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Naval Services Game 2013

Game Summary
27-31 January 2014
War Gaming Department, NWC
Wargaming Division, MCWL
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Naval Board
Navy Members Marine Members
Co-Chair: Co-Chair:
-N3N5 VADM Michelle Howard -DC CD&I LtGen Kenneth Glueck, Jr.

Members:
-N9 VADM Joseph Aucoin
-N2N6 VADM Ted Branch
-N4 VADM Philip Cullom
-N8 VADM Allen Myers
Members:
-DC PP&O LtGen Ronald Bailey
-DC I&L LtGen William Faulkner
-DC P&R LtGen Glenn Walters
-DC Aviation LtGen Robert Schmidle

Secretariat:
Secretariat: Dep CD&I BGen Eric Smith
N51 RDML William McQuilkin

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War Gaming

Gaming offers a means for anticipating (not

predicting) consequences of choice
Gaming in the military has been used to generate
and study Courses of Action and to influence
decisions
Allows players to explore options and uncover
unexpected problems

Frank McHugh

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Objectives

1. Identify alternative naval force deployment

constructs to meet CCDR steady state and
crisis response requirements.
2. Explore the implications and challenges
concerning the implementation, employment
and maintenance of alternative Naval force
deployment constructs.

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Bottom Line

The analyzed results of this war game will be

contained in a report and briefed to the Naval
Board.
Additionally, the Naval Warfare Group will
distill this report to produce tangible
recommendations to the Naval Board for
follow-on actions.

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Game Overview

Secret-level
One-sided planning and seminar discussion wargame
Three independent Blue Cells tasked similarly
Players adopt perspectives of service components
and Services
2017 Blue capabilities played against real world
COCOM events: steady state and crisis response
Innovation, Outside-the-Box thinking, Paradigm Shif

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CSG & ARG/MEU Build
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(Example)
CSG Build

ARG Build MEU Build

CE

GCE

LCE

ACE

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FDC Theater Set Alpha: FDC A-1 Build

(Example)

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Pre-Constructed Alternative FDCs

Theater Set of FDCs

FDC X

Units

To start the game, players are provided with

pre-constructed theater sets of FDCs built by
the Tiger Team.

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Player Cell Activity

Refine alternate Force Deployment Constructs
Allocate forces to events
Respond to Crisis Injects
Discuss employment, implementation, and maintenance
implications and challenges

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What does that mean to me?

You are unencumbered by politics and

Give us new options
Think outside the box
Force Packaging
Activities are designed to force you to think

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Scenario / Design

Dont fight the white

But thats not realistic!!

GOOD!
*We want a plausible scenario to make you
think

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Player Cells / Rosters

Cell A RM 211/211A
Cell Alpha
Billet Name Expertise Last Name First Name Rank Cmd
CE CE/GCE CAGLE KEVIN O5 PACFLT
CSGOPS CAG/DCAG COFFMAN MARK O5 NWDC
PHIBRON PHIBRON GILFILLAN THOMAS O4 CPR8
DESRON/AEGIS AEGISTLAMSWOAAW BUCKLEY MICHAEL O3 SURFLANT
SUB/ASW SUB/ASW REGNIER ERIC O3 NWDC
NECC NECC MURIANO DEAN O5 COMNECC
ACE WINGSTAFF MURPHY MARK O4 HQMCAVN
GCE MEFSTAFF LASATER SHELBY CWO5 TBS
LCE MEFSTAFF ORTIZ JUAN O5 I&L
MPSRON LOGISTICS NIEWENHOUS SIEBRANDTH O5 PP&OPOE
ETHNOGRAPHER LOR JANELLE CIV MCWL

Facilitator- Prof Terry Mahoney

Technographers:
CDR McCauley
CDR Wilson
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Player Cells / Rosters

Cell B RM 207/207A
Cell Bravo
Billet Name Expertise Last Name First Name Rank Cmd
CE CE/GCE PITCHFORD RICH O5 PP&OPOE
CSGOPS CAG/DCAG LUCAS JAMES O4 VFA-41
PHIBRON PHIBRON HARRINGTON EDWARD O6 ESG-3

DESRON/AEGIS AEGISTLAMSWOAAW WOOD IAN O5 ATGPNW

SUB/ASW SUB/ASW GROGAN DAVID O4 SUBRON4

NECC NECC HOWARD WESLEY O3 NECCPAC
ACE WINGSTAFF SCHREINER DAVIDA"FEZ" O4 HQMCAVNAPP
GCE MEFSTAFF JACKSON ROBERT O6 ELLIS

LCE MEFSTAFF ARANTZ CHRISTOPHERA O6 I&L

MPSRON LOGISTICS WARE STEVE O5 MARFORCOM

Facilitator- John Caldwell, Col USMC (Ret)

Technographers:
CDR McCauley
CDR Wilson
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Player Cells / Rosters

Cell C RM 236/237A
Total Blue Cell Charlie
Billet Name Expertise Name First Name Rank Cmd
CE CE/GCE ADAMIEC DAVID O5 IIIMEF
CSGOPS CAG/DCAG HARDEGAN ROBERT O6 AIRLANT
PHIBRON PHIBRON ERIKSEN DAVID O5 NWDC
DESRON/AEGIS AEGISTLAMSWOAAW BOTE MARK O3 NWDC

SUB/ASW SUB/ASW SUKOLS NATE O5 COMSUBPAC

NECC NECC MCDUFFIE DAVID O6 NWDC

ACE WINGSTAFF CROUSORE DEREKM"CRUISER" O4 PP&OPOE

GCE MEFSTAFF DICKEY STUARTL O6 MARFORCOM

LCE MEFSTAFF MURCHISON MIKE O5 I&L

MPSRON LOGISTICS MIAGANY RICARDO O5 P&R

Facilitator- Pete Pellegrino

Technographers:
LCDR Reynolds
Mr McCoy
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Observers

*Mr. John Berry *CAPT Twig LaBranche

Col Michael Cancellier
*Col Apollo Creed
Col Jethro Cryer
LtCol Andy Drake
*Prof. Dave Fuquea
*Mr. Robert Gardner
Mr. Vince Goulding
Mr. Nick Linkowitz
Mr. Dave Lumsden
Mr. Tom McKenna
LtCol Randy Risher
*CAPT Erik Ross
*Mr. Jonathan Will
* Indicates Tiger Team

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Way Ahead

Game results and take-aways analyzed by War

Gaming Staffs
Report to be issued and briefed late March
Recommendations from Naval Warfare Group to
Naval Board
Follow-on activities
Global
EW
NSG-14
Additional Naval Board direction
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