{"id":48976,"date":"2021-09-17T18:25:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/17\/armys-first-multi-domain-task-force-in-europe-gets-to-work\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:10:54","slug":"armys-first-multi-domain-task-force-in-europe-gets-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/09\/17\/armys-first-multi-domain-task-force-in-europe-gets-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Army\u2019s first multi-domain task force in Europe gets to work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army activated its second multi-domain task force this week, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/250357\/multi_domain_task_force_activates_in_wiesbaden\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even as officers marked the occasion during a ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany, members of the newest Army formation were already running fires of all kinds nearly 900 miles away in Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, said the new MDTF will bring \u201csignificant capability\u201d to the two-continent command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MDTF has a headquarters element, an intelligence, cyberspace, electronic warfare and space detachment, and a brigade support company.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/11\/this-3-star-army-general-explains-what-multi-domain-operations-mean-for-you\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rimpac-rocket-fire.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">This 3-star Army general explains what multi-domain operations mean for you<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley heads the Army Futures Command Future Concepts Center.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the second of its kind, but the first in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first MDTF was activated in 2019 and has since been headquartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Its focus is on the Pacific region and countering Chinese military influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newest MDTF, primarily located in Mainz-Kastel, Germany, will serve a similar function for Europe and Africa, countering Russian military influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MDTF is a unit formed around an Army warfighting concept still under development called Multi-Domain Operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The core of the fighting method is to provide commanders with sensing and striking capabilities in air, land, sea, space, cyber and electronic warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5040\" height=\"3360\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-001.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-001.jpg.jpg 5040w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-001.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-001.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-001.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-001.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-001.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5040px) 100vw, 5040px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade After successfully fired six M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from their M270A1 MLRS during the Thunder Cloud live-fire exercise in Andoya, Norway on the night of Sept. 15, 2021. (Maj. Joe Bush\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army leaders expect the MDO concept and connecting units \u2014 such as MDTFs \u2014 to coordinate information and fires across a networked force. That would allow for a strike anywhere at any time from any platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A third MDTF is planned for activation, also in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first MDTF saw engagement in the annual Rim of the Pacific Exercise in 2018 with a coordinated<a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/208852\/army_conducts_1st_rimpac_joint_live_fire_sinking_exercise_as_multi_domain_task_force\" target=\"_blank\"> joint live-fire strike<\/a> on a naval vessel from multiple platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portions of the unit are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/405474\/newly-activated-us-army-2nd-multi-domain-task-force-and-41st-field-artillery-brigade-test-sensor-shooter-capabilities-during\" target=\"_blank\">in Norway this September<\/a> as soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, fired M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from the M270A1 MLRS during Exercise Thunder Cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3855\" height=\"2570\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-002.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-002.jpg.jpg 3855w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-002.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-002.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-002.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-002.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210914-A-BG594-002.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3855px) 100vw, 3855px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade fire M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from their M270A1 MLRS during  the Thunder Cloud live-fire exercise in Andoya, Norway on the night of Sept. 15, 2021. 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