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MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. \u2014 After nearly two decades of conflict against technologically inferior and insurgency-focused adversaries, the U.S. military and the Army are honing their cyber training against more sophisticated forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army, for its part, is moving toward a multidomain-capable force, which envisions the seamless integration of forces and capabilities across all spheres of warfare; air, land, sea, space and cyber, as well as the information dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of realizing a multidomain force is meeting the need for tactical cyber and information capabilities outside of U.S. Cyber Command. Following a series of exercises and experimental units, the Army activated the 915th Cyber Warfare Battalion in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This first-of-its-kind unit<\/a> is designed to provide non-lethal capabilities such as cyber, electronic warfare and information operations in support of Army Service Component Commands and their subordinate elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we are is a new organization that\u2019s helping define what it means to do multidomain operations from an information advantage standpoint and then through our innovation and experimentation, that\u2019s what\u2019s ultimately going to get recorded in doctrine,\u201d Lt. Col. Benjamin Klimkowski, commander of the 915th, said. \u201cThe doctrine writers have never done this before. They need our input to help shape that. It\u2019s our experimentation and our operations that pushes that piece.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vision is by 2026 the 915th will consist of 12 expeditionary cyber and electromagnetic activities teams (ECTs), each capable of providing cyber, electronic-warfare and information operations. Currently, there are three companies within the battalion with two ECTs under a separate company, consisting of a total of over 200 personnel. The third ECT is slated to be created at the end of fiscal year 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, the goal is that each ECT will be aligned to specific geographic theaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BUTLERVILLE, Ind. \u2013 Pfc. Dylan Taylor (left to right), a cyberspace operations specialist, Capt. Richard Shmel, a cyberspace operations officer, and Staff Sgt. Isaac Ware, a noncommissioned officer-in-charge of one of the Expeditionary CEMA (cyberspace electromagnetic activities) Crews, are participating in the 915th Cyber Warfare Battalion\u2019s Field Training Exercise at Muscatatuck Urban Training, October 1 through 12. (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, much is still uncertain between then and now as the force is being built. For example, initial and full operating capability criteria for teams are still in the works, officials explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The information space changes so rapidly that tactics, techniques, procedures and capabilities will likely need to evolve on a constant basis. The unit is concurrently trying to validate its teams<\/a> \u2014 for which training goals are still being developed on the fly \u2013 as well as working on concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe challenge and growing the cyber force is that it takes time,\u201d Klimkowski, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovation shaping the future of tactical cyber<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Despite nearly ten years of cyber operations within the military, there was little to go on for tactical, on-the-ground cyber operations for conventional forces outside the special operations community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the doctrine side, it hasn\u2019t been a struggle, it\u2019s been an evolution. From the strategic operations to the tactical level, the requirements and the threats that are out there constantly make it evolve,\u201d battalion Sgt. Maj. Marlene Harshman said. \u201cDoctrine, if you will, is, \u2018This is how you can do it.\u2019 Well, but what happens if this is how you can do it today but not how you do it tomorrow?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning, the battalion and its higher headquarters were given a lot of latitude to innovate and develop the concepts it would need to shape what tactical cyber means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExperimentation <\/a>was key and it was something that 780th [Military Intelligence Brigade] and [Army Cyber Command] said, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re a new unit. Take these soldiers and allow them to innovate, allow them to experiment, you got a lot of talent and utilize that these first couple of years.\u2019 We\u2019re not done with that phase. We always want our soldiers to innovate. That will continue through the life of our unit,\u201d Maj. Richard Byrne, the battalion\u2019s operations and training officer, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty impressive to take a unit that was largely ideas, concepts, a lot of guidance from higher and take it to where we are now where we\u2019re starting to create a unit that\u2019s steady-state, a little bit more defined and preparing for support to our theaters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, they are continuing to evolve training objectives and concepts. During an experiment last year<\/a>, the unit worked to define key mission essential tasks and objectives needed to validate itself as a ready unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the big changes between this year and last year, \u2026 the [qualification requirements] that we\u2019ve created weren\u2019t around last year and a lot of experience from the [combat training center] rotations and the experienced soldiers that we\u2019ve got on this unit, a lot of experience went into those and what our training objectives should be, are and will be,\u201d Capt. Gabriel Akonom, an officer with the battalion, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will they do?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

As the Army moves to become what it calls multidomain-capable by 2028, the 915th will play a key role in the increasingly important competition \u2014 or gray zone \u2014 sphere below the threshold of armed conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The battalion is currently aligned with Army-owned component commands at the theater level and will support lower-echelon units as needed. It\u2019s not organic to these units \u2014 like military intelligence or military police units \u2014 meaning a unit must request assistance from the 915th in a certain scenario based on the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, its soldiers assist in targeting and providing non-lethal effects while also helping to characterize enemy networks through intelligence and reconnaissance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Soldiers from the Expeditionary Cyber Support Detachment, 782nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Cyber), provide offensive cyber operations in support of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division during a seizure of a town at the National Training Center during Rotation 18-03 on January 18. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Adam Schinder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 915th CWB\u2019s unique close-access and proximal tactical capabilities will be critical\u201d in penetrating enemy defenses, Akonom wrote in The Byte<\/a>, an online publication published by the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Near-peer adversaries will have very complex systems, necessitating the need to be constantly in contact with them during combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, officials said the exact relationship to Cyber Command, which can provide unique remote cyber support to a theater, and the unit is still being determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn each theater it\u2019s going to look different because the [geographic combatant command] and then, by extension, the executive agent for that respective joint force headquarters for cyber is going to employ their forces differently,\u201d Klimkowski said, referencing the Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber structure in which a specific service employs cyber capabilities for geographic combatant commands on behalf of Cyber Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know INDOPACOM is very different than EUCOM and so it\u2019s going to look different. We\u2019re still working through the nuances of every GCC, but it\u2019s just different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a support element to Army Service Component Commands, the 915th will work very closely with the Multidomain Task Forces, which were designed to be in constant contact with adversaries during the so-called competition phase of conflict. Those units possess a specific battalion that focuses on cyber, electronic warfare, space and information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the key differences between the two, however, is the 915th has the authority to conduct offensive operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials stressed that in this dynamic domain of cyberspace and information, the unit must maintain its edge to be flexible and innovative, all while continuing to grow and shift with the Army as it builds toward multidomain operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were designed during the global war on terrorism, but as the Army started thinking critically about large-scale combat operations, we too have essentially have shifted our focus on that as well,\u201d Klimkowski said. \u201cWe\u2019re evolving with you and that\u2019s driven some of our thought processes and what\u2019s most critical and what we need to focus on. We\u2019ve had to adapt some of the things that we were previously doing now for a completely new context and situation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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