Web-Based Army Repeatable Lessons in Operational Combat (WARLOC) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781505222609)

The current generation of junior officers have spent the last ten years continuously deployed with tactical units focused on stability operations for both training and execution. This has led to a significant degradation in Major Combat Operations (MCO) planning and execution abilities at both the tactical and especially the operational-level. Faced with an unclear operating environment and a population of experienced combat vets, the senior military leaders must determine the training direction of the armed services. In a fiscally-constrained environment, web-based learning games can assist in rapidly bridging the gap between the familiar and unfamiliar at a lower cost and at increased adoption rates versus large simulations. This book describes the designing and development process of an original web-based wargame that familiarizes junior field-grade and senior company-grade officers on MCO operations at the joint level. The end state was the production of a completed paper wargame and a VASSAL module which adapted the paper version into an electronic form. Lastly, using HTML5, Javascript and mainly free-to-use tools, we created a prototype wargame that only requires a web browser for service members to play.

Author: Naval Postgraduate School
ISBN-10: 1505222605
ISBN-13: 9781505222609
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2014
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.22d