[OT] AAR format

9 posts ยท Jan 2 2000 to Jan 10 2000

From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 12:08:39 -0500

Subject: [OT] AAR format

I assume the USN and other navies have their standard formats for AAR's. Can
anyone either provide a link to a training document that describes this, or
send me a summary? If it's long, send it offlist

From: Ted Arlauskas <ted@n...>

Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 23:38:27 -0800

Subject: RE: [OT] AAR format

> I assume the USN and other navies have their standard formats for

The US Army has a Graphic Training Aid (GTA) that deals with running
an AAR, GTA 8-1-2: Leader's Guide to After Action Debriefing.  You
can read it at:
http://155.217.58.58/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/gta/8-1-2/080102_top.htm

From: Jesse Casey <jessecasey@n...>

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:05:26 -0600

Subject: Re: [OT] AAR format

From: Ted Arlauskas <ted@naxera.com>
Subject: RE: [OT] AAR format
> The US Army has a Graphic Training Aid (GTA) that deals with running

see also
http://155.217.58.58/cgi-bin/atdl.dll?type=fm&type=gta&school=ANY
for listing of other FMs and GTAs

From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 20:40:53 -0500

Subject: Re: [OT] AAR format

> The US Army has a Graphic Training Aid (GTA) that deals with

This is interesting but not what I am looking for. It's for a squad or platoon
level debriefing. I want the format a naval commanding officer would use for a
formal report to his admiral after action.

From: Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@u...>

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 23:37:50 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)

Subject: Re: [OT] AAR format

> On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Jesse Casey wrote:

> From: Ted Arlauskas <ted@naxera.com>

people always seem to use that IP number for the Army Training and Doctrine
Digital Library web server; it's much prettier (not to mention
more future-proof) to call it www.adtdl.army.mil, as in:

http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/gta/8-1-2/080102_top.htm
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll?type=fm&type=gta&school=ANY

and, yes, the abbreviation for Army Training and Doctrine Digital Library is
ATDDL, not ADTDL. the army is here to shoot, not to spell.:)

tom

From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 19:30:00 -0500

Subject: Re: [OT] AAR format

> people always seem to use that IP number for the Army Training

Which is better looking but doesn't help my quest for a Naval report format.
No one has mailed me directly, either. Don't we have at least one squid in the
audience?

From: JRebori682@a...

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 22:32:44 EST

Subject: Re: [OT] AAR format

In a message dated 1/8/00 8:19:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> laserlight@quixnet.net writes:

> Which is better looking but doesn't help my quest for a Naval

Sorry, mate. But as a lowly petty officer, I never even got to see one of
those. Wish I had.

From: Sean Bayan Schoonmaker <schoon@a...>

Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 08:20:07 -0800

Subject: Re: [OT] AAR format

> Which is better looking but doesn't help my quest for a Naval

OK, I can't speak for the squidleys, but I can tell you how USMC AARs are
typically formatted. Keep in mind that there is no "written in stone" format.
This is just how it's usually done.

Also realise that this type of AAR, designed to inform a CO of problems and
potential solutions, may not be the most entertaining for FT.

AAR FORMAT

(I) General Overview of Operation (II) Overview of Positive Aspects (III)
Overview of Negative Aspects (IV) Specific Enhancement of Positive Aspects (A)
Situation 1 (B) Idea to Enhance Sit. 1 (C) Situation 2, etc. (V) Specific
Correction for Negative Aspects (A) Situation 1 (B) Idea to Correct Sit. 1 (C)
Situation 2, etc. (VI) Personal Comments Not Covered Above

See? Pretty dry, but very effective for what it was designed to do: fix
problems.

From: Roger Books <books@m...>

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:52:20 -0500 (EST)

Subject: Re: [OT] AAR format

> On 8-Jan-00 at 20:22, Laserlight (laserlight@quixnet.net) wrote:

At least one, but I was never a 0.