text: Appendix F
  post exercise physically replicates actual operational distances between command posts and systems as much
  as practical.
  F-5. During a command post exercise, operations are continuous and use all organic and supporting
  communications equipment. Commanders practice combined arms integration, tactical movement,
  emplacement, and displacement of command posts. Each headquarters practice survivability operations such
  as dispersion, camouflage, and security based on the flow and demands of the tactical scenario. Command
  post exercises also train and evaluate staff battle task proficiency.
  COMMUNICATIONS EXERCISE
  F-6. A communications exercise (known as COMMEX) is an exercise to employ and test communications
  equipment and to train commanders and staffs, communications personnel, and small-unit leaders in
  command, control, and communications (known as C3) procedures. The communications exercise stresses
  communications discipline, traffic flow, and the proper selection of message precedence and communications
  means. It often employs reduced distances between communications nodes.
  DEPLOYMENT EXERCISE
  F-7. A deployment exercise (known as DEPEX) is an exercise to train tasks and procedures for deploying
  Soldiers and units from home stations or installations to potential areas of employment. It includes the
  participation of associated installation support agencies. See also paragraph F-8 for emergency deployment
  readiness exercises.
  EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT READINESS EXERCISE
  F-8. An emergency deployment readiness exercise (known as EDRE) is a minimum-notice exercise to test
  unit deployment capabilities for contingency operations. Emergency deployment readiness exercises are
  conducted at the company level or higher. Commanders vary the scope and complexity of emergency
  deployment readiness exercises based on mission, time, resources, and training objectives. One option is a
  full-scale exercise. In it, units move deployable equipment to staging areas and load equipment and personnel
  aboard air, rail, or sea transport (these are often simulated using installation resources like railheads and
  aircraft mock-ups).
  F-9. Another option is for no equipment to move. Instead, personnel report to designated locations for
  coordination and for any necessary activities short of moving equipment. Deployment procedures are also
  exercised with facilities that simulate deployment processing agencies. For example, medical personnel and
  transportation stations as required by the scenario may be set up in a large gymnasium. Designated personnel
  representing the deploying unit and participating agencies report to the proper station to coordinate activities.
  In such environments, emergency deployment readiness exercises are conducted like map exercises using
  operational scenarios, maps, and appropriate tactical sketches.
  EXTERNAL EVALUATION
  F-10. External evaluations (known as EXEVALs) are scenario-driven evaluations of a unit’s training
  proficiency conducted by leaders from outside the evaluated unit’s chain of command. The commander two
  levels above the evaluated unit directs and resources the external evaluation. External evaluations include all
  organic and attached personnel and units at the echelon of evaluation. (See appendix H for more on external
  evaluations.)
  FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE
  F-11. Field training exercises (known as FTXs) are task-based simulated, tactical operations in a live-field
  environment against an actual or simulated opposing force. They exercise entire echelons (platoon, company,
  battalion, or brigade) to include all organic and attached personnel and units. Field training exercises are
  resource-intense exercises that rely on detailed planning, coordination, and execution.