Task Force XXI: The Army's Digital Experiment

Abstract

A large step toward Information Age war-fighting was completed in March at the Army's National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, Calif. The Army's Experimental Force (EXFOR)-the world's first digitized ground force, the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)-deployed to the harsh conditions of the Mojave Desert at Ft. Irwin for an intensive, realistic war-fighting exercise against the NTC's vaunted Opposing Force (OPFOR), the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. The exercise was the culminating event of the TF XXI Advanced Warfighting Experiment (AWE)-a key part of the Army's Force XXI process of continuous experimentation and transformation which will result in Army XXI-the digitized force for the 21st Century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA394389

Entities

People

  • Mark Hanna

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Artillery
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Information
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • National Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges

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