The Network is a core enabler of allowing the Army to produce a force that is smaller but still highly capable. To support this vision, the Network will be treated as a single entity, unified from the Global Information Grid to the installation to the farthest tactical edge, providing the same basic capabilities from home station to the lone dismounted Soldier in theater.

To ensure network capabilities are fielded in an integrated and synchronized fashion while ensuring Army acquisition practices keep pace with emerging technology, the Army has developed a Network Strategy that fundamentally changes how it develops, acquires and fields capabilities. For the first time, the Army is delivering network systems not on an individual basis, but as an integrated communications package that spans the entire formation, connecting the home station, the fixed command post, the commander on-the-move and the individual Soldier.Learn More