{"id":9619,"date":"2019-08-02T20:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T20:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/02\/the-army-experiment-with-the-network-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:05:50","slug":"the-army-experiment-with-the-network-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2019\/08\/02\/the-army-experiment-with-the-network-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Army experiment with the network in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army brigades in Afghanistan are testing a new set of rules on when to replace and refurbish equipment related to the service\u2019s battlefield network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. Mitchell Kilgo, the new commander of Communications and Electronics Command, said Aug. 1 the Army\u2019s Security Force Assistance Brigades, which are using new communications equipment and concepts that will be applied to the conventional force, are testing a new model for maintaining this equipment.<\/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\/special-reports\/network-proficiency\/2018\/02\/02\/a-special-afghan-unit-could-be-the-armys-test-case-for-its-future-network\/\" 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=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4076229.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\">A special Afghan unit could be the Army\u2019s test case for its future network<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army is looking to the newly established advise-and-assist brigade that&#039;s headed to Afghanistan to help inform modernization efforts associated with communications gear for conventional units.<\/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 modernized tactical network relies more heavily on commercial off-the-shelf technology and requires the delivery of updated software and hardware every two years. But this approach creates a sustainment challenge for the service compared to the hardware-centric, traditional government procurement mode the Army has followed in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As such, CECOM the has come up with a concept for sustaining this network it is calling 5-3-1.<\/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\/it-networks\/2019\/04\/01\/how-the-army-will-sustain-its-tactical-network-of-the-future\/\" 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\/5179685.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\">How the Army will sustain its tactical network of the future<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The rapid insertion of commercial off-the-shelf systems looks to revolutionize the Army&#039;s next-generation tactical network, but it also brings challenges for the sustainment community.<\/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 five refers warranties. Most COTS equipment currently comes with a one-year warranty, but by increasing that to five years, will allow the Army to cover the sustainment of systems bought in the short term while the service figures out a longer term strategy. The three is a reference to the Army making a decision in the first three years whether or not to keep or kill the commercial system after the five-year warranty. The one deals a single place that will do all the major refurbishing centralizing the exchange process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kilgo, who has been in the job a month, said that while the idea is still in its infancy, the security brigades are using the equipment in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re involved in that process now. We\u2019ve got our maintenance personnel forward and if something breaks, they\u2019re able to replace one for one, the unit, the SFAB isn\u2019t having to worry about their radio going, how do I get it back because they\u2019re getting one forward,\u201d he said. \u201cTraditionally we\u2019ve gone through the full acquisition process. We\u2019ve had plenty of time to plan, field, train, sustain. This is fast, it\u2019s quick, it\u2019s closing capability gaps in our war fighting apparatus. We\u2019ve got to look at it differently. It\u2019s like putting wheels on a car while you\u2019re driving it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will be fielding the first set of modernized equipment to four brigades in 2021. 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