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Purpose

This regulation establishes policies and responsibilities for the Army Lessons Learned Program (ALLP). It provides the foundation for the Army to maximize the benefit of experiential learning to change behavior and improve readiness and lethality. The Army Lessons Learned Annual Plan (ALLAP) published by the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G - 3/5/7 provides an annual focus for the ALLP. Commanders and leaders at all levels must understand the importance of gathering, rapidly sharing, and integrating lessons (best practices and issues) to drive change. The scope of this regulation encompasses operations, training events, war games, and experiments along with all activities of the institutional force. The breadth of this regulation includes the levels of war (tactical, operational, and strategic) across the elements of decisive action (offense, defense, and stability or defense support of civil authorities). The intent is to systematically improve operations while integrating the lessons to drive change within Army concepts, doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (DOTMLPF - P).