NDU-INSS-CASL
260 5th Ave,
Bldg 64 Abraham Lincoln Hall
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Washington, DC 20319

Commercial telephone:
202-685-2400
Commercial fax:
202-685-4272
DSN Prefix: 325

E-Mail: NSGC-webmail@ndu.edu

CENTER FOR APPLIED STRATEGIC LEARNING

Welcome to the Center for Applied Strategic Learning! CASL is part of NDU’s Institute for National Strategic Studies. We design and execute strategic table top simulation exercises on a variety of regional and functional issues. Our analytical teams write reports and course of action options from these events. Our varied audiences include National Defense University faculty and students, interagency community partners, the United States Congress and numerous outreach stakeholders.

The Strategy and Operations Division, headed by Steve Goodwin, has conducted many exercises for the component colleges of National Defense University, several Combatant Commands and partnered extensively with other Federal departments. This division emphasizes exercises as vehicles for experiential learning.

Col Lou Ortiz directs the Policy Division which includes the Strategic Policy Forum, our series of national security and homeland defense exercises for Member of Congress and senior Executive branch officials. SPF constitutes its core, but the policy division also conducts exercises for other policy makers, stakeholders and analysts across government on a variety of strategic security topics and plans to expand this capacity. Much more information about SPF can be found here: Click here

The design and execution of simulations is our primary competence, but we also employ many subject matter experts and researchers. Our capabilities include a virtual Exercise Lessons Learned and Analysis program, which writes about the methodology of simulation design as well as lessons extracted from particular exercises. We plan to launch a publically open seminar series on these issues in the summer of 2009. Dr. Margaret McCown serves as a point of contact for the Exercise Lessons Learned and Analysis R&D effort. Additional information about our Exercise Lessons Learned and Analysis program can be found here: Click here.