In 2020, the Canadian military was mobilized under Operation LASER to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Wargaming was one of the tools used by senior leadership to plan and prepare for this new mission, including in providing aid to provincial health units and in developing plans for vaccine distribution.

Senior Canadian military staff are briefed on the plans for Operation LASER, April 2020.
Photo: Master Corporal True-dee McCarthy, Canadian Forces Combat Camera

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