{{DISPLAYTITLE:Joint Modernization Command}} {{About|the Army's Joint Modernization Command|the other JMC|Joint Munitions Command}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command | image = JMC 2-13-23 JMC 2022 Logo FINAL.png | caption = JMC emblem | dates = 2006–present | country = {{flagicon|US}} United States | branch = {{flag|United States Army}} | type = Command | size = 250 employees<ref>{{Cite web |title=Task Organization {{!}} JMC subpage |url=https://home.army.mil/bliss/9616/7632/0769/JMC_Task_org.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503093023/https://home.army.mil/bliss/9616/7632/0769/JMC_Task_org.jpg |archive-date=3 May 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=home.army.mil/bliss |quote=Who we are: 250 personnel (Active Duty, Department of the Army Civilians, Contractors) headquartered at Ft Bliss, TX with 4 Subordinate Divisions and a General Staff: [organizational chart]}}</ref> | command_structure = 25px United States Army Futures and Concepts Command | garrison = Fort Bliss, Texas | nickname = | motto = "Forge the Future" | mascot = The Hammer | website = [https://home.army.mil/bliss/index.php/units-tenants/joint-modernization-command Official website link] | commander1 = BG Daniel Hibner<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Commander arrives at U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command|url=https://www.army.mil/article/286539/new_commander_arrives_at_u_s_army_joint_modernization_command |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714044506/https://www.army.mil/article/286539/new_commander_arrives_at_u_s_army_joint_modernization_command |archive-date=14 July 2025 |access-date=14 July 2025 |website=www.army.mil |date=23 June 2025 |quote=FORT BLISS, Texas – Brig. Gen. Daniel Hibner took over as commander of the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command (JMC) during a change-of-command ceremony June 17 at Noel Field on Fort Bliss. The ceremony was hosted by Lt. Gen. David Hodne, the director of Futures and Concepts Center.(___enter___); After serving as the JMC commander from 2023-2025, Brig. Gen. Zachary Miller handed over the reins to Hibner. Miller assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division.}}</ref> | commander1_label = Commanding general | commander4 = CSM Will L. Langes | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = 125px | identification_symbol_label = Worn shoulder sleeve insignia }} The '''U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command''' ('''JMC'''),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burge |first1=David |date=12 February 2017 |title=BMC takes on new name of Joint Modernization Command |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/military/ft-bliss/2017/02/12/bmc-takes-new-name-joint-modernization-command/97599828/ |work=El Paso Times |language=en}}</ref> (formerly known as the U.S. Army Brigade Modernization Command)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-15 |title=Brigade Modernization Command |url=https://www.army.mil/article/51926/brigade_modernization_command |access-date=2026-03-29 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}}</ref> is a United States Army command located at Fort Bliss, Texas. The JMC primarily functions to support two general goals; running field experiments and training exercises with army units in order to prepare the units for deployment, and conducting field testing of emerging technologies.
The Joint Modernization Command is subordinate to the Futures and Concepts Command (FCC) at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia, which is subordinate to the Transformation and Training Command (T2COM), based in Austin, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5886762/jmc-celebrates-recent-move|title=JMC Celebrates Recent Move|website=DVIDS|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
The JMC’s field experiments are intened to provide evidence and opportunities for feedback on emerging technologies which may be used to guide development of a variety of operational capabilities for the U.S. Army.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Modernization Command |url=https://home.army.mil/bliss/units-tenants/joint-modernization-command |access-date=2026-01-18 |website=Fort Bliss, Texas |language=en}}</ref>
==Purpose== The Joint Modernization Command was created to serve many related purposes including the following:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/336020/real-world-challenges-inspire-csms-arrival-joint-modernization-command|title=Real-world challenges inspire CSM's arrival to Joint Modernization Command|website=DVIDS|language=en|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref>
* Conduct experiments to assess MDO Concepts, Capabilities, and Formations which can scale and be exported to other units for the 2028 MDO-Capable Force.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bliss.army.mil/JMC/ |title=JMC Mission |access-date=2018-09-22 |archive-date=2018-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922140138/https://www.bliss.army.mil/JMC/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Provide field experimentation and assessment support to Army Cross-Functional Teams in accordance with the Army Modernization Strategy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/228552/2019_army_modernization_strategy|title=2019 Army Modernization Strategy|website=www.army.mil|date=16 October 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>
==History== In 2006, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army directed the U.S. Army Capabilities Center, subordinate to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, to establish the Future Force Integration Directorate (FFID). The FFID would be the forerunner of the future JCM and it was initially tasked with testing and assessing equipment and concepts which were to be developed under the Army Future Combat Systems program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Homepage {{!}} JMC website |url=http://www.arcic.army.mil:80/Directorates/JMC |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605154719/http://www.arcic.army.mil:80/Directorates/JMC |archive-date=5 June 2017 |access-date=13 July 2025 |website=www.arcic.army.mil:80 |quote=}}</ref>
In August 2007, the directorate's responsibilities were expanded to include a responsibility for coordinating more broad modernization efforts at a brigade level.<ref name=":0" />
After the Future Combat Systems program was ended by the United States Secretary of Defense in April 2009, the FFID took over responsibility for evaluating the success and feasibility of subsequent brigade modernization programs throughout the Army.<ref name=":0" />
=== 2010s === thumb|Brigade Modernization Command logo, 2011|alt= [[File:2010-07-27 - M777 Firing 069.jpg|thumb|Soldiers firing the M777 Howitzer at White Sands Missile Range during an assessment in July 2010|alt=]] In early 2011, the Army Chief of Staff issued a directive that renamed the FFID to the Brigade Modernization Command (BMC) with a focus on providing evaluations of planned moderinzation programs in order to provide Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy recommendations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 2011 |orig-date=Page last updated Fri July 22nd, 2011 at 12:16 |title=Brigade Modernization Command |url=https://www.army.mil/article/51926/brigade_modernization_command |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016161807/http://www.army.mil/article/51926/Brigade_Modernization_Command/ |archive-date=16 October 2015 |access-date=13 November 2019 |website=www.army.mil |language=en |quote=}}</ref>
In the years following the redesignation from FFID to BMC, the command developed Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) program. This program operated as a series of semi-annual evaluations which standardized how the Army understood the capabilities of the many disparate systems that made up its overarching tactical network of software and hardware. The final iteration of the NIE occurred in 2018 at Fort Bliss, Texas.<ref name=":0" />
In 2017, the BMC was renamed as the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command (JMC).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Burge |first=David |title=BMC takes on new name of Joint Modernization Command |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/military/ft-bliss/2017/02/12/bmc-takes-new-name-joint-modernization-command/97599828/ |access-date=2019-11-13 |website=El Paso Times |language=en}}</ref> == Joint Warfighting Assessments == thumb|Multinational leaders observe new capabilities being assessed during JWA 18 in Germany, May 2018 thumb|Multinational leaders participate in a Combined Arms Rehearsal during JWA 19 at Joint Base Lewis McChord, April 2019|alt= [[File:Photo in the field (Photo by PFC Valentina Montano) .jpg|thumb|A Stryker platoon prepares for a combined arms breach during JWA 19 at Yakima Training Center in December 2019 (photo by PFC Valentina Montano)|alt=]]One early outcome from the JMC was the creation of Joint Warfighting Assessments (JWA), which are large training and testing excercises run by the Army and which take place across army bases around the world. During these exercises, soldiers and units are run through drills which give them opportunities to test new equipment, new unit structures, and new strategies in simulated scenarios and conditions. The results from these assessments are used by the Army to determine which modernization elements to adopt into the wider military structure.<ref name=":1" />
These assessments bring together forces from around the US Army as well as from allied nations to carry out exercises at scale, and are conducted in either the European or Pacific Area of Operations.<ref name=":0" />
The first Joint Warfighting Assessment, known as JWA 18, was held in Europe in the spring of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tradocnews.org/tag/joint-warfighting-assessment/ |title=PROTOTYPES RAPIDLY DELIVER CYBER CAPABILITIES |access-date=2017-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141310/http://tradocnews.org/tag/joint-warfighting-assessment/ |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.army.mil/article/205416/jwa_181_a_multinational_think_tank_to_improve_network_technology 18 May 2018 - JWA 18.1: A multinational think tank to improve network technology]</ref>
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==External links== *[https://archive.today/20190509025829/http://futuresconcepts.army.mil/ Futures and Concepts Center webpage] *[https://armyfuturescommand.com/futures-command-10-2018-the-new-hotness/ Army Futures Command webpage]
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