The Army unveiled its vision of a future mission command center infrastructure that would expand the foundation for expeditionary command capabilities from headquarters out to the edge of combat, through all operational phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We really are expecting the command post to continue to function as a single entity\u00a0even though it is distributed,” said COL Jeffrey Witsken, Mission Command Center of Excellence Network Integration Branch chief, at the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting and exposition in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As envisioned, Home-Station Mission Command Centers (HSMCCs) will comprise a suite of standardized command capabilities at the corps, division and select other headquarters levels during all operational phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An ongoing survey of installations is slated to run through November 2016; eight have been completed so far. Planners are exploring the present capabilities and limitations of existing command networks. Through 2020 Chief Information Officer\/G-6 will develop a network strategy that could bring unified command capabilities to all levels of operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n