TRAC was led by a civilian SES director, subordinate to the Commanding General of the US
Army Futures Command. It comprised four centers: • TRAC-Fort Leavenworth (TRAC-FLVN), led by a civilian SES director, was co-located with TRAC headquarters at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and traditionally conducted analysis at the operational (Corps and division) level. • TRAC-White Sands Missile Range (TRAC-WSMR), led by a civilian SES director, was located at
White Sands Missile Range in
New Mexico and traditionally conducted analysis at the tactical Brigade and below level. • TRAC-Fort Gregg-Adams (TRAC-FGAV), led by a lieutenant colonel, was co-located with the
Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) located at
Fort Gregg-Adams, VA and traditionally conducted analysis in the area of
Sustainment, which included
Logistics and other support functions such as medical and personnel. • TRAC-Monterey, also led by a lieutenant colonel, was co-located with the
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in
Monterey, CA and traditionally utilized the resources of NPS to conduct research into new models and methodologies. Each center director was subordinate to the TRAC director.
Program The TRAC program of
operations research and analysis was forward-looking and addresses a wide range of military topics. The analysis was conducted within a joint framework of combined arms operations across a full spectrum of missions and environments. TRAC led major studies of new warfighting operations and organization (O&O) concepts and requirements, and
Acquisition Category (ACAT) I and special interest ACAT II and II and
Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) in line with the
JCIDS process. Research topics spanned doctrine, training, leader development, organization, materiel, and soldier support (
DOTMLPF). Director, TRAC was the Army Futures Command executive agent for developing scenarios for use in studies and analysis. TRAC developed scenarios of potential military operations set in the future for use in modeling and analysis. == References ==