"Wargames as an Educational Tool" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 May 2022 9:29 p.m. PST |
"The benefits of games for military education are well documented: in the words of previous U.S. Department of Defense leadership: "Building school curriculums around wargaming might help spark innovation and inculcate the entire Joint Force with a better appreciation and understanding of trans-regional, cross-domain, multidimensional combat." New guidance (PDF) for professional military education has called out the importance of games, arguing "Curricula should leverage live, virtual, constructive, and gaming methodologies with wargames and exercises involving multiple sets and repetitions to develop deeper insight and ingenuity." Games also feature in calls to further revitalize defense education—including by applying social science approaches and illustrating new paradigms for competition…"
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 etotheipi  | 30 May 2022 4:27 p.m. PST |
That's a great article. I may be biased, since I know Liz from when she worked at Defense Acquisition University. Their group used to run wargames and board games at the Military Operations Research Society annual Symposium. |
| Tango01 | 31 May 2022 4:00 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it… Armand |
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