{"id":27218,"date":"2018-07-05T19:58:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T19:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/05\/how-the-army-is-training-for-the-digital-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:32:35","slug":"how-the-army-is-training-for-the-digital-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/07\/05\/how-the-army-is-training-for-the-digital-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Army is training for the digital conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cyber will undoubtedly be part of any future conflict and the Army is looking to bolster the role of cyber in exercise scenarios. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most notably, the National Training Center at Fort Irwin \u2014 working with Army headquarters, Training and Doctrine Command, as well as Forces Command \u2014 is experimenting with how to insert cyber capabilities at lower, tactical levels. This is done through a pilot program, sponsored by Army Cyber Command, called Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities Support to Corps and Below (CSCB). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this role, the center provides the infrastructure to allow brigades to test their cyber exploits while accompanying small units on the ground. That means the center must be prepared to at least simulate capabilities during scenarios. With the Department of Defense now shifting to a great power competition, all rotations at the center are focused on what the Army calls \u201cdecisive action\u201d scenarios \u2014 essentially a two-week campaign against a near-peer adversary with insurgents and civilian actors mixed in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to make this the hardest fight that a brigade ever is going to fight,\u201d Brig. Gen. Jeff Broadwater, the center\u2019s commander, told Fifth Domain during a recent visit to observe the pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot only are they fighting against a near-peer threat that has the most modern technology and equipment that some of our adversaries could have, we\u2019re incorporating the cyberthreat there, we\u2019re incorporating the chemical threat, we\u2019ve got swarming drones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadwater added that the center is constantly trying to improve its infrastructure to make the scenarios as realistic as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\t