The Army wants smaller command posts. But first it needs great software
What’s missing is the ability to rapidly configure existing gear and networks to a given mission and environment.
LAUREN C. WILLIAMS | DECEMBER 19, 2023 02:21 PM ET
ARMY COMMUNICATIONS
SAVANNAH, Georgia—If the war in Ukraine has taught the U.S. Army anything, it’s that command posts are too big and draw too much attention.
“If you watch the news for lessons learned from all of the operations we're assigned to, we can't continue to have this huge command post and be survivable. The risk to our formations is too great,” Brig. Gen. Marne Sutten, deputy chief of staff, G6, for U.S. Army Forces Command, said during a panel at the Army’s Technical Exchange Meeting 11. There are “still concerns in FORSCOM that we're not giving commanders the flexibility that they need—they're still tethered to large amounts of power...And so, commanders want a command post that they can utilize, at the time of their choosing, to give orders.”
Commanders have responded by using available equipment to create mobile command posts that “pop up” and use different data platforms to improve flexibility, Sutten said. Leaders are also rethinking how many command posts they actually need.
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