1. Lieutenant Colonel Grant Chambers, CSM
The employment of constructive simulation war games during Army’s Combat Officers’ Advanced Course
Lieutenant Colonel Grant Chambers, CSM

2. What do we do at COAC? What is tactics? Who are we training?
What skill sets are important for our students?
Which of these skills are we using war games to train?
How do we use war games to train them?
What would we do differently if we could?

3. The commander’s skills
PLAN
VISUALISE
AND
UNDERSTAND
REVIEW
COMMUNICATE
EXECUTE
Consider the effects of combat on each of these skills

4. War games and COAC training objectives
Priority is executive skill
Secondary is planning
Tertiary is communication
Finally we use war games to train students capacity to review conduct.

5. How do we employ them? Deliberate decision games
Immediate decision games

6. How could we employ them differently?
Type of interface: constructive vs virtual
Duration of immersion: limited by supporting elements
Improved AAR tools: recording decision and communication for play back.