09/18/2026
# # # Friday: September 11 and Preparedness
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, revealed extraordinary courage and sacrifice. They also exposed challenges involving communication, coordination, information sharing, and continuity.
Wargaming cannot recreate the human reality of such a tragedy. However, carefully designed exercises can help leaders ask difficult questions before another crisis occurs:
Who is in charge? What happens if communications fail? Where are the capability gaps? How will essential operations continue?
The purpose is not to predict the next crisis. It is to strengthen the judgment, coordination, and adaptability required to confront it.
Troika’s C. Travis Reese brings real-world expertise to Virginia Tech SPIA’s Graduate Certificate in Wargaming.
[https://spia.vt.edu/graduate/certificates/wg.html]