![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, much of the wargaming design, execution, and report writing is contracted outside the Department of Defense. This response, while well-intentioned, means that mid- to long-term wargame efforts are not being led as intended by the Joint Staff and Office of Net Assessment. The services continue to invest in wargaming capability and modeling and simulation that complement their specific missions, such as the Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and the Marine Corps Wargaming and Analysis Center in Quantico, Virginia.īut as the Pentagon responded to the new wargaming guidance, so too did industry and the research institutions associated with national security. The near-term line has proven to be the easiest for the DOD to execute, mainly through service entities such as the Air Force Wargaming Institute and the Naval War College, which focus on educational and service-specific wargames. The Joint Staff leads a mid-term effort, studying new capabilities and operational concepts five to 15 years out while the Office of Net Assessment leads a long-term effort focused on technology trends and competition. ![]() The first, led by the services and combatant commands, looks up to five years ahead and focuses on current concepts. ![]() In his memo, Work prescribed three lines of effort. To fix these problems and ensure unity of effort, the DOD should create a Joint Wargaming Center. But these largely uncoordinated efforts have left knowledge gaps, reflected various biases, and insufficiently addressed mid- and long-term scenarios. Services, research institutions, and industry have since responded with an explosion of wargames. Reinvigorate our wargaming efforts, then-Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work told Pentagon and military leaders in 2015. ![]()
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