The Army Needs to Build Better Command Posts (warontherocks.com)

• TOC Mahals are large, tent-based command posts with maps, screens, and cables.
• Their size makes them easy targets in modern warfare, especially against drones.
• The Army needs compact, mobile C2 nodes with lower detectability.

"The U.S. Army's current command post designs, often sprawling tent cities known as 'TOC Mahals', are too large, static, and vulnerable. Drawing lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War, the article argues for smaller, more mobile, and harder-to-detect command posts that can survive modern reconnaissance and strike capabilities."