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Mobile Command Post Utilizing the Integrated Tactical Network

Lt. Col. Jonathan Nielsen and Maj. Eric Cannon

Traditionally, when infantry brigade combat teams (IBCTs) reference command posts, thoughts gravitate towards tents, comfort, and antennas. Over the last two decades of conflict in the Middle East, IBCT command posts have lost the art of mobility, survivability, and minimal connectivity while maintaining a common operational picture (COP) and the effective communication that is needed to combat acute threats. With the recent advances in targeting capabilities based on innovation in information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR ), and given the Army's focus on fighting near-peer threats, it is vital that command posts modernize with these features in mind.

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Mobility Learning Event – Infantry Squad Vehicle Modification

Lt. Col. Jonathan Nielsen and Maj. Eric Cannon

The introduction of the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) into the traditional infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) offers formally slow and limited formations a transition to speed and mobility. ISVs drastically increase the amount of terrain an IBCT can cover while providing a platform that enhances lethality but not a dependence on the platform to fight their formations. The Army's Transformation in Contact (TiC) initiative to reorganize IBCTs to mobility brigades (MBDEs) raises awareness of the need for different ISV variants to accommodate this new formation.

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Can You Hear Me Now – Radio Planning for the Modern Brigade

Master Sgt. John Tibbitts

Driven by advancements in technology, radio planning has undergone a significant evolution with the recent changes in military strategies and the introduction of new waveforms. Traditional radio planning focused on optimizing coverage and frequency allocation for terrestrial broadcasts; however, the emergence of Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) digital radio and streaming services has introduced new complexities to the process. With the establishment of ITN, a new radio programming and planning platform was introduced.

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Power Generation – Reducing Power Generation Excess in the LSB'

1st Lt. Jordan Bloomfield and 1st Lt. Samuel Pannek

Light, mobile, and agile — these are all terms used to describe the new light support battalion (LSB) concept. As transformation in contact (TiC) progresses, we continually look for ways to live up to them; to do so, we must rightsize our organization and the equipment it carries. Legacy power generation continues to weigh us down as we prepare for the next war. While generators are required for maintaining command and control (C2) nodes as well as conducting general operations within an LSB, they are often underutilized, with our Soldiers possessing no true understanding about how much power a single generator produces.