Warrior Adventure Quest

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:48:57 -0500

Has anyone ever participated in a Warrior Adventure Quest? If you haven't I highly recomment looking into it for your unit. It is a great program that has been in place for nearly 5 years. It is designed to be a RESET program for Soldiers to partake in activities instead of destructive behaviors. Most bases have a WAQ program, and the activities available will vary from area to area.

Some of the activities I know of are rock climbing, white water rafting, paintball, zip line, mountain biking, skiing, and scuba. There are others but Don't remember off top of my head.

The program is designed for a platoon of Soldiers to participate in the activities, and are led by trained NCOs. There is a debrief at the end of the activity, similar to an AAR but a bit different.

An NCO and I led a pilot program for our BN while I was in Korea. We did paintball and white water rafting. All the Soldiers loved the activities and wanted to do it again.

http://www.armymwr.com/recleisure/warrior_adventure_quest.aspx

Warrior Adventure Quest

Response by SPC Christopher Smith made Feb 18 at 2014 1:54 PM

SPC Christopher Smith — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:54:36 -0500

My unit in Korea, participated in paintball, it turned out to be a great success. Everyone high and low in the unit had a blast. I wouldn't say we had team building in mind, but it was a great way for some of the leaders to see how different people used their leadership skills. It showed who was willing to take orders, and who was able to give clear cut orders to help their team win. Jumiors vs Leaders in anything is always a plus as well.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 18 at 2014 2:00 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:00:15 -0500

SPC Smith just showed what imaginative leadership can come up with. It is fun and challenging and what many of our troops absolutely need. Good topic and thank you SPC Smith.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Feb 18 at 2014 2:50 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:50:02 -0500

I had a blast with the WAQ. A bunch of us in my unit took the opportunity to go paintballing, mountaineering, and scuba diving with those guys. It was great!