"Wargaming as a Social Science Experiment" Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Sep 2023 7:54 p.m. PST |
" In August of 2022, my supervisor at the Joint Special Operations University challenged me with an unusual task. She wanted me to find ways to embed into our courseware operational factors identified in the Department of Defense's (DoD) Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Strategic Plan and Implementation framework. Although my first thought was that we might be stepping into a political minefield, as she explained the WPS factors—looking at the operational environment (OE) via the lens of gender culture, dynamics, and perspectives—it became readily apparent that this was a facet of planning that was new and held merit.
Since special operations forces often claim the "human domain" as its operating milieu (Cleveland, 2016), gaining better and more nuanced insights into the OE was a worthy goal. Examining an OE's gender culture, dynamics, and perspectives for operational advantages and considerations was an aspect that, in 30 years of operational planning and teaching operational planning, I had never considered. As I assessed the challenge, I began a long process that would lead us to embed a social science experiment in a wargame during Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)'s Special Operations Planning Course (SOPC)…"
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Shagnasty  | 30 Sep 2023 8:29 a.m. PST |
So our military has become a "social science experiment?" |
| Tango01 | 30 Sep 2023 2:25 p.m. PST |
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