2-23. The institutional Army consists of those Army organizations within the strategic support area whose primary mission is to generate and sustain the operational Army’s capabilities for employment. The strategic area is the space where friendly strategic forces gain their combat power, project combat power, and sustain operations. Institutional Army activities in the strategic area, include materiel integration, support of readiness, Army force generation, strategic lift, and the routine performance of functions specified and implied in Title 10, USC. Because of its performance of functions specified and implied by law; the institutional Army also possesses operationally useful capabilities for employment by or in direct support of joint force commanders. These organizations enable strategic reach by helping to project Army capabilities into the support, close, and deep areas of combat operations. Institutional Army capabilities include analyzing, understanding and adapting, and generating operational forces tailored to the specific context in which they will be employed.