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Col. Garrett Heath

Colonel Garrett Heath leads the Studies, Analysis, and Gaming Division at the Joint Staff, which manages the Wargaming Incentive Fund and supports the Wargaming Repository. He holds degrees from West Point, the Naval Postgraduate School, and the U.S. Army War College.
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How the Joint Staff Calculated a Defense Program’s Return on Investment

As our office computed the utility of its wargaming grants and library, we learned some things that others in DoD may want to copy.

  • Oleg Svet and Col. Garrett Heath
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Better Wargaming Is Helping the US Military Navigate a Turbulent Era

Two leaders of the Joint Staff’s Studies, Analysis, and Gaming Division evaluate the two-year-old effort to increase, improve, and boost the impact of analytic wargaming.

  • Col. Garrett Heath and Oleg Svet