Defense analysis : additional actions could enhance DOD's wargaming efforts : report to the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives / United States Government Accountability Office.
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Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2023.
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1 online resource (iii, 46 pages) : color photographs, color illustrations
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"April 2023."
"GAO-23-105351."
In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Background. -- Wargames are used widely across DOD to inform key decisions. -- DOD has not evaluated its use of internal and external wargame providers. -- DOD employs practices to ensure wargame quality, but efforts can be enhanced. -- Conclusions. -- Recommendations for executive action. -- Agency comments. -- Appendices.
Summary
Wargames are an analytic method that can provide valuable insights to complex problems and inform decisions about warfighting concepts, capabilities, and plans. DOD credits wargames with making key contributions to military planning for pivotal operations in the Pacific during World War II. In 2015, DOD began an initiative to reinvigorate wargaming in line with the strategic shift to prepare for near-peer power competition. This report examines: (1) the scope of DOD's wargaming activities; (2) DOD's use of internal and external wargame providers; and (3) the extent to which DOD ensures wargame quality. GAO is making 10 recommendations to DOD, including to assess the use of internal and external wargame providers; develop effective approaches for managing wargame data and sharing information about upcoming wargames; and evaluate the costs and benefits of developing standard wargaming education and qualifications.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed April 25, 2023).
