Management Organization for Army Weather Programs and Support Functions.
Abstract
This report records the results of the investigators' review of weather support management within the U. S. Army, both recently and briefly over the past 50 years. In its essence, the report, abbreviated at the Army's request, describes a long-term absence of a positive weather culture that has engendered a failure to use weather data and forecasts as helpful information, a force multiplier, a weapon. while STC investigators identified pockets of enthusiasm and evidence of some exciting progress, the overall configuration of Army weather support was peppered with a lack of direction, little soldier involvement, weak planning, and aperiodic cooperation. This report offers a solution within the constraints of today's budgetary and operational limits. It proposes a temporary Senior Leaders Committee to provide immediate leadership and control with initial actions to clarify responsibilities in AR 115-1 OlAFI 15-157. It also proposes the use of TRADOC integrated concept teams to address specific, current issues immediately. Although not requested, the authors also documented observations of specific problems in Army weather support, and where reasonable, offered possible solutions. Additionally, the authors recorded some of the problem commentaries of the Army weather community and their suggested solutions. This report has also been presented in soft copy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA332951
Entities
People
- Carl H. Chesley
- Vincent P. Grocki