{"id":19656,"date":"2018-02-20T21:29:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/20\/the-army-is-putting-cyber-electronic-warfare-teams-in-its-bcts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:33:15","slug":"the-army-is-putting-cyber-electronic-warfare-teams-in-its-bcts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/02\/20\/the-army-is-putting-cyber-electronic-warfare-teams-in-its-bcts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Army is putting cyber, electronic warfare teams in its BCTs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years of training led Army Cyber Command to develop expeditionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/electronic-warfare\/2017\/12\/14\/cyber-ew-signals-and-space-mean-realigning-the-armys-force-structure\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">cyber-electromagnetic teams<\/a> that can be tailored to the needs of brigade commanders for specific missions and deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/11\/07\/army-looks-to-its-youngest-soldiers-officers-to-lead-in-cyber-warfare\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">next step<\/a> is bringing that capability to the division- and corps-levels of the Army, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past three years, since the Army launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/10\/22\/two-star-every-soldier-must-be-a-cyber-defender\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Cyber<\/a> Support to Corps and Below pilot in 2015, teams have conducted nine rotations at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, refining their Cyber-Electromagnetic Activities Team structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. 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John Morrison, commander of the Cyber Center of Excellence, told C4ISRNET last year that by creating such teams the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/01\/31\/army-cyber-command-boss-seen-as-potential-frontrunner-to-lead-nsa\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Army<\/a> can \u201cbring together and really start getting after the basic tenets of multi-domain battle in a fused, synchronized and integrated fashion, [which] is something the Army really has to start getting after.\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\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/12\/06\/army-offers-direct-commissions-to-boost-cyber-force\/\" 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=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army-cyber.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 offers direct commissions to boost cyber force<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army is rolling out a new pilot program to get cyber professionals ready to serve within five months after they apply.<\/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\">Work for the training center begins six months before troops get there, when leaders from the brigade combat team staff and CEMA teams meet, said Maj. Wayne Sanders, ARCYBER chief for the Support to the Corps program. The teams explain what capabilities they have, while BCT commanders evaluate their needs for both the training and a potential deployment cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-laptop.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-laptop.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-laptop.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-laptop.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-laptop.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers with Cyber-Electromagnetic Activities Teams provide support to Brigade Combat Team commanders at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. This tailored asset has been built to meet commander needs both in training and on deployment. (Steve Stover\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, the CEMA team creates a tailored component, keeping in mind the logistical demands of such teams with the rotational BCTs headed to training and\/or overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The teams include soldiers to handle network operations, electronic warfare and both offensive and defensive cyber operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An integrated attachment that will add signal and space capabilities is expected to be piloted this year, Morrison told C4ISRNET.<\/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\/2018\/02\/09\/new-leader-named-for-army-cyber-directorate\/\" 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=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/buckner.jpg.png?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\">New leader named for Army cyber directorate<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The one-star is a West Point graduate who is now at U.S. Cyber Command.<\/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 key is letting brigade commanders know what the teams can do so that they can plan effectively, Sanders said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you\u2019re looking at this from a real-world perspective, if they identify that they are going somewhere in the world \u2014 somewhere they would need additional capacity that they may not have coverage for \u2014 they can submit that &#8230; as a request for forces,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-truck.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-truck.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-truck.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-truck.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CEMA-truck.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers with Cyber-Electromagnetic Activities Teams provide support to Brigade Combat Team commanders at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. This tailored asset has been built to meet commander needs both in training and on deployment. (Steve Stover\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learning how to scale the teams to the needs of the units has been one of the most important lessons learned over the past three years of experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve learned that we were a very large logistical burden to the rotational training units. We learned our lessons about the CEMA capability that we can provide to a rotational training unit, and, at the same time, we were reducing the logistical requirement to provide that capability,\u201d said Sgt. Maj. 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