{"id":18838,"date":"2018-12-10T21:07:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T21:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/10\/army-seeks-to-take-on-adversaries-before-all-out-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:02:35","slug":"army-seeks-to-take-on-adversaries-before-all-out-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/12\/10\/army-seeks-to-take-on-adversaries-before-all-out-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Army seeks to take on adversaries before all-out conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Army document suggests that the service adopt the playbook of its closest competitors and engage with adversaries below the threshold of armed conflict, a tactic the Pentagon has traditionally eschewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn a state of continuous competition, China and Russia exploit the conditions of the operational environment to achieve their objectives without resorting to armed conflict by fracturing the U.S.\u2019s alliances, partnerships, and resolve,\u201d the new concept document, titled \u201cU.S. Army in Multi-Domain Operations 2028,&#8221; reads. The concept was released publicly in early December.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/04\/11\/in-the-move-to-multi-domain-operations-what-gets-lost\/\" 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\/3970744.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\">In the move to multi-domain operations, what gets lost?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">As the services debate the future of so-called multi-domain operations, some fear current service-specifics could be at risk in favor of a more joint concept.<\/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\">Adversaries have used unconventional tactics through social media, false narratives and cyber attacks, the document states. Additionally, those countries and non-state actors have sought to use these asymmetric capabilities, such as cyber, to conduct corporate espionage and lift sensitive personnel files from government databases, all during the absence of a true military conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/05\/24\/army-leaders-need-more-payoff-from-cyber\/\" 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=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18094437859467.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 leaders need more payoff from cyber<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Despite some recent successes, the military is continuing to have cyber integration challenges.<\/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\">Officials said contesting adversaries in what\u2019s described as \u201cthe compete phase\u201d will be critical for the Army to be successful. This is a shift in thinking, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are reluctant to compete on a scale that we will have to in the future largely because of culture. If you go back to the origins of the nation, we really don\u2019t see ourselves as a warfighting people and we see war as anomaly,\u201d Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley, deputy commanding general of Futures Command, told reporters during a media call Dec. 7. \u201cOur peers don\u2019t look at the world quite like that and they see continual conflict on a spectrum or on a continuum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As such, Wesley said given the effectiveness of information as a weapon today, the time available to move from peace to war or \u201cright of conflict\u201d is a narrow window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you miss that window, you find yourself well behind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is why much of the military, including the Army, have determined there needs to be a constant engagement with adversaries, below this threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can\u2019t just wait until you\u2019re in conflict. This idea of competition really does mandate persistent access and engagement even in the information space,\u201d Brig. 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Jennifer Buckner, director of cyber within the Army\u2019s G-3\/5\/7, said during a conference in Washington Nov. 29. \u201cThe National Defense Strategy specifies information warfare, which is actually not a doctrinal term but is really what all of us have been trying to describe and I think it\u2019s been significant on the non-kinetic effects side because it really forces us to think that we have to consider placement and access in the information space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2018\/11\/26\/why-cyberspace-demands-an-always-on-approach\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4259933.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\">Why cyberspace demands an always-on approach<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Cyber Command has said that the constant threat from adversaries will require persistent engagement below the threshold of conflict.<\/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 Army\u2019s concept notes that the information operations must evolve to an information environment operations (IEO) to support multidomain operations. The distinction is that information environment operations synchronize information-related capabilities that can provide commanders additional ways to degrade, disrupt, or destroy threat capabilities that inform or influence decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn integrated IEO campaign may include the use of the cyberspace domain, the space domain, and the [electromagnetic spectrum],\u201d the document states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wesley said the Army concept includes three components in this regard that all must occur simultaneously and aggressively in order to be effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first is countering unconventional warfare and information operations occurring globally, which he said the force is not sufficiently effective at countering. Second, is the ability to conduct intelligence preparation of the battlefield, which is a departure from the past in that today it requires significant digital engagement and stimulation to monitor the status of opponents. Third, is deterrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Army\u2019s perspective, Wesley said the service provides the interagency, joint force and coalition partners a platform to levy these capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/11\/26\/3-lessons-the-army-is-taking-from-us-cyber-command\/\" 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=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Army-Cyber-Photo-NTC.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\">3 lessons the Army is taking from U.S. Cyber Command<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The service has undergone a series of pilots to test what cyber capabilities brigade commanders should have at the tactical edge.<\/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\">In its simplest terms, the Army lays out in it concept document three ways to solve problems presented by Russia and China:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Calibrated force posture, which is the combination of position and ability to operate across strategic distances;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Multidomain formations, which means having the capacity, capability and endurance to operate across all the domains of battle, and;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Convergence, which is the \u201crapid and continuous integration of capabilities in all domains, the [electromagnetic spectrum], and 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