Van Riper also claimed that exercise officials denied him the opportunity to use his own tactics and ideas against Blue Force, and that they also ordered Red Force not to use certain weapons systems against Blue Force and even ordered the location of Red Force units to be revealed.
范裏佩爾亦聲稱演習的官員們拒絕他使用自己的戰術和想法對抗藍軍，而且他們也命令紅軍不能使用特定幾樣武器系統對抗藍軍艦隊，甚至要洩露出紅軍部隊的所在位置。