At this point, the exercise was suspended, Blue's ships were "re-floated", and the rules of engagement were changed; this was later justified by General Peter Pace as follows: "You kill me in the first day and I sit there for the next 13 days doing nothing, or you put me back to life and you get 13 more days' worth of experiment out of me.
此時演習被暫停了，藍軍的戰艦「浮起來」，交戰規則也改變了；彼得·佩斯（Peter Pace）將軍後來如此解釋：「你在第一天就把我殺了，然後我得在接下來的十三天坐著一旁發呆，還是說你讓我活過來，如此你就從我身上多了十三天實驗的時間。