Wargaming Homeland Security and Army Reserve Component Issues. Center for Strategic Leadership Issue Paper, Volume 04-03, May 2003
Abstract
This paper documents issues identified with the current missions and structures of the Army Reserve Components and of Northern Command's (NORTHCOM) homeland security missions through the prism of two senior service college war games: the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Crisis Exercise (SCE), and the Joint Land, Aerospace and Sea Simulation (JLASS) Exercise. In September 2002, as part of the preparation to more accurately portray the Army Reserve Component and associated NORTHCOM homeland security issues within these exercises, the U.S. Army War College conducted a workshop entitled "Portraying the Army Reserve Components in Army War Games and Exercises." This workshop brought together high-level and senior service college war gamers and members of the Army Guard and Army Reserve leadership to examine how the Reserve Component is portrayed in Army war games and exercises and to ensure that exercises correctly present Reserve Component roles and missions. Although the result of this workshop led to many improvements, the accuate portrayal of Reserve Component forces remains a continuing effort so that the portrayal stays current with their evolving readiness posture. This paper presents information on the workshop in the following sections: Homeland Security Play in Wargaming, Priorities: Homeland Security versus International Defense, A Role for NORTHCOM?, Initial Game Findings, and Recommendations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA430597
Entities
People
- Michael Pasquarett
Organizations
- United States Army War College