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A new - and highly thought-provoking - essay is up on The Maneuverist! In “Wargaming at the Company Level: Assessments and Recommendations to Avoid a Wargaming Bust,” Marine Majors Matthew Tweedy and Taylor McKechnie write about an experiment they ran with the popular commercial wargame Memoir ’44 on Okinawa in the winter of 2019. (Those pictures you’ve seen in popular defense outlets of enlisted Marines rolling dice and playing wargames? That’s this tournament.) https://bit.ly/3RvddlU The majors collected over 14,000 data points and share some fascinating conclusions and recommendations about wargames as training tools. If you’re interested in wargames, decision-making, or training, this is one piece you won’t want to miss. #wargames #wargaming #decisiongames #games #simulations #decisionmaking #training #education #data #marines #marinecorps #usmc 

In the words of Naval Ravikant: 'Play iterated games. All returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.' Let's approach work as a continuous journey of growth and compound our efforts for lasting success. 🚀 #NavalRavikant #CompoundInterest #ProfessionalGrowth"

Marines are the effective military force of the FGF. They are trained for boots on the ground combat in large-scale warzones. Unlike Stormtroopers who are enhanced by a specially developed serum, the marines are mostly natural athletes that were trained to ensure they're combat capable. For more teasers for BLOODSTAR: please follow us! #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #gaming #unreal #indiegames #game #gamedevelopment #videogame #gamedesign #indie #gameart #videogame #art #cgart #gamedeveloper #indiegamedeveloper #steam #unrealengine #indiegaming #blender #pcgaming

What does freedom look like for you today? It's one of the questions we are answering here in Guam at the Freedom Rocks event on Naval Base Guam. Spinning the Wheel of Emotions and playing "All Feelings are Welcome," the Family in Focus game helping family members of all ages learn and explore emotions. (Yes, it's coming stateside this month!) Oh and freedom for me: seeing many possibilities in my personal and professional life AND recognizing the power to decide which ones work for me right now. #familyinfocus #emotions #emotionalhealth

Marines are the effective military force of the FGF. They are trained for boots on the ground combat in large-scale warzones. Unlike Stormtroopers who are enhanced by a specially developed serum, the marines are mostly natural athletes that were trained to ensure they're combat capable. For more teasers for BLOODSTAR: please follow us! #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #gaming #unreal #indiegames #game #gamedevelopment #videogame #gamedesign #indie #gameart #videogame #art #cgart #gamedeveloper #indiegamedeveloper #steam #unrealengine #indiegaming #blender #pcgaming

24 hours until the start of The Veteran Games - https://veterangames.com/ The games are set to change the tide around veteran deaths by suicide, and while we're not in Australia, we're cheering on Heston Russell and the team getting this across the line. It is by no means an easy feat to achieve! And from their website: Over the last 2 decades, more than 1,500 Australian Veterans have died by suicide; more than double the number lost in the Vietnam war and more than 25x the number of combat related deaths from Afghanistan and Iraq combined. We suspect that the statistics are likely to be similar in New Zealand, though statistics collected and shared arent detailed enough to prove this with evidence. Get behind the games, and throw your support here. https://lnkd.in/gRKpSNQT

Four ways to get lucky 1. Just wait to be lucky one day 2. Hustle, keep acting on multiple things. Just by sheer number of attempts and the variety of attempts something will click making you lucky 3. Sharpen your eye / vision for spotting luck. Keep looking on things closely enough and keenly enough to spot what others will normally miss. You may find your luck 4. Build a skill/ expertise that gets you to the top of the list in your game. Keep honing and practising to be known as the best in your game. Luck will find you ! ~ Naval Ravikant #leadershipinsights #findluck #getbetter #practicemakesperfect #100dayschallenge #spotyourluck #bethebest

Naval Special Warfare Command - Navy SEAL & SWCC Teams ..during the #DIA2024 - Summit.. ..they stated genetically modified super-soldiers.. how far the imagination of the people can stretch.. ..i suggest declassifying. we are not "re-animated".. and all people are genetically modified.. whether they are trained as soldier's, or are sooooo very proficient in the craft, to be revered as "super-soldier's" does NOT negate human rights, Diplomatic Rights and Privileges and Immunities.. ..plus, I believe they did not revelate on #cr1.. #Obvious ..don't stretch too far people. #DIPLOMATICWAR #GLOBALRESPONSE https://lnkd.in/gee2Yy-E

Pros: 1) Stunning visuals during aerial combat. 2) Intense dogfights and ground battles. 3) The learning curve encourages skill development. 4) Authentic tank models and historical accuracy. 5) Diverse maps with varying terrain. 6) Teamwork-driven gameplay. Cons: 1) Technical glitches and unfinished aspects. 2) Occasional frustration. #warthunder #game #pcgaming #pcgamer #gamers #military #simulation https://lnkd.in/g2XrbGtQ

I like #history, I like #wargaming, & I was a #Marine. What could be better than tying all those threads together? Join me & fellow #author/#wargamer/#Marine Sebastian Bae for a look back at #educational #wargaming in the #USMC, & the lessons history provides for #wargaming today: