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Keil Gentry, Vice President for Business Affairs, left, Rebecca Johnson, provost, Marine Corps University, middle left, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Maura Hennigan, MCU President, middle, Tim Barrick, Director, Wargaming, Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare, middle right, and Luis Velazquez, Chief Technology Officer, Marine Corps Systems Command, participate in the MCU Wargaming Cloud ribbon cutting ceremony at Warner Hall on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 23, 2022. The Wargaming Cloud enables faculty and students of MCU to access a wide range of commercial and government wargaming tools using their personal devices from anywhere. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric Huynh) - Keil Gentry, Vice President for Business Affairs, left, Rebecca Johnson, provost, Marine Corps University, middle left, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Maura Hennigan, MCU President, middle, Tim Barrick, Director, Wargaming, Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare, middle right, and Luis Velazquez, Chief Technology Officer, Marine Corps Systems Command, participate in the MCU Wargaming Cloud ribbon cutting ceremony at Warner Hall on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 23, 2022. The Wargaming Cloud enables faculty and students of MCU to access a wide range of commercial and government wargaming tools using their personal devices from anywhere. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric Huynh)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Bruce Jones, the substance abuse coordinating officer with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, plans a strategy during a littoral war game on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 29, 2021. Jones is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. Using predictive analytical tools, critical decision making, and feasibility of support, students attending the Advanced Course at the SNCOA used a littoral war game to combine their diverse backgrounds and simulate various sea-based operations and strategies. - U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Bruce Jones, the substance abuse coordinating officer with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, plans a strategy during a littoral war game on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 29, 2021. Jones is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. Using predictive analytical tools, critical decision making, and feasibility of support, students attending the Advanced Course at the SNCOA used a littoral war game to combine their diverse backgrounds and simulate various sea-based operations and strategies.

Marine Corps to build innovative wargaming center - U.S. Marines play a game of Memoir 44’—a war-themed strategy board game based on historical World War II battles—on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10.

Pfc. William K. Blackwood communicates with members of his convoy during a combat convoy simulator at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 9, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion tested their combat skills and decision making as they maneuvered through a simulated desert, mimicking the possible scenarios they could encounter while in a real-life scenario. The training simulator allowed the Marines to efficiently train in a controlled environment without sacrificing safety or accuracy. Blackwood is a low altitude air defense gunner with 2nd LAAD based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. - Pfc. William K. Blackwood communicates with members of his convoy during a combat convoy simulator at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 9, 2015. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion tested their combat skills and decision making as they maneuvered through a simulated desert, mimicking the possible scenarios they could encounter while in a real-life scenario. The training simulator allowed the Marines to efficiently train in a controlled environment without sacrificing safety or accuracy. Blackwood is a low altitude air defense gunner with 2nd LAAD based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.