What is and has been the correct name for CAC?
The Combined Arms Center was created with that name on 1 July 1973. It retained this name until 1 October 1990 when it was renamed the Combined Arms Command following a major reorganization. CAC took command of the Combined Arms Combat Development Activity (CACADA) and the Combined Arms Training Activity (CATA) both of which had previously been semi-independent activities. These and other changes were part of the then CAC Commander LTG Wishart’s vision “CAC 2000”. CAC was re-designated the Combined Arms Center on 22 July 1994 following a TRADOC “business process re-engineering” by GEN Franks, then TRADOC Commander. The move striped CAC of its role as an integrating center and separated training and combat developments. CAC-T became DCST-West, CAC-CD was dissolved altogether, the Battle Lab worked for TRADOC and many positions were removed to Fort Monroe. In 2004 CAC sometimes stood informally for “Combined Arms Command” as many of the elements removed in 1994 had been restored to a re-
