Earlier this summer, participants from DoD, coalition partners and other government agencies examined the Capstone Concept for Joint Operations.
I got a chance to sit down with Rear Adm. Dan Davenport who shared some of the insights from that wargame and what it means for the joint warfighter of the future.
Mr. Boyer. I would appreciate knowing what tools were used to support the wargames in May and June to evaluate future joint operations. I have read the FOREWORD to the Capstone Concept and browsed the document. It appears to me that the USJFCOM’s simulation called the Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) could substantially support the types of scenarios suggested by the Capstone Concept for Joint Operations.
Thank you in advance,
Jay Roland
Can you tell us who the 180 participants were and how they were chosen? The reason for this query is this: if the participants were “chosen,” they can skew the results of the game, causing bias and misleading information. If, on the other hand, there is a somewhat representative sample of SMEs from the organizations mentioned in the PR, then it is far more likely that the results can be considered valid.
Dr. Czarnecki,
In general, the method by which the participants were chosen was USJFCOM first identified the leadership or functional requirement and then made these requirements known to the services, combatant commands (COCOMs), and interagency and international partners who then filled the requirement. For example, we knew we needed a mix of expertise and backgrounds for the leadership of the four Blue teams. We worked with the services, COCOMs, and interagency and international partners to build an appropriate mix of expertise across warfighting domains. For the action officer level participants, USJFCOM developed an initial list of operational expertise needed based on the operational challenges the experiment was addressing. USJFCOM then presented this list at an early planning conference and refined it based on feedback from the service and COCOM reps. USJFCOM then worked with the services, COCOMs, and interagency and international partners to fill these requirements. Ultimately, the sourcing organization nominated the specific person for the requirement.