Hedgemony: A Wargame to Evaluate Senior Joint Professional Military Education Learning Objectives

Abstract

Abstract:The Officer Professional Military Education Policy directs Joint professional military education institutions to develop officers who demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's intent is to develop strategically minded officers who will "creatively apply military power to inform national strategy, conduct globally integrated operations, and fight under conditions of disruptive change." The wargame Hedgemony is unlike most other wargames. Its focus is on teaching defense professionals how strategies are a complex interaction between force development, force posture, and force employment. Hedgemony also provides a way in which the Marine Corps War College measures its program outcomes.