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CONPLAN 8888: The Military's Real Zombie Defense Plan Explained
Teal Yost
April 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM EDT
The U.S. military actually wrote CONPLAN 8888, a real STRATCOM training plan using a fictional zombie apocalypse scenario to teach officers strategic planning under chaos. This operations plan walks military planners through identifying enemies, securing infrastructure, coordinating defense and offense, then restoring order to prepare them for any crisis.
Love zombie movies? Ever wonder how the military would actually handle a real zombie apocalypse? Zombies. Yep, the U.S. military actually wrote a plan for that. CONPLAN 8888 is a real U.S. STRATCOM training plan. Not a real-world order, but a fictional scenario to teach officers how to plan under chaos. Written like a serious operations plan, it walks planners through phases. Identify the enemy, secure vital infrastructure, coordinate defense and offense, then restore order. The goal? Teach officers how to plan for chaos. If you can build a plan for the undead, you can build one for any crisis. Want to learn more? Head to VeteranLife.com.