict, shape the operational environment, and win the Nation’s wars as part of the joint force. Further, the ACC retains the idea of operational adaptability as the fundamental characteristic of the Army required to execute a wide variety of missions. The ACC expands operational adaptability to the people and organizations that comprise the institutional Army as well as the operating force. Finally, the ACC also provides insight into the wide array of Title 10 requirements the Army provides the joint force.

TP 525-3-0, 19 December 2012 *This pamphlet supersedes TRADOC Pamphlet 525-3-0, dated 21 December 2009.