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Increment 0031 Mar 2027All workstreamsCommon

Shadow Moses mission packet

Opens the exercise with the installation mission, construction portfolio, and authority structure—without revealing later conflicts.

The situation, for each audience

Keep the trainer context out of trainee packets and read-aloud materials.

Trainee facing · Read aloud

Current situation

Shadow Moses Air Field is an aging military installation on a remote island in the Fox Archipelago, immediately south of the western Alaska Peninsula, that is being returned to full operational use. Several facilities and mission systems must be repaired, renovated, or reactivated at the same time. You are the contracting team from the 713th Contracting Squadron (713 CONS), responsible for helping the installation turn those needs into lawful, workable acquisitions and for administering the resulting contracts.

The entire exercise takes place during fiscal year 2027 (FY27). Dates on the timeline and in the handouts are part of the scenario record and should be considered when you evaluate funding, notice, schedule, and administration questions.

You will receive several requirements and inherited actions over the course of the exercise. They may appear separate, but some share facilities, work areas, schedules, personnel, or operational dependencies. For each situation, identify the issue, decide what you know, ask for the facts you still need, and explain why your proposed action is better than the available alternatives.

Trainer only · Do not issue

Facilitator context

Issue this common situation before any scenario-specific packet. It establishes the mission, portfolio, installation geography, and authority structure without revealing the physical conflicts or delayed consequences.

Trainer clue bank

Regulatory signposts

3 sources

Direct trainees to a citation when they need a narrower clue. Have them apply the contract’s actual clauses, current thresholds, local policy, and the facts before treating any signpost as dispositive.

Give initially

4 records

These establish the decision without answering the factual questions trainees should identify.

M-01

Shadow Moses Air Field reactivation brief

Establishes the mission, stakeholders, facilities, and concurrent workload.

Draft document availablePDF · 3 pages · Editable Word copy
M-04

713th Air Base Wing organization chart

Shows the wing, group, and squadron structure and locates the operational offices referenced throughout the exercise.

Draft document availablePDF · 1 page · Editable Word copy

Give only after trainee prompting

0 records

Use the prompt as a release gate; close-enough trainee questions should count when they seek the same underlying fact.

No request-only handouts at this node.