General Resources
- Mallory's Modeling and Simulation Acronyms and Web Sites, 1.3 Mb, from the Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation. Well worth the download time, includes every aspect of sims and exercises, very comprehensive.
- M & S Website Directory, MSIAC "roadmap to the M & S Community on the Internet"
- Wargame Developments Network
- Web-Grognards: the site for wargames on the web
- SimCentral, "the modeling and simulation information network"
- Use of Modeling and Simulation in the Planning of Attacks on Iraqi Chemical and Biological Warfare Targets, DoD Information Paper
- The Complete Wargames Handbook, by James Dunnigan, 1992/1997, a classic overview and how-to book -- including designing wargames, history of wargames, and uses of wargames
Joint Resources
- DoDD 5000.59, DoD Modeling and Simulation Management
- US European Command (EUCOM) list of current and planned exercises
- War Gaming & Simulation Center, National Defense University
- Defense Modeling & Simulation Office (DMSO)
- M & S Website Directory, MSIAC "roadmap to the M & S Community on the Internet"
- DoD M&S Education Project, sponsored by DMSO, to "help our graduates make better decisions concerning the employment of M&S in support of their programs or activities"
- High Level Architecture (HLA), "a general purpose architecture for simulation reuse and interoperability"
- Modeling & Simulation Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) Billed as "Your one-stop-shop for Modeling and Simulation information and assistance." They have a Help Desk which will answer questions of any variety (which I have used, and they were very helpful indeed); extensive links; and a Modeling & Simulation Resource Repository.
- M&S Journal Online, from MSIAC, first issue 2 Dec 99
- M & S Community News, from MSIAC
- Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository (MSRR), from MSIAC "a DoD-wide system of M&S databases that allows a user to discover, access, and obtain M&S resources that support military operations, training, and acquisition"
- Glossary of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Terms, from MSIAC, "official glossary of modeling and simulation terminology, abbreviations, and acronyms for use throughout the Department of Defense" (Local Copy)
- M & S Link Directory, from MSIAC, "list of useful web sites for sources of M&S operational information and support to assist your planned or ongoing M&S activity"
- Joint National Test Facility home page, joint modeling and simulation, managed by BMDO
- Synthetic Theater of War (STOW)
- Joint Simulation System (JSIMS)
- WARSIM 2000
- Logistics Exercise and Simulation Directorate (LESD), of the National Simulation Center (NSC), Combat Service Support Training Simulation System (CSSTSS)
- DoD M&S Education Project, sponsored by DMSO, to "help our graduates make better decisions concerning the employment of M&S in support of their programs or activities"
- The Need for Joint Wargaming: Combining Theory and Practice, by Haffa and Patton, in Parameters, Autumn 1999
Army Resources
- Army Model & Simulation Office (AMSO)
- U.S. Army Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) "provides the Army with training devices, simulations, simulators and instrumentation for both training and testing"
- National Simulation Center (NSC), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, "provides simulation support to major military training exercises throughout the world"
- Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) at USC
- The mission of the ICT is to build a partnership among the entertainment industry, Army, and academia with the goal of creating synthetic experiences so compelling that participants react as if they are real. The result is engaging, new, immersive technologies for learning, training, and operational environments.
- Center for Strategic Leadership (CSL), at Army War College, includes wargames and simulations support of the War College
- Logistics Exercise and Simulation Directorate (LESD), of the National Simulation Center (NSC), Combat Service Support Training Simulation System (CSSTSS)
- Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL)
- Wargaming Bibliography, Army War College Library
- Army Technology, U.S. and international links, by Net Resources International
Navy and Marine Resources
- SECNAV Instruction 5200.38, Department of the Navy Modeling and Simulation Program
- Navy Modeling & Simulation Management Office (NAVMSMO)
- Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES) Institute, Naval Postgraduate School
- NewRuleSets.Project homepage, Naval War College, a series of workshops/wargames bringing divergent experts together to assess global issues that will affect U.S. national security -- with emphasis on economic issues
- Naval War College, War Gaming Department
- Marine MAGTF Staff Training Facility, Quantico
- Volume 9: Modeling and Simulation, of Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st Century Force, publ. by National Academy of Sciences - EXTENSIVE discussion of almost every aspect of DoD M & S
- Operations Research Courses at NPS, including many which address aspects of modeling and wargaming
- Links to detailed course operations research courses at NPS, including simulation and gaming courses
- Synthetic Theater of War (STOW)
- Naval Technology, U.S. and international links, by Net Resources International
Air Force Resources
- AFI 14-206, Modeling and Simulation
- AF M&S Professional Development (AFMSPD) - including virtual campus and online M&S Introductory Course
- Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (CMSA), AFIT
- AF/XPX has info on two Title X future oriented wargames -- the biennial Aerospace Future Capabilities Game, and Global Engagement -- currently done in alternating years
- Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation (AFAMS), "supporting the joint synthetic battlespace"
- Air Force Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository (MSRR)
- Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency
- CADRE, Home of AF Wargaming Institute
- Home of "Connections" annual wargame conference - military and civilian wargamers/designers
- USAFE Warrior Preparation Center (WPC)
- AF Modeling and Simulation Master Plan, by USAF/XOM, Directorate of Modeling, Simulation, & Analysis
- AFSPC Space Warfare Center (SWC)
- Wargaming Resources, listings by Air University Library, broken into many areas of interest
- Air Force Technology, U.S. and international links, by Net Resources International
Exercises
Simulations and Education
Tactical Decision Games & Sand Table Exercises
International
Organizations
Publications
- M&S Journal Online, from MSIAC, first issue 2 Dec 99
- Sample articles from 66 military history and wargaming magazines
- Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS)
- Simulation & Gaming: an International Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research
- Gamer's Realm, online newsletter on gaming
- The Complete Wargames Handbook, by James Dunnigan, 1992/1997, a classic overview and how-to book -- including designing wargames, history of wargames, and uses of wargames
Theory and Theorists
- See also psychology of terrorists, including some items regarding modeling it
- DoD Glossary of Modeling and Simulation Terms
- Game Theory.net
- Emotional Synthetic Forces (local copy)
- The objective of this research was to make the decision-making process of complex agents less predictable and more realistic, by incorporating emotional factors that affect humans.
- Agent-Based Simulation of a Marine Infantry Squad in an Urban Environment (local copy), by Aragon, Sep 2001 NPS thesis
- Agent Based Simulation as an Exploratory Tool in the Study of the Human Dimension of Combat (local copy), by Brown, Mar 2000 NPS thesis
- War Gaming - Thinking for the Future, by Lee, in Airpower Journal
- Gaming the "System of Systems", by Haffa and Patton, in Parameters, Spring 1998 - about wargaming after the Cold War
- The Art of Computer Game Design, by Chris Crawford
- The Prisoners' Dilemma, including explanation and how to use it
- Emerging Threats, Revolutionary Capabilities, and Military Transformation, by Krepinevich, Senate testimony addressing barriers to progress and other items which would need to be considered and/or modeled when looking to the future
- The Complete Wargames Handbook, by James Dunnigan, 1992/1997, a classic overview and how-to book -- including designing wargames, history of wargames, and uses of wargames
Red Teams, Red Teaming
- see also Behavioral Influences Analysis Studies, especially the research and tools pages with adversary analysis aids
UFMCS Red Team Handbook, Apr 2011 (local copy)
- Seeing Red: Creating a Red-Team Capability for the Blue Force (local copy), by Fontenot, Military Review, Sep-Oct 2005 - includes list of Red Team best practices, and a list of why Red Teams sometimes fail
- Army Red Team Leaders Course - taught by the University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies, Ft Leavenworth
- University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies (UFMCS) - TRADOC, at Fort Leavenworth
- The University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies (UFMCS) at Fort Leavenworth is an Army-directed education, research, and training initiative for Army organizations, joint organizations, and other government agencies.
- Red Teaming is a structured, iterative process, executed by highly trained, educated, and practiced team members that provides commanders an independent capability to fully explore alternatives to plans, operations, concepts, organizations, and capabilities in the context of the operational environment and from our partners’ and adversaries’ perspectives.
- UFMCS educates Red Team Leaders, Members, and Practitioners; researches best practices for Red Teaming tactics, techniques, and procedures; and develops a reach-back capability to provide commanders and staffs alternative perspectives. Graduates of Leader and Member courses receive an additional skill identifier (ASI).
- A Guide to Red Teaming, MoD, UK, Feb 2010
- Reflections from a Red Team Leader (local copy), by Craig, in Military Review, Mar-Apr 2007
- Opposing forces (OPFOR) - U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
- Human intelligence for the battlefield starts in the training base. U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command ensures that one way Soldiers realize that "every Soldier is a Sensor" is during a rotation through the combat training centers, or CTCs, where they meet the Army's world-class opposing forces, or OPFOR.
- Red Cell Analysis of Disruptive Technologies, Identification of Potential Adversary Systems, and Technologies to Disrupt U.S. Naval Operations, research project by Osmundson et al, Naval Postgraduate School
- Effectiveness of Using Red Teams to Identify Maritime Security Vulnerabilities to Terrorist Attack (local copy), by Culpepper, Naval Postgraduate School, Sep 2004
- Defense Science Board Task Force on The Role and Status of DoD Red Teaming Activities (local copy), Final Report, Sep 2003
- Red Teaming the Terrorist Threat to Preempt the Next Waves of Catastrophic Terrorism (local copy), by Sinai, from ANSER, for NDIA symposium, 12 Feb 2003
- The Immutable Nature of War, PBS, NOVA, interview with Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper
- In Millennium Challenge 2002, a $250 million war game designed to test the new technologies and concepts of transformation and network-centric warfare—in which U.S. forces are data-linked with one another as never before—Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper, former president of the Marine Corps University, was asked to command the "enemy" forces. In the first days of that mock battle, he used unconventional methods, including a preemptive attack that featured air-, sea-, and ground-launched cruise missiles to sink 16 American ships. After the American forces decided to refloat the ships and restart the game, Van Riper stepped aside from his role, contending that the rest of the game was scripted for American victory. In this interview, Van Riper explains the peril of placing too much faith in technology at the expense of a deeper understanding of the nature of war.
- A Practical Guide for Developing and Writing Military Concepts (local copy), by Schmitt, Defense Adaptive Red Team (DART), Working Paper 02-4, Dec 2002
- The “Red Team” Forging a Well-Conceived Contingency Plan, by Malone and Schaupp, in Aerospace Power Journal, Summer 2002
- Red Cell Division Overview, Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC)
- Information Design Assurance Red Team (IDART™), Sandia National Labs
- A Counterproliferation Red Team Exercise (local copy), briefing by Gardner, from SAIC, at USAF Counterproliferation Center conference
- Red Team Journal - "strategic vulnerability assessment"
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