Welcome to the review of the lessons that compose the F100 block. This review is organized by lessons F101 through F107.
F101, Strategic Change
F102, Developing Army Organizational Capability
F103, Total Army Analysis (TAA) and Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE)
F104, Developing Materiel Capabilities (Acquisition)
F105, Manning the Army
F106, Army Force Generation
F107, Operational Contract Support
There are no specific reading requirements unique to this lesson; we assume that you have read all the reading assignments pertaining to each individual lesson.
F101 Strategic Change
During this lesson, you were introduced to the strategic agencies and the force management processes used to change the Army. Specifically, you examined how key strategic
Constitutional/Legal Basis
Why is Congress Important?
They make and amend the laws that govern how the Armed Forces operate (to include Title 10).
Their primary role is in oversight and resourcing.
Through each body 's Armed Services Committee, Congress provides oversight and guidance of how we operate and what we procure.
Budget and appropriations committees determine the resources that will be made available to us to accomplish our missions.
Often the relationship between Congress and the SecDef determines how adversarial their relationships with the Services will be.
Additionally, politics always plays a role in congressional actions and relations with the Services.
Operating Force:
Those forces whose primary missions are to participate in combat and the integral supporting elements thereof.
Generating Force:
Those organizations whose primary mission is to generate and sustain the operational Army’s capabilities for employment by joint force commanders.
OPCON:
Operational control (OPCON) is inherent in COCOM, and is the chain of command for employment of the unit.
ADCON:
Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect