{"id":87292,"date":"2020-10-15T19:15:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T19:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/15\/multidomain-operations-doctrine-still-a-few-years-out-army-chief-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:10:34","slug":"multidomain-operations-doctrine-still-a-few-years-out-army-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/10\/15\/multidomain-operations-doctrine-still-a-few-years-out-army-chief-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Domain Operations doctrine still a few years out, says US Army chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army has spent several years iterating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2018\/10\/09\/from-multi-domain-battle-to-multi-domain-operations-army-evolves-its-guiding-concept\/\" target=_blank>its war-fighting concept <\/a>that addresses great power competition and potential conflict with near-peer adversaries across air, land, sea, space and cyberspace. But it\u2019s still several years from transitioning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2016\/10\/03\/the-multi-domain-battle\/\" target=_blank>that concept<\/a> into doctrine, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville told Defense News in an Oct. 14 interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has come out with versions of its Multi-Domain Operations concept, often premiering those drafts at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference. This year, the Army is focused on developing the MDO concept to make it a doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to take a couple years to finally get to doctrine,\u201d McConville said. The Army is learning from events like Project Convergence, the multidomain task force unit that has been active in the Pacific for several years trying out concepts, and other campaigns that are informing its development, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the Army has yet to come out with the final doctrine, \u201cwe know how to fight,\u201d McConville said. \u201cWe\u2019re not waiting for that to come out. \u2026 We\u2019re learning and we\u2019re building doctrine as we go along.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army stood up one multidomain task force, or MDTF, unit that is now based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. That experimental unit has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/08\/28\/multidomain-operations-task-force-cuts-teeth-in-pacific\/\" target=_blank>active in prominent exercises in the Pacific<\/a> and will likely show up at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2020\/10\/12\/at-project-convergence-the-us-army-experienced-success-and-failure-and-its-happy-about-both\/\" target=_blank>Army\u2019s Project Convergence campaign of learning<\/a> at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, in the fall of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service said it plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/federal-budget\/2020\/02\/21\/armys-7-billion-wish-list-would-boost-mutlidomain-units-and-wartime-funding\/\" target=_blank>stand up a second MDTF unit in the Pacific region in fiscal 2021<\/a>, but it\u2019s yet to do so. The Army also plans to allocate an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/09\/08\/us-armys-multidomain-force-emerges-in-europe\/\" target=_blank>MDTF unit to Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, shortly after the Army released its FY21 budget request, the service issued an unfunded requirements list to Congress that included a need for $151.4 million for enhancements to MDTF units intended for Europe and the Indo-Pacific theaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the list, the extra funding would sustain, restore and modernize building renovations as well as provide adequate housing for personnel and headquarters for MDTF elements and the second and third MTDF units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MDTF in Europe also appears slow to stand up. A year ago, U.S. Army Europe was in the nascent stage of introducing the MDO concept into its training routine. The Army approved an amendment to its Army Structure Memorandum 2020-2024 in February 2019, establishing additional intelligence, cyber, electronic warfare and space capabilities in Europe. While it represented the first multidomain capabilities in theater, it was not a full multidomain task force, according to a U.S. Army Europe statement sent to Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command was in the midst of conducting analysis to determine what a multidomain task force should look like in the theater. \u201cWe don\u2019t expect to see the first assets in theater until the end of the year,\u201d the statement noted. It was anticipated the Army would use the task force in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/10\/07\/reforger-redux-defender-2020-exercise-to-be-3rd-largest-exercise-in-europe-since-cold-war\/\" target=_blank>Defender 2020 exercise.<\/a> That was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/07\/10\/as-defender-2020-winds-down-army-planning-for-2021-underway\/\" target=_blank>significantly scaled back<\/a> due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe intent would be to have two multidomain task forces in the Pacific and one in Europe, or one that supports Europe,\u201d McConville said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked specifically what supporting Europe means, McConville said: \u201cWe\u2019re still working on the posturing of forces in Europe, so we don\u2019t have a final decision on that. You\u2019ve probably seen in the news the discussion about what [is] the calibrated force posture of the United States Army,\u201d to include the possible of exit of troops from Germany, and repositioning them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll those discussions are going on right now,\u201d he added. \u201cThe exact positioning of the multidomain task force has not been decided.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Chief of Staff Gen. 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