accept able ▁level ▁of ▁in compat ibility ▁among ▁Army - wide ▁communic ations ▁equipment ▁and ▁support ▁networks . ▁ ▁The ▁department ▁of ▁the ▁Army ▁on ▁ 1 ▁Oct . ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁decided ▁to ▁again ▁central ize ▁service ▁C 4 ▁and ▁many ▁aspects ▁of ▁information ▁systems ▁management ▁and ▁security ▁under ▁one ▁Army ▁command : ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁Network ▁Enter prise ▁Technology ▁Command ▁( NET COM ), ▁reporting ▁directly ▁to ▁the ▁Army ' s ▁Cy ber ▁Command ▁( AR C Y BER ). ▁ ▁Mobile ▁and ▁Ex ped ition ary ▁Network ▁The ▁Network ▁cross - function al ▁team ▁( C FT ) ▁and ▁the ▁Program ▁Executive ▁Office ▁Command , ▁Control , ▁Communic ations — T act ical ▁( PE O ▁C 3 T ) ▁hosted ▁a ▁forum ▁on ▁ 1 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁for ▁vend ors ▁to ▁learn ▁what ▁might ▁function ▁as ▁a ▁test able / deploy able ▁Army ▁Network ▁in ▁the ▁near ▁future . ▁A ▁few ▁of ▁the ▁hundreds ▁of ▁white ▁papers ▁from ▁the ▁vend ors , ▁adj ud ged ▁to ▁be ▁' very ▁m ature ▁ideas ', ▁were ▁passed ▁to ▁the ▁Army ' s ▁ac quisition ▁community , ▁while ▁many ▁others ▁were ▁passed ▁to ▁C ER DE C ▁for ▁continu ation ▁in ▁the ▁Army ' s ▁effort ▁to ▁modern ize ▁the ▁network ▁for ▁combat . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁brig ades ▁are ▁transition ing ▁from ▁at - the - halt ▁T act ical ▁Network ▁Transport ▁to ▁on -