Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned Newsletter
For those in an official capacity I urge you to obtain a userid and password at the Marine Corps Lessons Learned System. The new MCLLS web site is heads and tails better than previous efforts to disseminate lessons learned...
Also, please get involved in the lessons learned process - a lesson not shared is a lesson someone else learns the hard way.
While I have not visited the site in a while, the Center for Army Lessons Learned is worth a visit. Access requires an AKO account - but should be a painless process for those in an official capacity...
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - Dec. Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL December 05 Newsletter.
Lot's of good stuff... For those eligible for registration - highly encouraged - same, same for the Center for Army Lessons Learned...
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - Jan. Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL January 06 Newsletter.
Lot's of good stuff... For those eligible for registration - highly encouraged - same, same for the Center for Army Lessons Learned...
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - Feb. Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL January 06 Newsletter.
Lot's of good stuff... For those eligible for registration - highly encouraged - same, same for the Center for Army Lessons Learned...
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Welcome to the February 2006 issue of the Marine Corps Center For Lessons Learned (MCCLL) Newsletter.
Our goal is to inform you of the latest MCCLL developments and provide updates on lessons learned by "those who have gone before".
Note that new security features have been added to the MCCLL website. After you have logged on to our website, the first time that you attempt to access one of the documents referenced in the newsletter, you will be asked to log in again with your user ID (Note: your user ID is your complete email address) and password. We apologize for this inconvenience, but this feature is designed to ensure that unauthorized users will not be able to access uploaded documents. As long as your browser is kept open, you will not be required to log in again when you access additional documents.
Unfortunately, if you are a .com or .net user, you will not be able to access documents in our system. We hope that you find the other features of our newsletter of interest.
Among the articles in the February issue of the newsletter are:
- MarineNET Pre-Deployment Training Offerings
- Life Cycle of a Collection Effort: Detention Operations
- Hypothermia During Wounded Transport
- Seven Months in Ar Ramadi: 2d Battalion, 4th Marines
- Summary of Military Advisor Support Forum Comments
- Iraqi Center for Lessons Learned
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - March Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL March 06 Newsletter.
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Lessons for Leaders:
In the past few months, the Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned (MCCLL) has produced a number of topical papers that address issues of relevance to new leaders (as well as more experienced leaders). Five of these papers have now been compiled into a consolidated report that is offered as a resource for commanders at all levels, as well as other interested Marines. This report is scheduled to be provided to attendees at the March 2006 CMC Commanders Course.
The first three reports included in this document summarize the results of a series of MCCLL-hosted conferences conducted from late May to August 2005: the GCE Commanders Lessons Learned Conference, the Non-Commissioned Officers Lessons Learned Conference, and the CSSE Commanders Lessons Learned Conference. (Note that a report documenting the fourth conference (with ACE commanders) will be published at a later date.) The fact that the first three conference reports have been so well received by the participants was a deciding factor in their selection as the foundation for the consolidated paper.
These conference reports have been combined with two other topical papers: a report
documenting the lessons provided to MCCLL by the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines and a report summarizing the MCCLL-sponsored focused collection effort with the 3d Battalion, 4th Marines. The resulting report, “Lessons for Leaders”, a Compilation of Reports for New Commanders, is now available on our website for review and downloading.
Selected observations from Lessons for Leaders:
The “Lessons for Leaders” report includes an executive summary that provides an overview of common observations that have been noted in lessons and observations from many sources by Marines who participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Some of the observations from the summary are:
• Organization
• USMC lacks an adequate force structure to perform some missions, such as EOD, MPs, CA, and PSYOPS. Marine forces should prepare for some non-traditional missions.
• There are insufficient FACs/JTACs or Air Officers for fighting in urban operations.
• Manning
• Fleet Assistance Program (FAP) requirements during pre-deployment training impede combat
preparations.
• Units frequently do not get manned to near T/O strength until just prior to deployment.
• Orders to school and normal billet rotation patterns prevent stabilized unit leadership.
• Training
• Every Marine needs to train for combat marksmanship and weapons handling.
• Small unit leaders may require refresher training to regain MOS technical and tactical proficiency
• The Marine Corps lacks sufficient quantity and quality of urban training ranges for MOUT (Note that this deficiency is currently being remedied).
Note - Linked lessons learned and other MCCLL material is for official use only and requires registration for access.
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - April Newsletter
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - May Newsletter
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - June Newsletter
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - July Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL July 06 Newsletter.
Featured Articles
- Supporting the Lessons Learned Community
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Update: Legal Services in Support of Counterinsurgencies
- Feedback: Small Craft Company
- Sensitive Site Exploitation
- TECOM Lessons Integration Division
- MCCLL IT Team
- Interviews: (1) Commander, CJTF Horn of Africa & (2) I MEF LNO to USAID
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - August Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL August 06 Newsletter.
Featured Articles
- Emphasizing Safety
- Command Element (CE) Lessons Learned Conference
- Military Police & Non-Lethal Weapons Collection Teams
- Feedback & Update: TTECG
- MCCLL Representative to JCOA
- MCCLL Continues to Recruit
- Through the Eyes of the Company Commander
- Religious Ministries Community of Interest
- Feedback: MOEs
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - September Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL September 06 Newsletter.
Featured Articles
- Submit Your AARs to MCCLL!
- Non-Kinetic/Counterinsurgency Operations
- Lessons from MACG-28
- Lessons from RCT-8
- Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle
- Company Commander’s Corner
- Setting Conditions for Success
- Moderators for MCCLL Discussion Groups!
- MCCLL Senior Analysts
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - October Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL October 06 Newsletter.
Featured Articles
- The current status of lessons submissions to MCCLL from units deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 05-07
- A topical paper summarizing the results of an extensive collection effort that addressed military police missions, Criminal Investigation Division (CID) requirements, and detention operations in OIF.
- A topical paper with recent lessons and observations concerning electrical generation and distribution operations and associated safety concerns in OIF.
- Topical papers summarizing specific focused collection efforts with the 2nd Intelligence Battalion and with Marine Wing Support Group 27.
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - November Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL November 06 Newsletter.
From the Director
MCCLL “Quick Look” Reports One of the main categories of products developed by the Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned (MCCLL) to help disseminate information rapidly to decision makers and Marine operating forces is a concise, quick turnaround report, referred to as a “Quick Look” Report. The MCCLL Senior Analysts develop these reports rapidly, sometimes in response to specific requests from data that has already been collected. If additional insight is desired, the Quick Look report can be expanded into a more comprehensive and longer topical paper.
This edition of our monthly newsletter highlights a series of Quick Look reports that MCCLL has published within the past two months. Many of these reports are based on recent focused collection efforts conducted with specific organizations. Six of the reports resulted from an extensive data collection effort headed by our Collections and Analysis Branch Head, LtCol Mark Silvia, that was conducted in Iraq earlier this summer, while another report is based on a collection effort that Mr. James Burke, the MCCLL representative to 29 Palms, performed with the intelligence section of the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, in September. Although these Quick Look reports are not able to address any particular topic in depth, they focus on a few key points that reinforce or counter issues that have been raised.
Later in this newsletter, we feature a topical paper on communication battalion operations based on the deployment of the 8th Communication Battalion in OIF 04-06. This is an example of a report that was initially a Quick Look report that has now been expanded into a topical paper. The final Quick Look report is an example of a report prepared in response to a specific query, in this case a request from the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) for recent examples of positive news and how lessons learned are being used to improve training and readiness for the Long War. MCCLL Senior Analysts prepared a Quick Look report with several attachments to address this issue.
We hope that one or more of these reports falls into one of your own areas of interest.
Featured Articles
- MCCLL “Quick Look” Reports
- Intelligence Enhancements, 2d Bn, 7th Marines
- A Marine Company-Level Intelligence Cell
- METOC Community of Interest
- OIF 05-07 “Quick Looks”
- Regional Reconstruction Operations Center
- Tank Company Operations
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron
- Reconnaissance Battalion
- Force Reconnaissance Co
- Engineer Support Battalion
- Iraqi Successes
- Communications Battalion Operations
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - December Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL December 06 Newsletter.
Featured Articles
- MCCLL Online Surveys
- Iraqi Lessons Learned Center Community of Interest
- Distributed Operations in Afghanistan
- Company Commander’s Lessons Learned Conference
- Searching the MCCLL Repositories
- Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)
- Marine Aviation Observations and Lessons
- Contact List of MCCLL Representatives
- Civil Affairs Group Operations
Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned - January Newsletter
Posted here - MCCLL January 07 Newsletter.
Featured Articles
- MCCLL Classified Repositories
- Scout Sniper Lessons Learned Conference
- Military Working Dogs
- Reserve Augments: Setting Conditions for Success
- Needed: After Action Reports!
- Coming Soon: Infantry Battalion C2 Training
- Medical Support in a Mountainous Environment
- Needed: Standard Operating Procedures!
- Marine Aircraft Group-16
- MCCLL “Binders”Support Training Requirements
- Contractors in the Battle Space