A “command post node” run by the 4th Infantry Division during exercise Ivy Mass at the the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, May 12, 2026. (DefenseScoop photo by Drew F. Lawrence).
During the Global War on Terror, the Army established large, static and complicated command posts. Army officials wrote in a doctrine note earlier this year that should…
A civilian guest of U.S. Army Special Operations Command takes cover behind a vehicle with a member of USASOC during a simulated mission on 7 April 2024, at Fort Bragg, NC. (U.S. Army photo by SSG Gavin Lewis)
Advancements in commercial vehicle tech “generate vast amounts of data and emit unique signatures,” according to a SOCOM notice, meaning adversaries could use these emissions to “track…
Soldiers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct dismounted operations during Dragoon Ready 2023 using the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) capabilities. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Rebecca Call)
The Army wants to introduce more obfuscation and deception for its units and command posts to "hide in plain sight" in the spectrum, according to top officials.
A forward observer with the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division uses Integrated Tactical Network components during a live-fire exercise at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, in January, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Justin Eimers, PEO C3T Public Affairs)
The Army's network office is looking at how to tailor different options to units to help them manage and reduce their signatures in the electromagnetic spectrum to…