About CAW
CAW News & Events
  • Thursday, March 22, 2012
    Domestic Preparedness Support Initiative approves funding for CAW to demonstrate the Field Information Support Tool (FIST) in Coastal Trident 2012 exercise
  • Tuesday, February 14, 2012
    CAW briefs use of unmanned technologies in wildland firefighting and emergency response at the Channel Islands Chapter of the AUVSI
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2012
    DoD receives authorization to fund CAW to evaluate the Field Information Support Tool (FIST) in Coastal Trident 2012 exercise
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2012
    PACOM receives approval to fund CAW to facilitate the next phase of disaster preparedness workshops and training in the Lower Mekong Delta in 2012
  • Tuesday, January 31, 2012
    FBI funds CAW to develop a private-sector Infrastructure Liaison Program
  • Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    CAW briefs on "Asymmetric Warfare Collaboration" at the 42nd Annual Electronic Warfare Symposium at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2011
    Offshore Platform Security and Response Subject Matter Expertise Exchange in Ventura County, CA
  • Wednesday, April 20, 2011
    HURREX/Citadel Gale 2011 Exercise for Gulf Coast and East Coast Navy installations and Fleet units
  • Tuesday, April 19, 2011
    Hampton Roads Full-Scale Exercise 2011 Final Planning Conference at VMASC, Suffolk, VA
  • Tuesday, April 5, 2011
    HURREX/Citadel Gale 2011 Final Planning Conference in Norfolk, VA
  • Tuesday, March 29, 2011
    CAW and Coastal Trident 2011 featured in Oxnard Harbor District's "The Port of Hueneme News"
  • Thursday, March 24, 2011
    CAW and the AUVSI Firefighting Tabletop Exercise featured in Emergency Management Magazine
  • Wednesday, March 23, 2011
    Coastal Trident 2011 Exercise at the Port of Hueneme, CA
  • Tuesday, March 22, 2011
    DHS Integrated Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives (ICBRNE) Webcast
  • Thursday, March 17, 2011
    Lihue County Emergency Management All-Hazards Preparedness Program in Lihue, HI
Mission & Vision
Mission
The Center for Asymmetric Warfare conducts research and delivers focused training, field experimentation, exercise and assessment programs in order to increase the capabilities of military and civil authorities at all levels to prevent, defend against, and mitigate the effects of asymmetric threats to national, homeland, and global security, including terrorism and natural or man-made disasters.
Vision
The Center for Asymmetric Warfare increases the safety and security of the United States and its strategic allies through focused training and experimentation, in addition to tactical, operational, and strategic-level exercise and assessment programs. These programs allow organizations to effectively share intelligence and operational information; communicate and coordinate with subordinate, adjacent, and supported organizations; perform deliberate or crisis planning in response to a threat; and successfully execute response and recovery operations through the following activities:
  • Development of Requirements and Operational Thresholds
  • Assessment of Capabilities
  • Development of Plans, Processes, Personnel, and Infrastructure
  • Training and Education
  • Exercise and Evaluation of Capabilities
  • Incorporation of Operational Feedback
Through implementation of programs among a diverse spectrum of organizations, the Center for Asymmetric Warfare promotes cooperation and coordination among participant agencies and chains of command. This is done with the aim of improving interagency collaboration and the civil/military interface at all levels of response capability, enhancing the overall effectiveness of emergency response and disaster relief capabilities.