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Soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division and 1st Multi-Domain Task Force held a redesignation ceremony June 18 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, to case the 1st MDTF Headquarters and 7th ID Headquarters Support Company colors and uncase the 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion colors, marking a major organizational shift.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The redesignation honors the Bayonet Division\u2019s legacy while establishing the 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) as theArmy\u2019s newest theater-enabling command, built to integrate maneuver, fires, air defense, cyber, space, electronic warfare, intelligence, unmanned systems, sustainment, and command and control in support of the Joint Force across the Pacific.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are merging the operational endurance, flexibility, and protection of our proven Stryker formations with the long-range sensing and precision fires of our multi-domain task force,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Bernard J. Harrington, commanding general of 7th ID (MDC-PAC).<\/p>\n

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7th ID (MDC-PAC) is an operational-level formation designed to operate forward, develop situations, disrupt enemy systems, and complicate adversary planning.<\/p>\n

It supports the Army\u2019s transformation initiative by unifying 7th ID\u2019smaneuver assets and 1st MDTF\u2019s multi-domain capabilities under one command, streamlining mission command across complex operations.<\/p>\n

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Central to7th ID (MDC-PAC)is the Cross-Domain Contact Layer, a system that integrates intelligence collection, electronic warfare effects, and artificial intelligence to support rapid command decisions within a continuous operational framework.The CDCL allows forces to disperse over large areas to maintain pressure on adversaries both in close and deep areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough our emerging Cross Domain Contact Layer concept, our division will employ capabilities such as unmanned surface vessels; long-range, one-way attack drones; and launched effects to penetrate the adversary\u2019s anti-access\/area-denial network,\u201d Harrington said, \u201cEvery radar that emits, every node that transmits, every headquarters that commands, we aim to hold continuously at risk alongside our joint Partners and allies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Harrington now leads the Army\u2019s newest multi-domain headquarters, which will refine the CDCL model during upcoming combined, joint and multinational exercises.<\/p>\n

The CDCL organizes modern battlefield capabilities into four components: sensors that capture information across land, air, sea, space, and cyberspace; precision weapons paired with affordable unmanned drones; digital networks and software that help leaders make faster decisions; and robust military units able to operate even when disrupted by enemy action.<\/p>\n

Harrington stressed that alongside Partners and allies, the division aims to prevent conflict, and the common thread connecting all efforts is the Soldiers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTechnology does not win wars,\u201d he said, \u201cour people do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ceremony also reflects the Army\u2019s pushto distribute sensing, fires, electronic warfare, space, and cyber capabilities across maneuver formations to increase effectiveness in contested environments.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hourglass patch went to France in World War I and helped defeat the Germans in the largest battle in American history,\u201d Harrington said, noting the division\u2019s long tradition of adaptation, \u201cLater, it trained as a motorized infantry battalion, then amphibious assault, then light infantry. The Bayonets went ashore in the frozen Aleutians in 1943. They fought in the jungles of Laite. In Korea, they landed and fought at Incheon at the Chosin Reservoir, and by the end of that war, had served a staggering 850 days in continuous combat.\u201d<\/p>\n