THE CENTER FOR ARMY ANALYSIS
Mission
The CAA conducts decision support analyses across the spectrum of conflict in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) context to inform critical senior level decisions for current and future national security issues.
Roles
The CAA is a Field Operating Agency of the Chief of Staff, Army, reporting to the G-8. Within the overall Army analytical framework, CAA is an analysis organization that supports HQDA and Army Commands.
By regulation CAA performs the following functions:
Theater-level analyses to assist the CSA to evaluate, plan, and execute the Army’s strategic force mission; establishing requirements and objectives for joint and combined theater, regional, low-intensity, and contingency forces
Assessments of strategic concepts, alternative strategies, and military options
Evaluations of force structure, design, capabilities, and requirements in the context of joint/combined forces for theater, low-intensity, and contingency operations
Quick-reaction planning and operational assessments, which address pressing issues and the conduct of war
Studies of the Army’s capabilities to mobilize, deploy, employ, and sustain
Assessments of force modernization programs, affordability, requirements, and tradeoffs supporting Army inputs to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System
Analysis of combat support and service support systems, logistics, and personnel
Conducting workshops and political-military gaming to address emerging issues
Development of strategies and program guidelines that address energy, pollution, and environmental concerns
Applying optimization methods to evaluate installation and stationing problems
Development and maintenance of scenarios, models, databases, and techniques necessary to support CAA’s analytical mission and functions
Serves as lead agency for the RAND Arroyo Center
The Army Modeling Simulation Office serves as HQDA’s lead activity to:
Develops the strategy and policy for Army Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Enterprise
Executes effective governance and resource management through leadership and synchronization
Leads coordination of the Army modeling and simulation enterprise and cross-community areas including JIIM environments
Trains, Educates, and Manages the Army Analysis, M&S Workforce (Military and Civilian)
The DCS G-8 serves as the Functional Area 57 (FA57) Proponent and CAA serves as the Executive Agent for FA57
Functional Area 57 (FA57)
The FA57 provides the Army with officers who specialize in creating realistic simulation environments in support of readiness, modernization, and data-driven decision making. These simulation environments allow leaders to plan, train, test, and experiment, in support of the Army of 2030. The FA57s are the Army’s experts at translating complex concepts into viable readiness and modernization solutions by leveraging new and emerging simulation technologies.
The FA57 Core Competencies are:
Readiness – Applying the Art and Science of modeling and simulation technologies in support of training, exercises, and wargaming
Modernization– Applying the Art and Science of modeling and simulation technologies in support of concept development, research and analysis, and experimentation
Decision Support – Assess, design, develop, and implement systems and procedures to improve efficiency, shared understanding, and decision-making