Brigade Modernization Command

The U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command, or JMC, was formerly the Brigade Modernization Command (BMC). The BMC was previously the Future Force Integration Directorate (FFID). It is subordinate to The U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and is part of the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC). The change reflects the Army’s commitment to its Incremental Brigade Modernization strategy and its effort to make BMC and the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division the centerpiece of integrated network evaluations at Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range.

BMC conducts the integration and evaluations of the Army's network, capability packages and other capabilities to provide Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities recommendations to the Army. BMC gets capability solutions into the hands of soldiers faster than traditional channels by utilizing support from combat, training, and material developers and engineers early on in the development lifecycle.

The Brigade Modernization Command was initially founded as the Future Force Integration Directorate at Fort Bliss, Texas, based on an Army Chief of Staff directive to Training and Doctrine Command, dated December 20, 2005 to establish an on-site integration organization to facilitate development, testing and evaluation of the Future Combat Systems. FFID was organized as a directorate of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, a subordinate unit of TRADOC.

The organization's initial mission was to synchronize delivery, preparation and evaluation of all FCS-related products, which included complementary systems; development of doctrine, organization and training and leadership products which were synchronized with the FCS program manager, materiel developments and to exercise direct authority over the Army Evaluation Task Force, a unit of Soldiers that would test and evaluate the equipment.

The first FFID operations began at Fort Bliss on June 15, 2006. In December 2006, FFID was officially designated to exercise direct authority over the AETF. The AETF was officially activated on December 16, 2006 as the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, AETF.

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