Supporting Coast Guard Readiness with Strategic Gaming

Vanessa Wolf, Michelle D. Ziegler, Kate Anania

ResearchPublished May 22, 2025

This report provides the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) with a detailed analysis of opportunities, challenges, benefits, risks, and needs associated with developing and sustaining gaming capabilities within the service. Leveraging interviews and a review of gaming practices in other military services, the authors present a comprehensive overview of gaming, key activities and institutional planning factors, and actionable recommendations for the USCG.

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Wolf, Vanessa, Michelle D. Ziegler, and Kate Anania, Supporting Coast Guard Readiness with Strategic Gaming. Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center operated by the RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3019-4.html.
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This research was sponsored by the Office of Emerging Policy and Strategic Foresight and the U.S. Coast Guard and conducted in the Infrastructure, Immigration, and Security Operations Program of the RAND Homeland Security Research Division.

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