To familiarize players with current plans, policies, agreements, and procedures; develop new plans, policies, agreements, and procedures
Provide an overview of new or current plans, resources, strategies, concepts, or ideas
Achieve a specific goal or build a product (e.g., exercise objectives, SOPs, policies, or plans)
Assist senior officials in the ability to understand and assess plans, policies, procedures, and concepts
Explore decision making processes and examine the consequences of those decisions
Test and validate plans, policies, agreements, and procedures; clarify roles and responsibilities; identify resource gaps
Test a single operation or function
Test and evaluate capabilities, functions, plans, and staffs of Incident Command, Unified Command, Intel centers, or other command/operations centers
Implement and analyze plans, policies, procedures, and cooperative agreements developed in previous exercises