{"id":52370,"date":"2024-02-27T22:06:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T22:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/27\/army-units-must-trim-command-posts-add-drones-to-survive\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:21:54","slug":"army-units-must-trim-command-posts-add-drones-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/02\/27\/army-units-must-trim-command-posts-add-drones-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Army units must trim command posts, add drones to survive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2015 Fighting in Ukraine and Gaza has taught Army leaders that units must shrink their battlefield headquarters to survive, and work drone and counter drone tactics at every level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Randy George spoke with reporters Tuesday about Ukraine lessons and a range of topics at an event hosted by the George Washington Project for Media and National Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s really no place to hide,\u201d George said. \u201cNobody wants to be prominent on today\u2019s battlefield. What being prominent will get you is it will get you killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wormuth echoed the general\u2019s remarks, saying in a recent visit to Germany where she spoke with U.S. and Ukrainian troops training together at Grafenwoehr Training Area, the key takeaway was that units needed to stay mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. soldiers had cut what is typically a four-Stryker command post that includes large satellite dishes and full crews to a two-Stryker setup in which all communications and network equipment were housed in one vehicle.<\/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\/2024\/02\/06\/army-picks-deploying-units-to-test-electronic-cyber-and-drone-warfare\/\" 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\/EW-with-support.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\">Army picks deploying units to test electronic, cyber and drone warfare<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army will select brigades to experiment with networks, cyber, electromagnetic warfare, small drones and loitering munitions while deployed.<\/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\">The entire command post could be set up or taken down in under 15 minutes, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George noted similar work going on out at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. A recent division headquarters conducted a rotation at the training center. The headquarters shrank its typically large footprint by 75% for the rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re done lugging around big satellite dishes, we\u2019re done with server stacks, all of that\u2019s got to change,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years division headquarters often could run their operations during these exercises from an office building or back at home station, simulating much of the work. But to prepare for potential large-scale combat operations, the Army began sending division headquarters to the National Training Center for more realistic training scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond shedding gear for a slimmer headquarters, those same units are having to \u201chide in plain sight,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means using netting on vehicles, a widespread practice in the pre-Global War on Terror era, when units faced enemy air threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The netting also helps conceal electromagnetic signals that can give away a position, George said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey had to figure out how to command and control a very large organization,\u201d George said. \u201cThey had to worry about UAS that were trying to find them and to kill them out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wormuth stressed a need for further investment in drone and counter drone capabilities across the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen in Ukraine is that we in the Army have got to do more, more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/12\/19\/replicator-an-inside-look-at-the-pentagons-ambitious-drone-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">more on UAS and counter UAS<\/a> in terms of investing in those systems,\u201d Wormuth said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wormuth said drones are basically \u201cflying IEDs\u201d when targeting combat vehicles. The Army is pursuing directed energy and high-powered microwave prototypes for countering drone attacks on vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George said the Army plans to teach drone operation at every installation where the Army can operate small drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2023\/11\/15\/army-boot-camp-will-soon-include-counter-drone-training\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army Times reported <\/a>in November 2023 that the service would soon start including counter drone instruction in basic training, teaching brand new soldiers to be aware of the overhead threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general pointed to the recent cancellation of the Army\u2019s Raven and Shadow drone programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s inventory currently includes 19,000 Ravens and more than 575 Shadow drones, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/02\/08\/us-army-spent-billions-on-a-new-helicopter-that-now-will-never-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both are aging platforms used extensively during counterinsurgency and counterterrorism wars over the past two decades. But they are not considered effective against current near-peer threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army plans to replace the Shadow drone with its Future Tactical UAS program. Brig. Gen. David Phillips, Army aviation program executive officer, told Defense News those prototypes should be in the operational force by fiscal year 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What those drone changes will mean is more drones of several types at various unit levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Shadow system, which includes four aircraft, two vehicle-mounted ground control stations, a generator and backup equipment takes more than two dozen soldiers to operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plans will include repurposing those drone operators. 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