1. NDIA / USMC War Game 2005 Distributed Operations Welcome Aboard Brief

2. Purpose and Objectives Purpose:The purpose of the war game series is to provide education and familiarization to members of the Association concerning current issues, capabilities, and expeditionary force trends in the United States Marine Corps. Objectives: To examine the results from SV06 and the EW05 wargames, and the current status of Distributed Operations in the USMC To provide comments and recommendations

3. Rules of the game Non-attribution Fact checking offered Everybody participates Players lead Players out-brief Cell Phones on Vibrate CDROM at end of game Provided your out-briefs are ready on time

4. NDIA/USMC Wargame 2005 Space Layout and Evacuation Plan 215 Plenary & Group A 214 Group B 210 Group C Basement 2 nd Floor1 st Floor Primary Escape Secondary Escape 209 Group D

5. MCWAR MCU Staff/ HD/VIR CSC SAW BSTF Wargaming SOML Muster Reports To MCU G-1 CCE Evacuation Muster Areas

6. Game Schedule 14 June 0515June 05 Catering Setup 0700 Check-in 0730 – 0800 Game Play 0800-1115 Move 2 Bus Pickup 1130 Info Briefs / Move 0 / WkGp Organization 0800-1115 Bus Pickup 1130 Lunch 1130 – 1300 Bus-Pickup 1300 Lunch 1130 – 1300 Bus-Pickup 1300 Out Briefs Move 3 1300-1330 Game Brief to VIP’s 1330-1530 Cell Outbriefs End NLT 1600 Game Play 1300-1600 Move 1 Clean up 1600-1630 Clean up 1600-1630 Cocktails 1700 Dinner 1800

7. Game Organization Four Working Groups A, B, C, D –Group A in Room 215 –Group B in Room 214 –Group C in Room 210 –Group D in Room 209 Each Working Group will evaluate the Distributed Operations Concept and the two D.O. related wargames. There will be Four Moves –Move 0 Info briefs in Plenary –Move 1 Review and comment on the Concept and the games –Move 2 Record your list of 3 to 5 critical capability sets required to execute the DO Concept Prepare Outbrief –Move 3 Outbriefs in Plenary (20 Min Brief 10 Min Q&A)

8. Info Briefs 0800-0815 Admin, Welcome Aboard BriefBill Simpson 0815-0900 Distributed Ops Concept BriefLtCol Russell 0900-0915 Break 0915-1000 SV06 ExperimentationLtCol Carolan 1000-1030 SV06 and EW05 Wargame Briefs Bill Simpson 1030-1045 Game Mechanics BriefBill Simpson

9. Admin Phone Calls and Messages –Wargaming Div: 703-784-3276 –Fax703-784-2815 –Non-Emergency Messages posted on board Outgoing calls: Student Lounge Internet Access in Marine Corps Research Center

10. 2 nd Deck Floor Plan 215 214 210 209 Student Lounge Elevator