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 Five 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.

Phase II, teaches these unit leaders how to utilize the same L-LAAD technique when facilitation surrounds an outdoor adventure activity.

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

Phase V, 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 all Soldiers 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

Fort Detrick

Fort Jackson

Fort Belvoir
Activities

Mountain Biking / Paintball / Skiing-Snowboarding
 

Fort Drum
Activities

ATV / Fishing Trips / Geo-Caching / Skeet & Trap / Snowboarding / White Water Rafting
 

Fort Langley-Eustis
Activities

Hang Gliding / Lazer Tag / Paintball / Rock Wall Climbing / White Water Rafting / Zip-lining
 

Fort Eisenhower
Activities 

Banning Mills Zip-lining / Kayaking / Mountain Biking / US National White Water Center

Fort Gregg- Adams
Activities

Kayaking / Mountain Biking / Low Ropes Course / Paintball
 

Fort Knox
Activities

Canoeing / Mountain Biking / Indoor-Outdoor Rock Climbing / Kayaking / Paintball / Skiing-Snowboarding / Trap & Skeet / Wakeboarding-Waterskiing / White Water Rafting / Zip-lining
 

Fort Liberty
Activities

Alpine Tower / Broomball / Indoor Sky Diving / Ski Rixen / White Water Rafting / Ziplining

Paintball / Scuba Diving / Zip-lining
 

Fort Novosel
Activities

Deep Sea Fishing / Paintball / Rock Climbing / Wave Runners / White Water Rafting
 

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

Mountain Biking / Paintball / Snowshoeing / Ski Touring / White Water Rafting
 

USAG Baumholder
Activities

Paintball / Rock Climbing Indoor-Outdoor / Scuba Diving / Skiing-Snowboarding
 

USAG Bavaria - Grafenwöehr
Activities 
Klettersteig, paintball, high ropes, trap and skeet, wakeboarding, ski 
touring, and many more.

USAG Hohenfels
Activities

Klettersteig / Mountain Biking / Rock Climbing
 

USAG Kaiserslautern
Activities

USAG Stuttgart

Activities
Mountain Biking / Paragliding / Ropes Course / Scuba Diving / Skiing-Snowboarding / White Water Rafting

Vicenza
Activities

Extreme Sledding / Mountain Biking / Paintball / Skiing-Snowboarding

USAG Wiesbaden
Activities
Battle Ball / Bouldering / Canoeing / Climbing /  Hiking / Mountain Biking / Paintball / Rappelling / Skiing / Snowboarding /  Stand Up Paddle boarding and Rock Wall Climbing

Also Visit 
MWR Outdoor Recreation 
ODR / WAQ Facebook Page 
WAQ YouTube Channel

Contact Us
Email: WAQ Headquarters