Warrior Adventure Quest

Warrior Adventure Quest (WAQ) is an exciting training tool to enhance readiness that introduces Soldiers to safe, adrenaline induced activities, offering positive alternatives to common challenges faced both after deployments and in everyday life. This program helps Soldiers discover their "new normal" while fostering effective coping strategies, cohesion, building teamwork, risk mitigation, and empowering Soldiers through high-adventure outdoor experiences.

WAQ combines existing MWR Outdoor Recreation high adventure activities (e.g. rock climbing, mountain biking, paintball, scuba, ropes courses, skiing, zip lines, white water rafting, and others) with a leader-led after action debriefing (L-LAAD) tool developed by Army Medical Department (AMEDD) center and school. By engaging in these adventures, Soldiers can combat boredom and reduce high-risk, aberrant behaviors. They’ll also connect the lessons learned during these activities to their past experiences, making the journey both enriching and transformative.

The Four Phases of the WAQ program:
 

Phase I, Leader Training, is for all SSG and above participants and teaches them how to facilitate a leader-led after action debrief (L-LAAD) in response to a significant event in an operational environment. The phase teaches these unit leaders how to utilize the same L-LAAD technique when facilitation surrounds an outdoor adventure activity.

Phase II, Soldier Training, presents to all program Soldier participants concepts like personal readiness and resilience and Combat Operational Stress Control, and how they relate to the Warrior Adventure Quest program. 

Phase III, is the outdoor adventure activity (e.g., paddling, riding, climbing, etc.) where team building is combined with challenging activity skills.

Phase IV, is the actual facilitation of the L-LAAD by the unit leaders with their unit members to realize connections between the activity they have just experienced and the challenges they may be experiencing in their daily lives.

Mandatory Unit-Level WAQ Training prior to Participating in WAQ Program (for participating Soldiers and Leaders):

WAQ Soldier Training Module (required for all Soldiers participating in WAQ events) (CAC not required)

WAQ Leader Training Module (required for unit Leaders (SSG and above) participating in WAQ events) (CAC not required)

WAQ POC's and Activities by Region

All activities are provided are based on availability, season pending, and are generally chosen by the Command. For more information regarding the actual program, your eligibility, and activity availability, please contact your local Warrior Adventure Quest representatives or Outdoor Recreation representatives at the phone number provided. Be aware that available activities may change throughout the year per location.

WAQ - Atlantic Region

All activities are provided are based on availability, season pending, and are generally chosen by the Command. For more information reference the actual program, your eligibility, and activity availability contact your local Warrior Adventure Quest representatives at the phone number provided. 

Fort Campbell
Activities:
Paintball, Challenge Couse, Trap & Skeet Shooting, Archery Tag, Biking.
 

Fort Jackson
Activities:
White Water Rafting, Go-Kart Racing, Paintball, Escape Rooms, Skeet and Trap Shooting, Top Golf, Rock Wall Climbing.
 

Fort Belvoir
Activities:
Ziplining, Mountain Biking, Rock Wall Climbing (Indoor/Outdoor), Ski/Snowboarding/Tubing, Paintball.

 

Fort Drum
Activities:
White Water Rafting, Paintball, Airsoft, Trap and Skeet, 3D Archery, Archery Tag, Skiing/Snowboarding, Hiking, Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Indoor Rock Climbing.

Fort Eisenhower
Activities:
Paintball, Kayaking, Ax Throwing, Confidence Ropes Course, Indoor Rock Climbing, Escape Room, Archery Tag, Ziplining, Go Kart Racing, Eco Tour, Golf.

Fort Gregg- Adams
Activities:
High Ropes Course, Paintball, Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Trap and Skeet.

Fort Knox
Activities:
Paintball, Zipline & High Ropes Course, Horseback Riding & Zipline/High Ropes Course, Kayaking/Canoeing, Archery Tag, Rock Climbing.

Fort Liberty
Activities:
Alpine Tower, Broom Ball, Indoor Rock Climbing, Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Paintball, Skeet/Trap Shooting, Ski Rixen, Tactical Laser Tag, The Odyssey Ropes Course / Ziplining.

Fort Novosel
Activities:
Paintball, Deep Sea Fishing, White Water Rafting, Ropes Course and Ziplining.

Fort Stewart
Activities:
Kayaking, Low Ropes Course, Mountain Biking, Paintball.

WAQ - POC's and Activities / Europe Region

All activities are provided are based on availability, season pending, and are generally chosen by the Command. For more information reference the actual program, your eligibility, and activity availability contact your local Warrior Adventure Quest representatives at the phone number provided. 

All USAG Numbers are DSN.

USAG Ansbach
Activities:
Ski/Snowboarding, Paintball (Re-Ball), Paddling, Mountain Biking, Klettersteig/Via Ferrata.

 

USAG Baumholder
Activities:
Archery Tag, Canoeing, Intro to Scuba (Summer/Winter), Mountain Biking (E-Bike), Paintball, Rock Climbing and Bouldering, Ropes Course, Skeep & Trap Team Building, Ski/Snowboarding, UTV/ATV Touring.

 

USAG Bavaria - Grafenwöehr
Activities:
Outdoor Rock Climbing, Indoor Rock Climbing, Paintball, Kletterseig, Skiing/Snowboarding, Canoe Rescue & Indoor Rock Climbing.

USAG Hohenfels
Activities:
White Water Kayaking, Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Outdoor Rock Climbing, Via Ferrata, Scuba Intro, Mountain Biking, Ski/Snowboarding, Ski Touring.

USAG Kaiserslautern
Activities:
Archery Tag, Canoeing, Intro to Scuba (Summer/Winter), Mountain Biking (E-Bike), Paintball, Rock Climbing and Bouldering, Ropes Course, Skeet & Trap Team Building, Ski/Snowboarding, UTV/ATV Touring.

 

USAG Stuttgart
Activities:
Rock Climbing, Paintball, Ski/Snowboarding, Go-Kart, Discover Scuba, Archery, High Rope Challenge Course.

Vicenza
Activities:
Caving, Paintball, Hiking, Scuba, White Water Rafting, Hydrospeed, Canyoning, Dragon Boating, Rope Course, Snowboard/Ski, Snowshoe.

USAG Wiesbaden
Activities:
Paintball, Battle Ball/Bubble Ball

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MWR Outdoor Recreation 
ODR / WAQ Facebook Page 
WAQ YouTube Channel

Contact Us
Email: WAQ Headquarters