The Asymmetric Warfare Group is a United States Army

United States Army

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 unit created during the War on Terrorism

War on Terrorism

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 to craft doctrine for asymmetric warfare

Asymmetric warfare

Asymmetric warfare is war between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly, or whose strategy or tactics differ significantly....

. The unit is stationed at Fort Meade

Fort George G. Meade

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, Maryland

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 and reports directly to the TRADOC

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.

Mission

The AWG conducts operational advisory assistance to Army and Joint Force Commanders enabling them to identify and close capability gaps, enhance training, and exploit enemy vulnerabilities in order to mitigate and defeat asymmetric threats and help form a mentally agile and adaptive Army culture.

Mission statement

The Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) provides observation, analysis, training and advisory support to Army and Joint Force unit's in order to enhance their capabilities to predict, mitigate, counter, and defeat asymmetric threats and methods.

Key Tasks

• Serve as the global conventional U.S. Army expert in asymmetric warfare
  Asymmetric warfare
  Asymmetric warfare is war between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly, or whose strategy or tactics differ significantly....
  
  
• Deploy, integrate, coordinate and execute battle command of AWG trained and ready forces
• Assist in identification, development, and integration of countermeasure
  Countermeasure
  A countermeasure is a measure or action taken to counter or offset another one. As a general concept it implies precision, and is any technological or tactical solution or system designed to prevent an undesirable outcome in the process...
  
   technologies
• Establish linkages with all internal, combatant command
  Unified Combatant Command
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  , and national
  United States Intelligence Community
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   intelligence agencies
  Intelligence agency
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• Analyze asymmetric threats
• Observe, collect, develop, validate, and disseminate emerging tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Support JTF (Joint Task Force) commanders and units in countering AW threats

History

The AWG traces its origin to the 2003 Army Improvised Explosive Device

Improvised explosive device

An improvised explosive device , also known as a roadside bomb, is a homemade bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action...

 (IED) Task Force. The Army G3 directed the establishment of the Asymmetric Warfare Regiment (AWR) in June 2004. The AWR eventually changed its title to the Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG).

External links

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