{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 1st Multi-Domain Task Force | image = 1st Multi-Domain Task Force SSI.png | image_size = 200 px | caption = 1st Multi-Domain Task Force SSI | dates = 2017 - present | country = {{flagicon|US}} United States | allegiance = | branch = {{flag|United States Army}} | type = Task Force | size = 1,700 | command_structure = 25px 7th Infantry Division / Multi-Domain Command Pacific | garrison = Joint Base Lewis–McChord, WA | motto = Win First | equipment = HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) | commander1 = Col. Charles Kean | identification_symbol_2 = 100px | identification_symbol_2_label = 1st Multi-Domain Task Force DUI }}
The '''1st Multi-Domain Task Force''' ('''1MDTF''') is the first US Army multi-domain operations unit that integrates cyberspace, space, land, sea, and air operations into one fighting unit as part of the Transformation of the Army / Aimpoint 2035. The unit was stood up in 2017 at Joint Base Lewis–McChord.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Multi-Domain Task Forces Accelerate Transformation |url=https://www.ausa.org/news/multidomain-task-forces-accelerate-transformation |access-date=June 27, 2025 |website=Association of the United States Army}}</ref> The 1MDTF capabilities include anti-access and area denial networks and long range hypersonic missiles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parlato |first=1st Lt. Richard |date=March 30, 2023 |title=1st Multi-Domain Task Force deploys the Army's first Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon system |url=https://www.army.mil/article/265349/1st_multi_domain_task_force_deploys_the_armys_first_long_range_hypersonic_weapon_system |access-date=June 27, 2025 |website=US Army}}</ref>
The Army created MDTFs to respond to Congress' desire to have forces that can oppose near-peer adversaries in Europe and Asia and provide A2/AD "Anti-Access is any action, activity, or capability designed to prevent an advancing military force from entering an operational area."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=U. S. Naval Institute |date=2025-03-18 |title=Report to Congress on The Army’s Multi-Domain Task Force |url=https://news.usni.org/2025/03/18/report-to-congress-on-the-armys-multi-domain-task-force |access-date=2025-08-17 |website=USNI News |language=en-US}}</ref>
As of July 2025, the 1MDTF was employing HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) in live fire exercises at Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation in the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-01 |title=US, Philippine forces partner for HIMARS live-fire exercise |url=https://www.army.mil/article/286790/us_philippine_forces_partner_for_himars_live_fire_exercise |access-date=2025-08-17 |website=www.army.mil |language=en}}</ref>
== Organization == * 23px 1st Multi-Domain Task Force<ref>{{cite web |last1=Capt. Ryan DeBooy |title=First Multi-Domain Task Force Welcomes New Commander |url=https://www.army.mil/article/277604/first_multi_domain_task_force_welcomes_new_commander |publisher=1st Multi-Domain Task Force |access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref> ** Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion ** 1st Multi-Domain Effects Battalion ** 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (Long-Range Fires Battalion (5-3 LRFB) equipped with Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon) ** 1st Battalion, 51st Air Defense Artillery Regiment (Indirect Fire Protection Capability Battalion (1-51 IFPC))<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maj. Ian Sandall |title=U.S. Army conducts live-fire test of High-Powered Microwave for exercise Balikatan 2025 |url=https://www.usarpac.army.mil/Our-Story/Our-News/Article-Display/Article/4173305/us-army-conducts-live-fire-test-of-high-powered-microwave-for-exercise-balikata/ |publisher=1st Multi-Domain Task Force |access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref> ** 1163rd Task Force Support Battalion
== See also == * 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force * 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force
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Category:Military units and formations established in 2017 Category:2017 establishments in Washington (state) Category:Joint Base Lewis–McChord Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army Category:Military task forces Category:Military units and formations in Washington (state)