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IPTs Look To Unified Quest 2008 To Find Capability Gaps

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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa.--Army Integrated Process Teams (IPTs) are using the seminar wargame, Unified Quest 2008, to find capability gaps in several specific areas. The IPTs are adjuncts to, but not part of, the war game, which the Army is co-sponsoring with U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Joint Forces Command throughout the week. IPTs, all driven by Army headquarters, include: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance; Sustainment; Security Sector Reform (Rule of Law); Cyber/EW; Generating Force; Army Force Generation;…

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