Col. Richard “Moody" Suter founded the Warrior Preparation Center, which in 2022 was re-designated as the Headquarters USAFE-AFAFRICA Warfare Center, at Einsiedlerhof Air Station, Germany in 1983 as a first-of-its-kind simulation center to support Battle Staff training. 

Today, the UAWC is a multi-faceted organization dedicated to enhancing warfighter readiness across the European and African theaters. It is comprised of seven squadrons with distinct missions supported by two divisions. Under the Center’s direction, they host joint multinational exercises, deliver an array of education and training courses to U.S. forces, allies and partners, and deliver decision-quality data and analysis to the Commander, USAFE-AFAFRICA as a subordinate unit to USAFE-AFAFRICA Director of Operations, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration.