The Future Force Integration Directorate was established on June 15, 2006, at
Fort Bliss, Texas. It was created by direction of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army and assigned to the
U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center, within the
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. The directorate supported the testing and assessment of equipment and concepts developed under the Army’s
Future Combat Systems program. The Future Force Integration Directorate was given oversight of the Army Evaluation Task Force, which was begun on December 16, 2006, as the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. The task force was used to test new systems and operational approaches before wider adoption. Brigadier General
James L. Terry became the first director in April 2007. by directive from the
Chief of Staff of the Army, with a mission to conduct physical integration and evaluations of the network and capability packages to provide
Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy recommendations to the Army. BMC focused its efforts on integrating test and evaluation events to deliver the Mission Command Network 2020. It conducted two distinct events: first, the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE), being a structured event that tests Army Programs of Record; second, the Army Warfighting Assessment (AWA), which allowed the Army to assess interim solutions to enduring combat and military logistics challenges by incorporating innovative concepts and capabilities into various formations, including Joint and Multinational forces, in addition to accelerating the rate of Army innovation, AWA's enhanced training, Joint/Multinational interoperability, and future force development. At the same time, the Army Warfighting Assessment was renamed the Joint Warfighting Assessment.
Joint Warfighting Assessments (
JWAs) are large training and testing exercises run by the United States Army. They are used to plan, conceptualize, and exercise new doctrines in the United States Army prior to widespread usage. During these exercises, soldiers and units try out new equipment, unit structures, and ways of operating in realistic training situations. The Army uses feedback from the participants to decide which ideas work well, which need changes, and which should not be adopted. == Joint Warfighting Assessments ==