Wargaming Is Not a Game It’s proofreading for planning, not a simulation of war.

Most wargames fail because they try to win the war in a classroom.

If it feels like competition, something is wrong.

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#MilitaryPlanning #Wargaming #MissionCommand

Evaluation Criteria: Turning Understanding Into a Decision Deciding What Matters Before Comparing Options

Most plans don’t fail because they’re infeasible. They fail because no one agreed on what actually mattered.

Evaluation criteria force that agreement early.

That clarity is what decisions rest on.

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#militaryplanning #staffwork #decisionmaking

The Strategy We Want vs. the One That Keeps Us Standing Why American planners confuse guidance for grand strategy—and what it’s costing us.

🧠 New from Napoleon’s Corporal:

The strategy we want isn’t always the one that keeps us standing.
From the Lykke Model trap to the ghost of NSC-68—why U.S. planning keeps mistaking guidance for grand strategy

#Strategy #GrandStrategy #MilitaryPlanning #DefensePolicy #Geopolitics #NapoleonsCorporal

Strategic considerations have to be taken into account: Israel 🇮🇱 may probably become crazy with such a massive operation over its air defense zone. I doubt they would shot down friendly planes loaded with food though.

#HumanitarianLogistics #Airdrop #MilitaryPlanning

2/7 Speaking after meeting with officials from 31 countries at the Northwood military base near London, Starmer firmly rejected Putin's demands for Ukrainian demilitarisation: "Putin wants a defenceless Ukraine and I think that tells you everything about why we need this planning."
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5/8 The Pentagon's 2024 climate adaptation plan—now deleted from its website—had found climate change was costing taxpayers billions, threatening supply chains, and disrupting readiness. It concluded extreme weather affects "ability to execute its mission."
#MilitaryPlanning #ClimateAdaptation

6/8 Military planners have historically rejected mixed fighter fleets as too expensive, requiring separate training regimes, infrastructure, and supply chains. The air force previously identified the F-35 as their required platform.
#CAF #MilitaryPlanning

Domestic deployments are complex to budget. Many require specific requests from law enforcement, and the Insurrection Act has strict conditions. #MilitaryPlanning