PEO Soldier
US Army organization
The Program Executive Office Soldier (PEO Soldier), sometimes PEO-Soldier or Team Soldier is a program executive office of the United States Army responsible for rapid prototyping, procurement, and fielding of soldier's equipment.
History
PM Soldier
In June 1992, the Project Manager for Soldier Systems (PM-Soldier Systems) — shortened as PM Soldier / PM-Soldier / PM, Soldier — was officially chartered. The "Systems" in PM Soldier Systems was frequently omitted, likely for better compatibility with TSM Soldier, or TRADOC Systems Manager Soldier. The TSM Soldier — later renamed as TCM Soldier (TRADOC Capability Manager Soldier) — was TRADOC's counterpart to PM Soldier.
PM Soldier's purpose was to centralize the life-cycle management of soldier system-related materiel acquisition. Its role was to manage the cost, schedule, and performance factors associated with the development, acquisition, and fielding of materiel for the soldier. In June 1993, Colonel William T. Meadows was assigned as the Project Manager-Soldier.
On 29 September 1994, Project Manager, Soldier was assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). The mission of PM Soldier was to modernize the soldier as a total system. All elements of a soldier system must work together to achieve a balance among the soldier's fighting capabilities (lethality, mobility, communications and control, survivability, and sustainability).
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