Wargaming Homeland Security and Army Reserve Component Issues. Center for Strategic Leadership Issue Paper, Volume 04-03, May 2003

• Main Author: Pasquarett, Michael
• Other Authors: ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Psychology; Civil Defense; Military Operations; Strategy and Tactics; *MILITARY RESERVES; *ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY); *MILITARY EXERCISES; *WAR GAMES; *HOMELAND SECURITY; TEST AND EVALUATION; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; LEADERSHIP; ARMY PERSONNEL; MISSIONS; JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES; PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY); WORKSHOPS; *NORTHCOM(NORTHERN COMMAND); *ARMY RESERVES; WAR GAME EVALUATIONS; SCE(STRATEGIC CRISIS EXERCISE); JLASS(JOINT LAND AEROSPACE AND SEA SIMULATION EXERCISE); DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; NORTHCOM
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA430597; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA430597

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. Report of a workshop on "Portraying the Army Reserve Components in Army War Games and Exercises" held in Carlisle Barracks, PA, in Sep 2002. The original document contains color images.