Wargaming at the Edge of Reality: What Modern Conflict Now Demands
Wargaming is no longer a step removed from conflict. It is operating inside it.
Beyond Manpower: Applying Pipeline Modeling to Emerging Defense Challenges
This is part 3 of a 3-part series. Read the previous posts here and subscribe to get the final post when it’s published.Pipeline-based thinking applies far beyond manpower. Many defense processes—from manufacturing to maintenance to modernization—follow structured sequences where timing, capacity, and decision rules shape outcomes. This post builds on earlier discussions of manpower modeling […]
Inside the Model: How Data-Driven Manpower Tools Improve Decision Options
This is part 2 of a 3-part series. Read the previous posts here and subscribe to get the final post when it’s published. Senior leaders work in an environment where decisions about force structure, training capacity, and personnel policy carry real consequences for readiness. Manpower production modeling offers a way to see how those decisions […]
How Manpower Production Modeling Strengthens Future Force Readiness
This is part 1 of a 3-part series. Read the previous posts here and subscribe to get the final post when it’s published. Readiness depends on having the right personnel with the right skills at the right time. Yet achieving that readiness is not straightforward. Recruiting, training, assignment, retraining, advancement, and retention together form an […]
Global Reflections: Insights from the Inaugural Wargaming Conference in Poland
On October 14-15, 2025, I was privileged to attend the inaugural conference on “Wargaming as an Analytical and Training Tool in Military and Civilian Environment,” held at the General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces (AWL) in Wrocław, Poland. In some ways, the genesis of the conference itself, along with my attendance, was the […]