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- [John Higgins] The enemy
can strick anytime, anywhere,

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so America must be
ready anytime, anywhere.

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This is Joint Warfighting Assessment '19

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the Army's premier
modernization assessment,

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a massive test spanning
Joint Base Lewis-McCord,

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and Yakima Training Center
in Washington state,

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and Allied bases around the world.

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Project Manager Electronic
Warfare and Cybers,

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Tactical Electronic Warfare
System or TEWS was designed

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to enable a commander to detect, locate,

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and identify the enemy
and provide the capability

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to act, react, and counter
with nonlethal effects

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by denying, disrupting, and
degrading the enemies ability

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to communicate, coordinate,
and synchronize.

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TEWS saw some of its first test

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in a realistic environment.

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Mounted on the vehicles of

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the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team,

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2nd Batallion, 2nd Infantry Division.

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- We had one instance where the,

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they actually used the TEWS system

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to take a look at the
electromagnetic spectrum

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for the brigade talk and
also for the scalpel tune.

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And they were able to show
this to their commanders,

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and say, "This is what your
brigade looks like in the EMN."

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- [John Higgins] PMEWNC
received plenty soldier feedback

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in addition to Best Practice suggestions

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for the TEWS system.

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I'm John Higgins, Program Executive Office

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Intelligence, Electronic Warfare
and Sensors Public Affairs.