OPERATOR CONSOLE/ ARCTIC EDGE
SYNCING SESSION
DEPENDENCY CHAIN · Operator drafts intent → Commander approves → Operator builds injects → Operator marks READY → Trainees execute
MISSION BRIEF
CRISIS · BCT · 72 HRSSCENARIO
ARCTIC EDGE
1-172 IBCT (MTN)
SUMMARY
Cold-weather brigade operations with GPS degraded and overhead surveillance limited. Tests how the staff performs when communications go dark.
PURPOSE
Defend key terrain in the high north through a period of degraded space and comms support, without exhausting the force.
END STATE
Key terrain retained; combat power preserved above 70%; alternate PACE plan proven under real conditions.
KEY TASKS
- Execute alternate PACE plan under blackout conditions.
- Preserve cold-weather combat power (fuel, water, warming).
- Cue fires without space-based PNT.
LANDAIRSPACE
OPENING INJECTS
2 SEEDED- T+00:08SPACEHIGH · S6Total PNT loss across FWD TOC
12-minute complete GPS blackout across the forward TOC; voice comms intermittent.
- T+00:35LANDMED · S4Fuel resupply frozen in place
HEMTT fuelers stalled at CCP RAVEN — additive lines gelled at -34°C.