"Doctrine Applications/"
Doctrine Applications/
Lessons Learned
Breakout Session
6 June 2001
John Flynn

Participants
Bruce Peoples
Chuck Menges
Rick Morris
Pete Haglich
John Flynn
Mark Werner
Bob Wilhelm
Marti Hall
Fran Dougherty
Joel Gladding
Hal Hultgren
Mark Gorniak

Issues
Community of practice made up of all services
More than one community: (Learning)
Lessons learned
Doctrine
Training
Leader training
Knowledge management

Issues
Embedded, networked training may be opportunity
Higher level training and embedded training should probably be linked to some extent
Potential for linkage between field systems and schoolhouse training
Need to coordinate DAML and Advanced Distributed Learning initiative
DAML might support the concept of doctrine without borders (dynamic doctrine with auto ripple effects)

Issues
Linkages to experts or mentors may be a key resource
DAML may provide opportunity to link distributed lower-level expertise without the info having to go to the top and filter back down (peer-to-peer)
There is a large body of non-DAMLised information (explicit and non-explicit) that needs to be exploited

Way Ahead
To get started choose a mission area with common service interest and strong joint flavor – challenge problem for DAML
Close air support (first choice)
Mine – countermine
Project chosen must be unclassified

Way Ahead (more)
Construct ontologies for above starting with Joint Task List and Service Task Lists
Convert existing doctrine to XML/DAML
Add experimental, theater specific, tactics/procedures, obsolete doctrine
Add lessons learned information
Demonstrate capability to dynamically add new lessons learned
Be able to combine into an op plan, battle book
Experiment with usefulness for training/operations
What constitutes usefulness – for user/producer?
What are the applicable questions & metrics?

Way Ahead (more)
Identify some specific agents that would act as multipliers in this domain
Need capability for users to access the appropriate view based on the user’s history of use
How to take advantage of other user’s search experience (Amazon.com – when you order book – other people who ordered that book also ordered these books)
Need to couple learning/doctrine community closely with operational close air support community