house laboratories, universities, and industry. 

 Each offers unique strengths and capabilities that 

 must be used to provide technical options for long- 

 term national security needs. The objective of the 

 Department is not only to focus on military needs 

 but also to provide a program that fully comple- 



ments the total national research program, it is 

 through the combined efforts of the research ele- 

 ments of the country that a viable and optimum 

 research program can be maintained for the 

 achievement of defense objectives. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 



The Army's Mission 



The basic mission of the United States Army is 

 to foster stability, peace, and security, and to 

 provide for the defense of the United States in 

 conjunction with the other armed forces. The role 

 of the Army is drawn from many interrelated 

 sources — legal, philosophical, and historical. As 

 an expression of the will and intent of the Con- 

 gress, the Army's legal role — as expressed in title 

 10, United States Code, section 3062 — is the prin- 

 cipal basis of Army philosophy and doctrine. 

 Under this statute: 



It is the intent of Congress to provide an Army 

 that is capable, in conjunction with the other 

 armed forces, of preserving the peace and secu- 

 rity ... of the United States; . . . supporting 

 the national policies . . . implementing the na- 

 tional objectives; . . . and overcoming any na- 

 tions responsible for aggressive acts that imper- 

 il the peace and security of the United States. 



. . . (the Army), shall be organized, trained, 

 and equipped primarily for prompt and sus- 

 tained combat incident to operations on land 

 . . . (and) ... is responsible for the prepara- 

 tion of land forces necessary for the effective 

 prosecution of war except as otherwise as- 

 signed and, in accordance. with integrated . . . 

 mobilization plans, for the expansion of the 

 peacetime components of the Army to meet the 

 needs of war. 



The law establishes a fundamental relationship 

 between the role, philosophy, and doctrine of the 

 Army and the broad considerations of the United 

 States national security, policies, and objectives. 

 The importance of this relationship is further ac- 

 centuated by the present unsettled world situa- 

 tion. So considered, the Army's role is to train, 

 equip, and organize its forces to provide the de- 

 terrence and assurance required to further United 

 States national security interests in the world. 

 The Army's basic role within the American 



defense establishment is unchanging, but the real 

 world in which that role must be played is shifting 

 dramatically. As a result, areas of actual and po- 

 tential turbulence are increasing significantly. 

 Within this environment of change, it is the mis- 

 sion of the Army to carry out the landpower tasks 

 of the United States so that turbulence is reduced, 

 stability preserved, and peace promulgated. These 

 are the broad objectives beyond any war, and 

 their achievement requires the Army to be able to 

 defeat enemy forces in land combat and to estab- 

 lish control over land and people. This is the basic 

 rationale for maintaining the Army, in peace as 

 well as in war. 



No one can predict with certainty how the 

 United States may be called upon to use its mili- 

 tary power. Military forces must be prepared to 

 support the national strategy in the face of any 

 aspect of the threat. They should first of all be able 

 to deter conflict; then to control war if one erupts; 

 and finally, to conclude hostilities. This imposes an 

 almost unlimited range of missions on the Army. It 

 must be ready for, at least, the most important of 

 them. This fundamental outlook is the galvanizing 

 force behind the Army's posture. It means that the 

 Army must stand ready to do anything modern mil- 

 itary operations demand of American landpower, 

 both today and in the future. 



Definition of Basic Research 



In furtherance of its mission, the" Army sup- 

 ports an extensive research program including 

 basic research. Although the Army does not spe- 

 cifically define "basic research," the operating 

 definition for "research" is: 



.scientific study and experimentation direct- 

 ed toward: increasing knowledge and under- 

 standing in those fields of the physical, engi- 

 neering, environmental and life sciences related 

 to long-term national security needs; providing 

 fundamental knowledge required for the solu- 



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