The new leader of Fort Carson and the 4th Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis, expects to roll out a new command and control system that will allow leaders to make better, faster decisions.

Ellis worked on the system at Army Futures Command and he expects to implement the system within the division before the rest of the Army adopts it.

The Army previously built command and control systems focused in certain areas, such as logistics or intelligence, Ellis explained. The new system, built from the ground up, will bring together those previously segmented systems.

“The real goal is to get the commander back in command and control,” he said, after the official transfer of command on Wednesday morning at Fort Carson.

The system includes new hardware and software, including new radios, data storage and computer applications.

He expects it will be ready to be showcased during an exercise at the National Training Center in California during July.

Ellis is replacing Maj. Gen. David Doyle, who worked to make the division the marquee multidomain training division in the Army, bringing in units from Peterson, Schriever and Buckley Space Force Bases among others to train. The training brings in more modern aspects of warfare, such as cyber and electronic warfare teams, to work alongside more traditional infantry units.

Russia’s war on Ukraine has highlighted the importance of being prepared for electronic warfare, such as GPS signal jamming, that can leave units lost or unable to operate.

“Everybody shows up to Fort Carson, because they get their training objectives met, they get to work with other units, and they get to see how it all fits together,” Doyle said, noting he thinks the training hub can be maintained.

Lt. Gen. Kevin Admiral, commander of the Third Army Corps, lauded Doyle’s efforts to bolster training as the former commander of the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, a site where the Army tests new ideas and technology on large scales.

“Team Carson is better for his personal investment in all aspects of this installation,” Admiral said.

Doyle is leaving Fort Carson to take a position with U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina which oversees all deployable Army units. Doyle said the headquarters will become the Western Hemisphere Command, to help support civil activities defending the U.S.

It’s a necessary change because nations are challenging civilian assets. For example, foreign actors can attack the cyber infrastructure supporting a city’s utilities and shut them down. Doyle said he expected to bring knowledge of enemy actors to the work.