Yama Sakura - Real versus Notional
Alright, alright, alright...
I almost want to say here we go again. In the information domain, Army
info experts play two sides during an exercise. One side is the notional or
game play of the exercise and the other side is the real world information
that gets onto TV sets and in newspapers across the world. So what do you
think? What is more important (from an info standpoint)- playing the game or covering the game?
Realistically we are supposed to be able to do both however, nothing is
perfect and one side always seems to be sacrificed. I often tend to
think that covering the game is more important. While it's not pure training,
by doing our jobs every day and getting news coverage of the event, we are
getting real work done and training for future events. It's like the
same argument of a guy who builds houses. As the guy is building the house,
he is inevitably learning lessons which he will apply to future jobs.
A long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away I was in the medical field in
the Army. I used to run into this same dilemma - do I use my aid bag full of
bandages and cool medical stuff to treat imaginary wounds for training
or do I save my supplies in case someone really got hurt during the
training? There is an easier case for life and limb as opposed to info gathering
and so we saved our supplies.
I guess someone could just tell me what is more important and then I
wouldn't have to get this philosophical but it may not be a question I
want to ask or guidance someone wants to give. If we can never have a perfect
balance between notional role-play and real world, maybe there is no
answer in reality or notionally.
Alright, alright, alright...
MSG Goose
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