Force Modernization Proponent Center (FMPC)

Mission: On Behalf of the Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, the Force Modernization Proponent Center (FMPC) is the executive agent for Total Army Force Modernization responsibilities, IAW AR 5-22, across DOTMLPF-P domains to meet Army requirements in Unified Land Operations for: Army Knowledge Management, Information Operations, Military Deception, Operations Security, and Personnel Recovery.

Students and faculty from the Information Operations Qualification Course pose for a photo at Arrowhead Stadium during a tour of the facility and meeting with Kansas City Chiefs Vice President of Content and Production Rob Alberino, Jr., April 17, 2024. For more than 10 years, the IOQC faculty has cultivated a relationship with the Chiefs, sharing knowledge on brand identity, maintenance, and information strategy. To learn more about the IOQC, visit https://usacac.army.mil/organizations/mccoe/iop/ioqc (U.S. Army photo by Julie Lamphier) ...Read More
Members of the Operations Security Support Element (OSE) provide operational training, assessment, compliance, and doctrine support to achieve a ready and resilient Army that applies a holistic approach to integrating and synchronizing OPSEC into the warfighting functions through a comprehensive DOTMLPF-P analysis designed to fight and win in future joint-multidomain environments. (Courtesy photo)...Read More
Howard K. Brewington (center), deputy director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, bumps fists with the son of Capt. Regina Adams, S-1, Headquarters, 81th Quartermaster Company, during the graduation ceremony for Knowledge Management Qualification Course 24-05, March 29, 2024 at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. (U.S. Army photo by Randi Stenson, MCCoE Public Affairs)...Read More
Maj. Vidal “Carlos” Garza (left), doctrine developer, Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, asks a question of Mission Command Center of Excellence Director Col. Bryan Babich during a town hall forum at the Fort Leavenworth Frontier Chapel, March 8, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Westen Smith on behalf of MCCoE Public Affairs)...Read More
Students in the Knowledge Management Qualification Course discuss naming conventions during a practical exercise, Feb. 9, 2024, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Army knowledge management focuses on facilitating decision making through improved flexibility and adaptability, integration, and synchronization. (U.S. Army photo by Randi Stenson, MCCoE Public Affairs)...Read More
Howard Brewington, deputy director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, provides opening remarks to Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Nakamura, commandant, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Fuji School, at the MCCoE headquarters, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 6, 2024. The MCCoE team presented the general with briefings on leader development and doctrine initiatives. (U.S. Army photo by Westen Smith)...Read More
The Army has released its first doctrinal publication dedicated to the topic of information and its role in multidomain operations on the Army Publishing Directorate website, Nov. 27, 2023. Army Doctrine Publication 3-13, Information, codifies the Army’s approach to the military uses of data and information, and recognizes all activities generate informational effects that can contribute to, or hamper, achieving objectives. https://www.army.mil/article/271932...Read More
Mission Command Center of Excellence Sgt. Maj. Robert A. Flynn listens to a briefing on the Athena leader development program Sept. 22, 2023, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Read more about Sgt. Maj. Flynn on Army.mil at https://www.army.mil/article/269257/mission_command_center_of_excellence_welcomes_flynn_to_team. (U.S. Army photo by Randi Stenson, MCCoE Public Affairs)...Read More

"The information function encompasses the management an application of information and its deliberate integration with other joint functions to influence relevant-actor perceptions, behavior, action or inaction, and human and automated decision making. The information function helps commanders and staffs understand and leverage the pervasive nature of information, its military uses and its application during all military operations. This function provides JFCs (join force commanders) the ability to integrate the generation and preservation of friendly information while leveraging the inherent informational aspects of all military activities to achieve the commander's objectives and attain the end state." -Proposed Joint Function Description (22 May 2017)