Sec. 370. Requirement for realistic training exercises under contested and austere conditions
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The Secretary of Defense shall increase, through the development of new exercises or the expansion of existing exercises, the use of theater-wide and component-level training exercises that stress operations conducted under contested and austere conditions, including the conditions described in paragraph (4). In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, each exercise of the Armed Forces classified as a tier 1 exercise is conducted, in part or in whole, under such contested and austere conditions. Each exercise developed or expanded under paragraph
(1)shall include an assessment of the performance of that exercise from, at a minimum, the perspective of— operational command; and control and tactical execution. The conditions described in this paragraph are conditions involving the following: Limited command and control. Contested logistics. The use of non-electronic dependent communications. The use of alternate positioning, navigation, and timing methods. The conduct of operations in a highly degraded electromagnetic environment with widely dispersed forces. The Secretary of Defense shall take such steps as may be necessary to improve the infrastructure and associated resources required to carry out effective training exercises under contested and austere conditions, including the conditions described in paragraph (4), at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.