scope:

Scope and Applicability. This instruction applies to all organizations that utilize the Navy Lessons Learned Program to include fleet and type commanders, carrier and expeditionary strike groups, and afloat and ashore units that collect and submit lessons learned or port visit reports.

Purpose

 a. To establish policy and assign responsibilities for the Navy Lessons Learned Program.

b. This revision includes the changes to the program listed in subparagraphs 1b(1) through 1b(4).

(1) Expands the Navy Lessons Learned Program to more explicitly include inputs from Navy commands at all echelons.

(2) Improves the sharing of lessons and best practices from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), allied, and coalition operations.

(3) Recognizes the Joint Lessons Learned Information System (JLLIS) as the Navy system of record.

(4) Reinforces responsibility of Navy commands to contribute to accelerated learning across the Navy and to assist in meeting Navy Lessons Learned Program requirements through the designation of a command lesson manager. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.