The United States Army in Europe gets a Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF).
The U.S. Army this fall activated an artillery battalion in New York that is intended to give commanders in Europe new options for long-range strikes and deterrence. ...
Though administratively tied to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York, the new unit falls under the operational control of the 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force, part of the 56th Multi-Domain Command-Europe.
That's a land-centric theater. So ... huh:
I’ve long suspected that the Army is building long-range fires because it has lost the trust it built up during the war on Islamist terror in Air Force willingness to support Army troops in combat. The Army understands the Air Force has little commitment to prioritizing Army needs for deep strikes. Marketing Army long-range fires as a key component for defeating anti-access/areas denial (A2/AD) capabilities of enemies such as China is a budgetary survival mechanism.
Not that the MDTF can't strike A2/AD assets. It can. Like in Kaliningrad. Still, mission accomplished.
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NOTE: Map from AUSA.
