Kuznetsov Naval Academy Game \u2711

The 2011 KNA-NWC War Game was the third event in a series of college-to-college contact events agreed to during a series of talks between The President of the U.S. Naval War College and The Chief of the Kuznetsov Naval Academy in 2004 and 2005. At the conclusion of the second round of talks, on 19 October 2005, then-President of the Naval War College, RADM Jacob L. Shuford, and then-Chief of KNA, VADM Yuriy N. Sysuev, signed a Memorandum of Talks which envisioned a growing relationship between the two institutions which would include combined war games, faculty and student exchanges, and establishment of combined working groups

Kuznetsov Naval Academy Game \u2713

The 2013 NWC-KNA War Game was conducted at the Naval War College in Newport, RI from 16-20 September, 2013. The game was the fifth in the series of annual war games that had been conceived during talks between the President of the Naval War College and Chief of the Kuznetsov Naval Academy in 2005. The war game series began in 2006, continued in 2007, but was interrupted until 2011, when the game series returned to the Newport, RI location. Following a successful 2011 restart of the war game series, the Kuznetsov Naval Academy hosted the 2012 game at its campus located in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Global Title X Series \u2713: Game Overview

The 2013 Global War Game was conducted in September and brought together 72 players, 39 observers, and 19 flag officers and general officers from the joint and international community to ex- amine and refine candidate C2 systems (consisting of both organizational structure and functional process). Three candidate C2 systems were examined, consisting of a traditional model using functional component commanders, and two novel approaches developed during the C2 Options Work- shop: one based on a “Domain Commander” and another based on a “Cross-Domain Commander.

Maritime Stability Operations Game \u2711

During the period of 6-8 December 2011, the United States Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island hosted the Maritime Stability Operations Game (MSTOG). The MSTOG was developed and executed at the request of the game sponsor, the Navy Irregular Warfare Program Office (NIWO). The purpose of the MSTOG was to explore how to conduct maritime stability operations (MSTO) in order to prevent and respond to instability, thus building upon previous NIWO-sponsored efforts, such as the Irregular Challenges 2010 Game. Based on NIWO’s areas of interest and informed by this literature review, the MSTOG was structured to explore the three research areas concerning implications to (1) emerging MSTO doctrine, (2) future force structure, and (3) the overall maritime strategy relative to MSTO

Global Title X Series \u2713: Game Report

The Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO’s) annual Title 10 War Game (also known as Global) conducted at the Naval War College (NWC) has become a primary venue for exploring emerging concepts. This year’s effort is a continuation of the NWC War Gaming Department’s examination of the Air-Sea Battle (ASB) concept. The 2012 Global War Game concluded that current command and control (C2) structures at the operational level of war may be inadequate to effectively execute cross-domain operations as envisioned by the concept. While the ASB concept outlines the need to command and control ‘cross-domain operations’ which are joint, networked and integrated, no organizational structure is proposed. The concept only suggests that any suitable structure must be capable of tight, real-time coordination

Global Shipping Game \u2710

During the period 8-9 December 2010, the United States Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island hosted the Global Shipping Game (GSG). The GSG was developed and executed at the direction of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). The purpose of the GSG was to explore strategic-level implications as a result of future changes in global shipping patterns. The CNO directed the NWC to develop a game that would explore changes in economic and trade patterns within the context of two future scenarios: expansion of the Panama Canal in 2020 and increased access of commercial shipping through the Arctic by 2035. After reviewing the research literature, the GSG was honed to explore two overarching research questions based on the CNO?s areas of interest: What are the broad, strategic security implications for the United States posed by projected changes in shipping patterns as a result of the Panama Canal expansion? What are the broad, strategic security implications for the United States posed by projected changes in shipping patterns as a result of the opening of the Arctic? In addition to the two primary research questions, the GSG also examined the following two subsidiary questions: What, if any, are the impacts to U.S. security interests for failing to ratify the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Treaty based on projected changes in shipping patterns as a result of either the Panama Canal expansion or the opening of the Arctic? What challenges, if any, will expansion of the Panama Canal or the opening of the Arctic present to U.S. naval forces engaged in ensuring the free flow of goods at sea while maintaining forward global presence

Global Title X Series \u2714

At the direction of the Air Sea Battle (ASB) Office, and with the concurrence of the Chief of Naval Operations, Global ’14 continued to focus on the Air-Sea Battle (ASB) Concept. While Global ’12 looked at the war fighting implications associated with concept implementation, Global ’13 and Global ’14 examined the command and control (C2) of cross-domain operations (XDO) in future Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) environments. After evaluating the three possible C2 structures developed in Global ’13 – a functional component commander based model, a “Domain Commander” based model, and a “Cross-Domain Commander” based model – a fourth “hybridized” system was proposed using the current functional component C2 structure incorporating specific features identified during Global ’13

Inter-American War Game

The 2013 Inter-American War Game (IAWG) was hosted by the U.S. Naval War College. The IAWG is intended to provide an opportunity for professional exchange of views among maritime war colleges in the Western Hemisphere, ultimately to enhance multinational cooperation among our maritime forces. The 2013 IAWG was organized into an on-line planning phase in Feb 2013, an on- line execution phase in May 2013, and Closing Conference analysis phase in Aug 2013. IAWG countries include: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Invitations were to participate were provided to each IAWG country. Twelve countries participated in the 2013 IAWG

Navy Irregular Challenges Game \u2710

During the period 27-30 July 2010, the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island hosted the Irregular Challenges 2010 Game. The overarching purpose of the Irregular Challenges 2010 Game was to help the Navy better understand the complexity of the problems that it could face in these unstable regions in the maritime environment and to better address how it could respond. This game could help the Navy better define the choices that it needs to make with regard to how it might operate in a future environment

Maritime Domain Awareness Operational Game \u2710

The Wargaming Department of the U.S. Naval War College hosted the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Operational Game on 18-23 July, 2010. The game was sponsored by OPNAV N2/N6 on behalf of the Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Gary Roughead. The game was held in McCarty Little Hall at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. The MDA Operational Game featured 94 participants including 38 players representing 12 countries, all of which were selected based on their widely dispersed locations as well as their previous MDA and MDA-related information sharing experience. The following nations participated: Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States