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Phones beat drones in PCON war-game simulation

By Contributing Writer on November 24, 2014
Jacob Stoil explains the rules of engagement to the red team at a PCON war-game simulation.

Jacob Stoil explains the rules of engagement to the red team at a PCON war-game simulation. (Photo by Karen Harpp)

Professor Jacob Stoll extended learning well beyond his classroom’s four walls when his class participated in a simulated strategic battle of quick thinking versus in-depth planning and technology at the Colgate Bewkes Center.

Two teams of students, one armed with phones and the other commanding flying drones, experienced first-hand the complexities of field operations and the role and impact of planning and discipline when embroiled in a conflict. Learn more about the innovative learning experience.


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