The theme for this year’s Digital Warfighting Exercise/Experiment is “Human Dimensions and Aspects of Battle Command given a 2018 Future Operational Environment.”  Hosted by the Battle Command Battle Laboratory – Leavenworth and the Army Command and General Staff College, the exercise will showcase CGSC students integrating the latest in digital technology into corps and division-level military operations.

This year’s exercise supports the Army’s initiatives in adaptation and transformation. The desired end state of DWE-10 is to develop leaders with critical thinking and adaptation skills as well as generate hard data with which military and civilian leaders can utilize to make required adaptations and changes to doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, and facilities. These goals serve to place and keep our military ahead of our enemies and proactively address changes in the post 9-11 environment.

The Army measures its effects on the Operational Environment using Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, and Infrastructure – Physical Environment and Time (PMESII-PT) Operational Variables. To that end, commanders must understand the Human Dimensions and Aspects of the Operational Environment. The support of and collaboration with local and indigenous populations is a principal determinant of success in all conflicts. In order for commanders to achieve this understanding, they must have staff officers who can identify, collect and understand the Human Aspects within the PMESII-PT construct and then integrate them into the Military Decision Making Process.

The Battle Command Battle Laboratory – Leavenworth is a thriving, premier experimentation facility that invites numerous scientists, scholars and subject matter experts to all of our experiments. If you have participated with our experiments previously, we thank you and invite you back. If you are interested in this year’s experiment or would like us to keep you informed on this or any of our other cutting edge experiments please contact Ms. Carol Markle, (913) 684-7769, carol.markle@us.army.mil, or visit http://usacac.army.mil/blog/blogs/bcbl/default.aspx.

The Battle Command Battle Laboratory – Leavenworth: Experimenting with future concepts and technology to build a stronger military today and tomorrow!