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(https://people.defensenews.com/top-100/) Top 100 Defense Companies                   (https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific) Asia Pacific    US Army activates new multi-domain task force to ‘deny, disrupt’ enemies in Indo-Pacific By (https://www.defensenews.com/author/NikkiWentling) Nikki Wentling     Oct 9, 2026, 05:15 PM                                ()    The 4th Multi-Domain Task Force stands in formation during the unit’s activation ceremony on Oct. 8, 2026, at Founder’s Field on Fort Carson, Colorado. (Sgt. William Rogers/U.S. Army)    A new U.S. Army multi-domain task force, (https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11797/IF11797.28.pdf) (https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11797/IF11797.28.pdf) one of five recently established or under development by the service, was activated this week with a ceremony at Fort Carson, Colorado. The 4th Multi-Domain Task Force will focus on synchronizing long-range precision fires in the Indo-Pacific region “to deny, disrupt and disaggregate adversary capabilities” and create advantages for other units in the joint force, the Army said in a release.      The task force includes four battalions and is planned to grow to 2,100 soldiers.  Col. Hugh W.A. Jones assumed command of the task force during Thursday’s ceremony. He previously commanded the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, leading the brigade when it (https://www.army.mil/article/283494/additional_troops_to_enhance_border_security_operations) (https://www.army.mil/article/283494/additional_troops_to_enhance_border_security_operations) deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border last year. “While we build this formation to deter aggression and preserve peace, if war comes, we must be prepared to fight and win,” Jones said (https://www.army.mil/article-amp/296047/4th_multi_domain_task_force_officially_activates) (https://www.army.mil/article-amp/296047/4th_multi_domain_task_force_officially_activates) during the ceremony . “We owe those in harm’s way every advantage we can give them, while leaving our enemy nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.”     ()    Col. Hugh W. A. Jones, incoming commander of the 4th Multi-Domain Task Force, receives the unit's colors during an activation ceremony on Oct. 8, 2026, at Founder’s Field on Fort Carson, Colorado. (Sgt. William Rogers/U.S. Army)  The task force reports to the 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.  In June, the Army combined the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force at Lewis-McChord into the (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/06/19/army-launches-new-indo-pacific-multi-domain-command/) (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/06/19/army-launches-new-indo-pacific-multi-domain-command/) 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) , which serves as the multi-domain operational headquarters. Its mission is 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,” the Army said in a release.  Maj. Gen. Bernard Harrington, commander of the 7th Infantry Division, attended the activation ceremony at Fort Carson.  “You are driving the change our nation demands today, to meet the changing character of war, to prevent conflict, and to maintain a free and open Pacific alongside our allies and partners,” Harrington (https://www.army.mil/article-amp/296047/4th_multi_domain_task_force_officially_activates) (https://www.army.mil/article-amp/296047/4th_multi_domain_task_force_officially_activates) told soldiers assigned to the new multi-domain task force.     The establishment of the 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command-Pacific) and the 4th Multi-Domain Task Force are part of a (https://www.militarytimes.com/land/2025/06/27/us-army-tailoring-pacific-commands-for-multi-domain-force/?contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A295%7D&contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8) (https://www.militarytimes.com/land/2025/06/27/us-army-tailoring-pacific-commands-for-multi-domain-force/?contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A295%7D&contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8) broader transformation initiative “to counter near-peer adversaries in an increasingly complex global landscape,” the Army said.  The initiative includes the service establishing five multi-domain task forces by 2028, according to a Congressional Research Service (https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11797/IF11797.28.pdf) (https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11797/IF11797.28.pdf) report . The Army (https://www.militarytimes.com/land/2021/04/13/us-army-building-up-force-in-europe-with-two-new-units/?contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A495%7D) (https://www.militarytimes.com/land/2021/04/13/us-army-building-up-force-in-europe-with-two-new-units/?contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A495%7D) activated the 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force (https://www.militarytimes.com/land/2021/04/13/us-army-building-up-force-in-europe-with-two-new-units/?contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A495%7D) (https://www.militarytimes.com/land/2021/04/13/us-army-building-up-force-in-europe-with-two-new-units/?contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A495%7D) in 2021 at the Clay Kaserne installation in Germany, and stood up the third in Hawaii in 2022. A fifth is (https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11797/IF11797.28.pdf) (https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11797/IF11797.28.pdf) planned for Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The units are designed to operate across all domains — land, air, sea, space, cyberspace and information — and “provide combatant commanders with a versatile and potent array of options,” according to the Army. “As we build this formation, we must never forget that technology earns its value in the hands of well-trained and disciplined soldiers,” Jones said Thursday. “A soldier who solves a difficult problem here may make the difference for an American fighting far beyond the horizon.” About  (https://www.defensenews.com/author/NikkiWentling) Nikki Wentling   Nikki Wentling is a senior editor at Military Times. She's reported on veterans and military communities for over a decade and has also covered technology, politics, health care and crime. 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