{"id":45651,"date":"2025-06-18T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/18\/army-expanding-transformation-in-contact-initiative-to-army-guard\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:25:45","slug":"army-expanding-transformation-in-contact-initiative-to-army-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2025\/06\/18\/army-expanding-transformation-in-contact-initiative-to-army-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Army expanding \u2018Transformation in Contact\u2019 initiative to Army Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s ongoing brigade modernization program is headed to the Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George told members of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee during a hearing in June that Guard units are being identified for the service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2025\/04\/28\/this-army-division-will-change-how-armor-brigades-and-divisions-fight\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2025\/04\/28\/this-army-division-will-change-how-armor-brigades-and-divisions-fight\/\">Transformation in Contact<\/a>, or TIC, initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to do that as fast as we can in the Guard as well,\u201d George said. \u201cThey are identifying those units who can do that in the Guard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative seeks to deliver new equipment \u2014 such as Infantry Squad Vehicles, drones, counter-drone equipment and increased electromagnetic warfare capabilities \u2014 to operational units as they prepare for major training events and deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George noted that those same capabilities will be in the Guard as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re going to have the same systems,\u201d George said. \u201cThey will not look any different.\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\/2025\/05\/19\/first-armor-brigade-conducts-combat-center-rotation-with-new-tools\/\" 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\/tank-TIC.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\">First armor brigade conducts combat center rotation with new tools<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">One brigade just became the first armored unit to undergo a new Transformation in Contact modernization effort. <\/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 TIC initiative started with three infantry brigades: 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division; 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division; and 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those units saw increased capabilities, mobility and command-and-control systems accelerate how the traditionally dismounted units perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work led to changes in the structure of the infantry brigade, which have been dubbed \u201cMobile Brigade Combat Teams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has since shifted its focus to TIC 2.0 with Armor Brigade Combat Teams and division-level assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, launched Exercise Combined Resolve in early May in Hohenfels, Germany, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRaider Brigade is spearheading the Army\u2019s Transforming in Contact initiative and experimenting with new capabilities to enhance battlefield effectiveness while deployed to Europe,\u201d said Maj. 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Christopher Norrie, commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division, in a May release. \u201cThe lessons learned through this exercise will help inform the Army how an armored brigade combat team fights on future battlefields.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4697\" height=\"3131\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TIC-armor-1.jpg-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TIC-armor-1.jpg-1.jpg 4697w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TIC-armor-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TIC-armor-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TIC-armor-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TIC-armor-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TIC-armor-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4697px) 100vw, 4697px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, maneuver an M1A2 Abrams to simulate an assault on opposing forces while participating in the Army\u2019s Transforming in Contact initiative. (Spc. Deliah Cottle\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1st ABCT\u2019s participation in TIC is structured around four key phases: adapting how the unit fights, integrating emerging technologies, reorganizing formations to suit mission needs and rapidly incorporating new capabilities as they become available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another armor unit is also in the midst of TIC changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers with the 1st Cavalry Division began their TIC 2.0 work in April, shortly after returning from their Europe rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armor units are creating their own plans for what a new type of armor brigade might look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn ABCT has a lot of different moving pieces,\u201d Maj. Gen. Thomas Feltey, division commander, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2025\/04\/28\/this-army-division-will-change-how-armor-brigades-and-divisions-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2025\/04\/28\/this-army-division-will-change-how-armor-brigades-and-divisions-fight\/\">Army Times<\/a> in April. \u201cOur battlespace is much larger, and things move faster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though ubiquitous drone coverage helped infantry units, various kinds of drones will be needed for the longer-reaching, longer-ranging armored units, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The division\u2019s artillery, air cavalry squadron and electronic warfare units have all been designated as part of the TIC initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The division is modernizing its main equipment, with the A4 variant of the Bradley and the A7 variant of the Paladin artillery system. It\u2019s also on track as the next unit to receive the new Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, Feltey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feltey expects to see communications upgrades, much like the infantry units did as part of TIC, with systems such as the Integrated Tactical Network, Star Shield satellite communications and the Mobile User Objective System, an improved UHF satellite communications system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1st Cavalry Division\u2019s culminating TIC event is expected to take place at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army Guard units are being identified for the service&#8217;s brigade modernization 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