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MARADMIN 484/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG TECOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2013 MARINE CORPS LESSONS LEARNED COLLECTION CAMPAIGN PLAN//
REF/A/MCO/MCO 3504.1/DC CDI/31 JUL 2006//
AMPN/REFERENCE (REF) A IS MCO 3504.1 THE MARINE CORPS LESSONS LEARNED PROGRAM (MCLLP) AND THE MARINE CORPS CENTER FOR LESSONS LEARNED (MCCLL) DATED 31 JUL 2006.//
POC/MR C. H. SONNTAG/CIV/DIRECTOR/MCCLL/TECOM/QUANTICO VA/TEL/DSN: 312-378-1285 OR COMM: 703-432-1285/EMAIL: CHRISTOPHER.SONNTAG(AT)USMC.MIL//
POC/MR M. A. SILVIA/CIV/OPERATIONS PRODUCTION MANAGER/MCCLL/MSTPD/ TECOM/QUANTICO VA/TEL/DSN: 312-378-1284 OR COMM: 703-432-1284/EMAIL: MARK.A.SILVIA(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  PER THE REFERENCE, THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES THE FY13 MARINE CORPS LESSONS LEARNED COLLECTION CAMPAIGN PLAN.  THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MARINE CORPS CENTER FOR LESSONS LEARNED (MCCLL) PROGRAM ANALYSTS EMBEDDED IN THE OPERATING FORCES, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF A DATA CALL FOR LESSONS LEARNED COLLECTION TOPICS.  THE TOPICS SELECTED WERE CONSIDERED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO PROVIDE ACTIONABLE INFORMATION AND, AS APPLICABLE, TO INFLUENCE CHANGE IN OPERATIONAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES (TTPS), AND/OR BE INFORMATIVE TO ADVOCATES AND DOTMLPF STAKEHOLDERS FOR RESOURCE APPLICATION DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS.
2.  THIS CAMPAIGN PLAN PROVIDES A BASELINE FOR MCCLL FY13 COLLECTION EXECUTION AND WILL BE MODIFIED AS REQUIRED BASED ON EMERGING ISSUES (E.G., DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS) AND INPUT FROM HQMC, OPERATING FORCES AND SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT.  FOR EACH COLLECTION EFFORT, MCCLL WILL COORDINATE A FEASIBILITY OF SUPPORT REQUEST WITH THOSE COMMANDS/UNITS AND THEIR MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND DIRECTLY IMPACTED.
3.  MCCLL FORMAL FY13 COLLECTIONS INCLUDE (PRIMARY COMMAND IMPACTED AND SCHEDULING IN PARENTHESIS):
A.  COMMAND ELEMENT (CE): 
(1) KEEN SWORD 2013 AND MARFORPAC THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION EXERCISES (MARFORPAC, III MEF: Q1).
(2) VIRTUAL SUPPORT OF THE MAGTF: INTELLIGENCE REACHBACK TO I MEF (I MEF, I MEF (FWD): Q1).
(3) SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE EFFORTS IN OEF (I MEF (FWD): Q2).
(4) MEU OPERATIONS (15TH MEU: Q3).
(5) COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME (C-TOC): MARFORSOUTH/JIATF-S (II MEF/MARFORSOUTH: Q3).
B.  GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT (GCE):     
(1) REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 6 (RCT-6) LESSONS LEARNED CONFERENCE (6TH MARINE REGIMENT, MCTOG: Q1).
(2) UNIT DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM (UDP): 2D BATTALION, 3D MARINES (2/3: Q1).
(3) INFANTRY BATTALION OPERATIONS IN OEF: 3RD BATTALION, 9TH MARINES (3/9: Q3).
(4)RESERVE SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE TRAINING TEAM SUPPORT TO COMBATANT COMMANDERS (4TH MARINE DIVISION: Q4).
C.  AVIATION COMBAT ELEMENT (ACE):
(1) MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON OPERATIONS IN OEF: MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 372 (MWSS-372) (MWSS-372: Q3).
(2) 1ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE (EXERCISE DAWN BLITZ 13.1/13.2) (1ST MEB: Q3).
(3) MARINE TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE SQUADRON (VMAQ) UNIT DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM OPERATIONS (VMAQ 3, VMAQ 4: Q4).
D.  LOGISTICS COMBAT ELEMENT (LCE): 
(1) OEF REDEPLOYMENT, RETROGRADE, RESET AND RECONSTITUTION (R4) (RC-SW: Q1).
(2) DRAWDOWN: CLR/CLB TRANSITION IN OEF (CLB-2: Q2).
(3) EXERCISE SSANG YONG 2013: JOINT LOGISTICS OVER-THE-SHORE (JLOTS) (III MEF Q3).   
4.  MCCLL PUBLISHES LESSONS LEARNED REPORTS AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE COLLECTION EFFORT.
5.  THE FY-13 LESSONS LEARNED COLLECTION CAMPAIGN PLAN ALSO INCLUDES THE PERIODIC PUBLICATION OF MAGTF ELEMENT TRENDS REPORTS AS A RESULT OF UNIT AFTER ACTION REPORTS AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT SUBMISSIONS TO THE LESSONS LEARNED DATABASE.  UNIT GENERATED AFTER ACTION REPORTS (AARS) FROM OPERATIONS AND EXERCISES ARE AN IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE MARINE CORPS LESSONS LEARNED PROGRAM.  CONSEQUENTLY, SUBMISSION OF AARS TO MCCLL SO THEY CAN BE ARCHIVED AND MADE AVAILABLE ACROSS THE MARINE CORPS IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.  
6.  ADDITIONAL MCCLL PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE THE WEEKLY "OPERATIONS AND INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY: AFGHANISTAN EDITION" (CLASSIFIED AND ON MCCLL'S SIPR WEBSITE), THE "WEEKLY NEW DATA ROLLUP," A COMPILATION OF NEW DATA POSTED TO MCCLL'S DATA REPOSITORY DURING THE PRECEEDING WEEK, AND THE "MONTHLY NEWSLETTER," AN OPEN SOURCE/UNCLASSIFIED PUBLICATION CONTAINING HIGHLIGHTS (WITH HYPERLINKS TO MCCLL'S NIPR WEBSITE) OF REPORTS/HANDBOOKS/PME BOOK REVIEWS AND PERTINENT INFORMATION.
7.  THE MARINE CORPS FY13 LESSONS LEARNED COLLECTION CAMPAIGN PLAN WITH AMPLIFYING INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING ON A LINK FOUND ON THE MCCLL NIPR WEBSITE HOMEPAGE UNDER THE "REFERENCE MENU."  PREVIOUS MCCLL REPORTS, LESSONS AND AFTER ACTION MATERIAL ARE ARCHIVED AND MAY BE VIEWED BY REGISTERING AND ACCESSING THE MCCLL WEBSITES AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.MCCLL.USMC.MIL FOR NIPR AND HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.MCCLL.USMC.SMIL.MIL FOR SIPR.
8.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
9.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN THOMAS M. MURRAY, COMMANDING GENERAL, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND.//