Scenario Development | Phase 3 – Develop

Scenario Development Phase 3 - Develop

The purpose of the develop phase is to provide a compilation of products that set the initial conditions and timeline of events imposed on the training audience. Within the scenario, the training audience is presented with problems, completes tasks, and makes decisions to achieve training outcomes. Although the resolution of a scenario can vary greatly, it always addresses the operational environment…

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Scenario Development | Phase 2 – Design

Scenario Development Phase 2

The purpose of the design phase is to conceptualize the execution of the event or exercise. Design activities provide the framework and drive the detailed scenario development actions that occur in the develop phase. Designers must envision relevant problems and anticipate corresponding actions and reactions to conceptualize and event or exercise. This creativity requires designers to have an advanced understanding of the following…

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Scenario Development | Phase 1 – Analysis

Scenario Development Phase 1Analysis

Before beginning scenario development in support of an event or exercise, one must first conduct the analysis phase. Analysis is the cornerstone for leaders to identify the who, what when, why, and how of scenario development with the training event or exercise. ​ The analysis phase is for defining the training needs (goals or objectives)…

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Introducing the new DATE Indo-Pacific Region Video

Global Tactics For Army Readiness

 TRADOC G2 expanded and updated the Indo-Pacific Operational Environment (OE) of DATE in August, 2023. Additions include four new countries to better reflect the complex operational environment: Bagansait, Himaldesh, Sungzon, and Khorathidin. Our allies are already using and contributing towards this environment, as most recently as the large scale, multi-lateral exercise, Talisman Sabre 23.…

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DATE World Users’ Blog #2 – What is DATE World?

How Russia Fights

Have you ever felt like your battalion S3 is living in a fantasy world? Has your battalion S3 section, maybe, given this fantasy world a name?…and is that name DATE World? Before psychoanalyzing the poor folks in S3 any further, it’s worth asking yourself the question: What is a DATE World? As it turns out…

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Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE) World

How China Fights China Landing Zone

Oct. 2021. This visualization depicts the DATE World training environment. This environment allows users the train against pacing and near-peer threats. Actors within DATE World mirror the modernization efforts of our real world adversaries, and are designed to enable training for all US Army essential tasks, ensuring that the Army and its partners are doing…

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DATE World: The U.S. Army’s Training Environment

How Russia Fights

The Decisive Action Training Environment World is the U.S. Army’s official training environment, designed to enable readiness for major pacing threat challenges and advanced and persistent threats for all operational environments. It provides the Army training community with a singular, unified, scalable training environment that facilitates training across live, virtual, and constructive events. DATE World…

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Announcing the DATE Users’ Conference ’21

How China Fights China Landing Zone

The TRADOC G-2’s Operational Environment Integration (OEI) Directorate will host the first DATE Users’ Conference on 12-14 January 2021. This event is intended to enhance integration and coordination between developers of the training operational environment, scenario developers, and end users. Event Purpose: The DATE Users’ Conference will be an opportunity for TRADOC G-2 to engage…

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DATE Pacific Update

DATE Pacific.

The update includes the addition of new sub-variable content across the PMESII-PT Framework (totaling over 500 pages of OE content with over 250 sub-variable topics per country).

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