Major General, U.S. Army
CHARLES E. HARRIS, III
Major General, U.S. Army
CHARLES E. HARRIS, III
Chapter 1 8
Chapter 1 8
Introduction 8
Introduction 8
1-1. Purpose. 8
1-2. References. 8
1-3. Explanation of abbreviations and terms. 8
1-4. Records management for doctrine materials. 9
Chapter 2 9
Chapter 2 9
Responsibilities 9
Responsibilities 9
2-1. Proponent assignment. 9
2-2. Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command— 10
2-3. Commanding General, United States Army Combined Arms Center as TRADOC lead for doctrine— 10
2-4. Director, Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, USACAC 14
2-5. United States Army Training Support Center (USATSC), USACAC-Training— 14
2-6. Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC)— 15
2-7. Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2 (Intelligence) HQ TRADOC— 15
2-8. Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 (Resource Management), HQ TRADOC 15
2-9. Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6 (Command, Control, Communications, and Computers), HQ TRADOC 15
2-10. Director, Command Safety Office, HQ TRADOC— 15
2-11. Army doctrine proponents. 15
2-12. Doctrine roles of other Army organizations. 18
Chapter 3 18
Chapter 3 18
Foundations of Doctrine 18
Foundations of Doctrine 18
3-1. Overview. 18
3-2. Concepts. 19
3-3. Army doctrine. 19
3-4. Doctrine publications. 20
3-5. Army doctrine hierarchy. 21
3-6. Other publications. 23
3-7. Characteristics of effective doctrine. 23
3-8. Doctrine publication content criteria. 25
Chapter 4 27
Chapter 4 27
Development of Doctrine 27
Development of Doctrine 27
4-1. Background. 27
4-2. The Army doctrine process. 27
4-3. Assessment. 28
4-4. Planning. 31
4-5. Development. 34
4-6. Publishing and implementation. 41
4-7. MilWiki doctrine. 44
Chapter 5 45
Chapter 5 45
Doctrine Publication Management 45
Doctrine Publication Management 45
5-1. Official repositories for doctrine storage and retrieval. 45
5-2. Boards, working groups, and committees. 45
5-3. Management tools. 46
Appendix A 48
Appendix A 48
References 48
References 48
Appendix B 50
Appendix B 50
Terminology and Symbology 50
Terminology and Symbology 50
Appendix C 55
Appendix C 55
Doctrine Publication Numbering System 55
Doctrine Publication Numbering System 55
Appendix D 58
Appendix D 58
Estimated Time Values for Doctrine Development 58
Estimated Time Values for Doctrine Development 58
Appendix E 62
Appendix E 62
Fiscal Year Doctrine Development Guidance 62
Fiscal Year Doctrine Development Guidance 62
Appendix F 63
Appendix F 63
Army Universal Task List Submissions 63
Army Universal Task List Submissions 63
Appendix G 65
Appendix G 65
Example of a Published Change to a Manual 65
Example of a Published Change to a Manual 65
Appendix H 68
Appendix H 68
Foreign Disclosure of Doctrine 68
Foreign Disclosure of Doctrine 68
Glossary 70
Glossary 70
Table C-1. Functional categories, number series, and doctrine/proponent titles 56
Table C-1. Functional categories, number series, and doctrine/proponent titles (continued) 57
Table E-1. [Proponent’s] doctrine development workload, FY___ 62
Figure 2-1. Army doctrine publications, doctrine proponents, and approval authorities 11
Figure 2-2. Army doctrine proponents 17
Figure 3-1. Army doctrine hierarchy 23
Figure 4-1. Army doctrine process 28
Figure 4-2. Program directive format 33
Figure 4-3. Example of line-in/line-out format 39
Figure 4-4. Service doctrine centers 40
Figure 4-5. Program directive, publication, DA Form 260 approval 42
Figure C-1. Doctrine publication numbering 58
Figure D-1. Estimated time values for doctrine development 62
Figure G-1. Example of a change transmittal sheet 66
Figure G-2. Example of a change table of contents 67
Figure G-3. Example of a change authentication page 68