Schriever 2015 wargame set to begin

Release Number: 151201

12/9/2015 - 9 December 2015 -- PETERSON AFB, Colo. - Air Force Space Command will conduct the ninth Schriever Wargame at Schriever AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado starting December 11, 2015.

The Schriever Wargame, set in the year 2025, will explore critical space issues and investigate the integration activities of multiple agencies associated with space systems and services.  Schriever Wargame 2015 will include international partners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

The objectives of the Wargame will center on:  1) identifying ways to increase the resilience of space that includes our Intelligence Community, civil, commercial and Allied partners; 2) exploring how to provide optimized effects to the warfighter in support of coalition operations; and 3) examining how to apply future capabilities to protect the space enterprise in a multi-domain conflict.

The SW 15 scenario depicts a peer space and cyberspace competitor seeking to achieve strategic goals by exploiting those domains.  It will include a global scenario with the focus of effort towards the European Command (EUCOM) Area of Responsibility.  The scenario will also include a full spectrum of threats across diverse operating environments to challenge civilian and military leaders, planners and space system operators, as well as the capabilities they employ. 

The Schriever Wargame Team will conduct this Wargame on behalf of Air Force Space Command, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Approximately 200 military and civilian experts from more than 27 commands and agencies around the country, as well as from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom will participate in the Wargame.

U.S. commands and agencies participating in Schriever Wargame 2015 include: Air Force Space Command, Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Naval Fleet Cyber Command, the National Reconnaissance Office,  Executive Agent for Space Staff, Air Combat Command, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. European Command, U.S. Strategic Command, Defense Information Systems Agency, the Intelligence Community, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,  Office of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Department of State and Department of Commerce.