Presidio Endeavor 2026

Official Statements

• North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs, November 12: “Joint Force Headquarters-North Dakota hosted the National Guard Presidio Endeavor Homeland Defense Wargame at the Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck, North Dakota, Oct. 27, 2026. The wargame provides an analytical framework for Joint Force Headquarters-North Dakota to explore the complexities of employing National Guard forces under multiple authorities in the homeland. The Center for Naval Analyses is leading the development of Presidio Endeavor in coordination with National Guard Bureau J5/J8.”

• North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs, November 12: “Wargame objectives include: a. Provide an off-the-shelf analytical tool to support integrated contingency planning and the deconfliction of simultaneous requirements across federal, state, local, territorial and tribal jurisdictions in the homeland. b. Identify operational opportunities, risks and capability gaps associated with simultaneous National Guard support to Homeland Defense, force generation, civil support and power projection across Title 10, Title 32, Title 50 and State Active-Duty authorities.”

• North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs, November 12: “c. Identify agency-specific dependencies, redundancies and capability gaps during responses to multidomain threats, including cyber, kinetic and infrastructure threats. Improve information-sharing, communication and response coordination among federal, state, local, territorial and tribal agencies during gray zone and unconventional threats. Observers included Army emergency preparedness liaison officers and U.S. Northern Command personnel from South Dakota, Mississippi and Alabama.”