4 Joint, combined and virtual - a challenging wargaming exercise revealed how well students master Senior Service College knowledge and strategic planning processes and, simultaneously, how the Army War College executes a Defense leaders’ version of massive online gaming.
The Joint Land, Air, Sea, Strategic Special Program Exercise recently immersed 122 senior officers into a complex global scenario set more than 10 years into the future. The JLASS-SP capstone learning event aligned with the Joint Chiefs’ guidance for “live, virtual, constructive, and gaming methodologies with wargames and exercises involving multiple sets and repetitions to achieve primary learning outcomes.”
JLASS presented multiple, near-simultaneous global dilemmas that required coordination and collaboration across US government departments and with allies and partners. The problems ranged from competition to conflict regarding the Baltics, China and Taiwan, Iran and the Strait of Horm