1. UNCLASSIFIED Naval Services Game 2013 Game Summary 27-31 January 2014 War Gaming Department, NWC Wargaming Division, MCWL

2. UNCLASSIFIED Naval Board 2 Marine Members Co-Chair: -DC CD&I LtGen Kenneth Glueck, Jr. Members: -DC PP&O LtGen Ronald Bailey -DC I&L LtGen William Faulkner -DC P&R LtGen Glenn Walters -DC Aviation LtGen Robert Schmidle Secretariat: Dep CD&I BGen Eric Smith Navy Members Co-Chair: -N3N5 VADM Michelle Howard Members: -N9 VADM Joseph Aucoin -N2N6 VADM Ted Branch -N4 VADM Philip Cullom -N8 VADM Allen Myers Secretariat: N51 RDML William McQuilkin

3. UNCLASSIFIED Problem Statement Due to capacity limitations, traditional forward deployed naval forces are employed differently than they are formed and trained, impeding their ability to support crisis response. These forces will now face austerity measures that will further challenge their ability to conduct steady state and crisis response operations. Briefed to Naval Board 27 FEB, 2013. 3

4. UNCLASSIFIED War Gaming 4 Gaming offers a means for anticipating (not predicting) consequences of choice Gaming in the military has been used to generate and study Courses of Action and to influence decisions Allows players to explore options and uncover unexpected problems Frank McHugh

5. UNCLASSIFIED Objectives 1.Identify alternative naval force deployment constructs to meet CCDR steady state and crisis response requirements. 2.Explore the implications and challenges concerning the implementation, employment and maintenance of alternative Naval force deployment constructs. 5

6. UNCLASSIFIED Bottom Line The analyzed results of this war game will be contained in a report and briefed to the Naval Board. Additionally, the Naval Warfare Group will distill this report to produce tangible recommendations to the Naval Board for follow-on actions. 6

7. UNCLASSIFIED Game Overview Secret-level One-sided planning and seminar discussion wargame Three independent Blue Cells tasked similarly Players adopt perspectives of service components and Services 2017 Blue capabilities played against real world COCOM events: steady state and crisis response Innovation, Outside-the-Box thinking, Paradigm Shift 7

8. UNCLASSIFIED CSG & ARG/MEU Build (Example) 8 ARG BuildMEU Build CE ACE GCE LCE CSG Build

9. UNCLASSIFIED FDC Theater Set Alpha: FDC A-1 Build (Example)

10. UNCLASSIFIED Pre-Constructed Alternative FDCs FDC “X” Units Theater Set of FDCs To start the game, players are provided with pre-constructed theater sets of FDCs built by the Tiger Team.

11. UNCLASSIFIED Player Cell Activity Refine alternate Force Deployment Constructs Allocate forces to events Respond to Crisis Injects Discuss employment, implementation, and maintenance implications and challenges 11

12. UNCLASSIFIED What does that mean to me? You are unencumbered by politics and Give us new options Think outside the box Force Packaging Activities are designed to force you to think 12

13. UNCLASSIFIED Scenario / Design Don’t fight the “white” “But that’s not realistic!!” GOOD! *We want a plausible scenario to make you think… 13

14. UNCLASSIFIED Player Cells / Rosters 14 Cell A – RM 211/211A Facilitator- Prof Terry Mahoney Technographers: CDR McCauley CDR Wilson Cell Alpha Billet NameExpertiseLast NameFirst NameRankCmd CECE/GCECAGLEKEVINO5PACFLT CSG OPSCAG/DCAGCOFFMANMARKO5NWDC PHIBRON GILFILLANTHOMASO4CPR 8 DESRON/AEGISAEGIS TLAM SWO AAWBUCKLEYMICHAELO3SURFLANT SUB/ASW REGNIERERICO3NWDC NECC MURIANODEANO5COMNECC ACEWING STAFFMURPHYMARKO4HQMC AVN GCEMEF STAFFLASATERSHELBYCWO5TBS LCEMEF STAFFORTIZJUANO5I&L MPSRONLOGISTICSNIEWENHOUSSIEBRANDT HO5PP&O POE ETHNOGRAPHER LORJANELLECIVMCWL

15. UNCLASSIFIED Player Cells / Rosters 15 Cell B – RM 207/207A Facilitator- John Caldwell, Col USMC (Ret) Technographers: CDR McCauley CDR Wilson Cell Bravo Billet NameExpertiseLast NameFirst NameRankCmd CECE/GCEPITCHFORDRICHO5PP&O POE CSG OPSCAG/DCAGLUCASJAMESO4VFA-41 PHIBRON HARRINGTONEDWARDO6ESG-3 DESRON/AEGISAEGIS TLAM SWO AAWWOODIANO5ATGPNW SUB/ASW GROGANDAVIDO4SUBRON 4 NECC HOWARDWESLEYO3NECCPAC ACEWING STAFFSCHREINERDAVID A "FEZ"O4HQMC AVN APP GCEMEF STAFFJACKSONROBERTO6ELLIS LCEMEF STAFFARANTZCHRISTOPHER AO6I&L MPSRONLOGISTICSWARESTEVEO5MARFORCOM

16. UNCLASSIFIED Player Cells / Rosters 16 Cell C – RM 236/237A Facilitator- Pete Pellegrino Technographers: LCDR Reynolds Mr McCoy Total Blue Cell Charlie Billet NameExpertiseNameFirst NameRankCmd CECE/GCEADAMIECDAVIDO5III MEF CSG OPSCAG/DCAGHARDEGANROBERTO6AIRLANT PHIBRON ERIKSENDAVIDO5NWDC DESRON/AEGISAEGIS TLAM SWO AAWBOTEMARKO3NWDC SUB/ASW SUKOLSNATEO5COMSUBPAC NECC MCDUFFIEDAVIDO6NWDC ACEWING STAFFCROUSOREDEREK M "CRUISER"O4PP&O POE GCEMEF STAFFDICKEYSTUART LO6MARFORCOM LCEMEF STAFFMURCHISONMIKEO5I&L MPSRONLOGISTICSMIAGANYRICARDOO5P&R

17. UNCLASSIFIED Observers 17 *CAPT “Twig” LaBranche Mr. Nick Linkowitz Mr. Dave Lumsden Mr. Tom McKenna LtCol Randy Risher *CAPT Erik Ross *Mr. Jonathan Will *Mr. John Berry Col Michael Cancellier *Col “Apollo” Creed Col “Jethro” Cryer LtCol Andy Drake *Prof. Dave Fuquea *Mr. Robert Gardner Mr. Vince Goulding * Indicates Tiger Team

18. UNCLASSIFIED Way Ahead Game results and take-aways analyzed by War Gaming Staffs Report to be issued and briefed late March Recommendations from Naval Warfare Group to Naval Board Follow-on activities – Global – EW – NSG-14 – Additional Naval Board direction 18