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Purpose

This regulation establishes the Army Force Modernization Proponent and Integration System (see Army Directive 2022-07). The Secretary of the Army (SECARMY) identifies Army force modernization proponents for the purpose of determining solutions to gaps in the Army's ability to provide joint and Army-specific capabilities required to conduct military operations. The Army Force Modernization Proponent and Integration System is a strategic-level process for assigning responsibility for integrating doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (DOTMLPF-P) solutions to transform the Army into the desired future force. AR 5-22 establishes policy, responsibilities, relationships, and procedures necessary to execute the Army Force Modernization Proponent and Integration System, to include determining DOTMLPF-P requirements with regards to a particular Center of Excellence, branch, or specific proponent. The Army manages modernization over the time horizons and functions of force design, force development, force employment, force sustainment, and strategic divestiture. Force design is the design of operational and functional concepts that addresses the conditions of a future operational environment and its anticipated threats, and generally focuses 5-15 years into the future. Force development is the maturation of operational and functional concepts into force design updates that seeks to fully integrate DOTMLPF-P, and generally focuses 2-7 years into the future. U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) is the supported command for force design and delivers future concepts, requirements, and conceptual organizational designs based on its assessment of the future operating environment. AFC is the supported command for force development. U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) supports AFC force development by conducting DOTMLPF-P integration to provide capabilities to the operational force. Force employment is the generation of ready forces to meet the needs of the Joint force, and generally focuses 0-3 years into the future. U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) trains and prepares combat ready, globally responsive forces. FORSCOM is the supported command for force employment. Force sustainment is the management and care of materiel equipment after a capability transitions to sustainment, and before the Army divests the capability. U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is the supported command for force sustainment. AMC is the supported command for strategic divestiture. Various Army processes manage force modernization across the time horizons outlined above. Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-3/5/7 is the Army's lead integrator and synchronizer, and captures modernization activities and decisions in the Army Campaign Plan (ACP) and then tracks these activities and decisions in execution through the Army Synchronization Meeting. AFC, TRADOC, FORSCOM, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), and U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC), along with other Army force modernization proponents work together on required capabilities for presentation to the Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) process managers for review, integration, and funding.