 A muggy summer night in the skies of Louisiana, 500 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division launched an unprecedented high-tech attack against a future enemy in a future battle space and ushered in a new era in army experimentation, joint contingency force, advanced warfighting experiment, a critical milestone in the ongoing army experimental campaign plan. This was not an exercise. It was a real-time combat laboratory pitting unit against unit, soldier against soldier, in a highly intense and digitally advanced warfighting. The JCFAWE included warfighters and equipment from all four services, pushing the technological boundaries like never before in the unpredictable chaos of battle. Elements from the Army's 18th Airborne Corps, three corps, and special operations forces worked closely with US naval, air, and marine forces in a synchronized fight against a world-class opposing force. Warfighting experiment had three overarching objectives. First, to improve situational awareness and command and control of joint forces through digitization, enhanced communications, and joint interoperability of systems, processes, and procedures. Second, enhance the JCFAWE to execute military operations in urban terrain, or mount, and complex terrain. Enhance the JCFAWE to plan and conduct early entry and forced entry combat operations. The JCFAWE set out to achieve these objectives by executing four main fights during the experiment, the Brigade Digital Fight, a rollout event for the Digital Army Battle Command Systems. These systems are designed to enhance interoperability from the division down to the individual soldier, a truly forward and total force situational awareness. The in-route mission planning and rehearsal system, a complex area network between aircraft and route to a theater of operations, their support elements, and their organic headquarters. While in route, a commander would use this unique technology to receive a new or modified mission, re-plan the mission, coordinate the new plan, and rehearse the new plan without missing a beat. Land Warrior is an advanced close combat integrated system designed to enhance the infantryman's ability to shoot, survive, move, communicate, and remain tactically aware at all times. Joint integration is an ongoing effort between all of the services, featuring Millennium Challenge 2000, a series of planning experiments examining joint deployment process improvement, precision engagement, information dominance, and command and control. Data and analysis gathered from the JCFAWE will be fed back into the developmental process, saving time and cutting costs by reducing the Army's development cycle. Based on these results, the Army will either discard the system, investigate further, or actually purchase the system for rapid fielding. This streamline process renders a big return on investment, putting the best year in the hands of the best soldiers. Ultimately, the JCFAWE will pave the way for a more mobile, lethal, survival, and responsive joint contingency force capable of generating over matching combat power throughout the full spectrum of combat. The experiment is already influencing the Army's overall transformation efforts by providing detailed assessments on nearly 50 technological initiatives and 30 core digital systems. Conclusive results from the JCFAWE will continue to redefine Army transformation and lay the groundwork for accelerated developments well into the future. The Joint Contingency Force Advanced Warfighting Experiment, the infantry fight will never be the same.