[WarInEur] wargames

[Chuck Sutherland]

"While winning and losing is important – perhaps the most important 
thing – in civilian wargames, it is not necessarily the most important 
aspect of the military wargames. Rather, the exercise emphasis is on the 
staff planning process, orders production, reporting, and execution of 
the plan. This is not to say that the commanders, the staffs, and the 
role players do not think that winning is important. No Army or Marine 
officer likes to lose anything. However, the training may not be as 
valuable if the emphasis is on winning."


Thats a scary statement, if you don't win it won't matter how well you 
ran the logistics! Isn't Islandwana (sic) supposedly won by the Zulu 
because the Quartermaster was unwilling to give up the ammo without 
documenting where it went and to whom? Clearly a case of great 
logistical process that led to a military loss!

They need to try Operation Crusader before the poo poo the civilian 
wargames! ;)


sgminfo wrote:
> Some insightful comments here
>> http://www.strategypage.com/wargames/articles/wargame_articles_2004919231.asp
>> -|steve|-
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