Tactical Wargaming After H-hour: An Unstructured Mental Process.

摘要

This monograph investigates the suitability of the Wass de Czege Combat Power Model as a framework for thought in which the military decision-making process--specifically the critical steps of wargaming--can occur at the tactical level of war. The model can assist the decision-maker in understanding how to apply combat power, and it can further function as an analytical tool, especially in time-constrained situations. The monograph first discusses the historical development of the estimate process, leading to what is currently used in the US Army today. Included in this is a discussion of when the concept of wargaming first appeared in doctrine and how the wargaming methodology evolved-to its present format. A description of the military decision-making process in use today follows, with emphasis on its inadequacies in time-critical situations at the lower tactical levels of warfighting. Next is a description of the recoganition-primed decision-making theory developed by Gary A. Klein and associates and how this theory accurately delineates the process by which decision-makers, especially military leaders, make and assess decisions. Tactical wargaming, Recognition-primed decision-making, Decision-making process, Wass de Cze and e Combat Power Model.