AWAs provide the Army, joint services and multinational partners a triple pay-off of readiness training, interoperability, and future force development. AWAs assess interim solutions to Army Warfighting Challenges (AWfCs) and provide a venue to assess new concepts and capabilities in a realistic and rigorous operational environment. Exercise design facilitates both subject matter expert and service member observations and feedback to provide an effective assessment of emerging concepts and... read more
AWAs provide the Army, joint services and multinational partners a triple pay-off of readiness training, interoperability, and future force development. AWAs assess interim solutions to Army Warfighting Challenges (AWfCs) and provide a venue to assess new concepts and capabilities in a realistic and rigorous operational environment. Exercise design facilitates both subject matter expert and service member observations and feedback to provide an effective assessment of emerging concepts and capabilities.
AWA 17.1 is a four-phased event that culminates in a live exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. Phases 0 and I (June-August 2016): TRADOC deployed three Multi-Discipline Assessment Teams (MDATs) to the USARPAC AOR to examine AWFC's in a Pacific Pathways exercise to observe select concepts and capabilities. Phases 2 and 3 (17-28 October 2016): AWA 17.1 incorporates a live tactical training operation scenario with a Pacific area of operation. AWA 17.1 includes select Joint participation from Marine, Air Force and Special Operation units and also includes five Multinational partners (United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Italy) . show less
