FOREWORD
Welcome to the July 2015 special edition of the Stability Operations Lessons
Learned and Information Management System (SOLLIMS) Lessons Learned
“Sampler” – Cross-Cutting Guidelines for Stability Operations.
The general structure of the “Sampler” includes (1) an Introduction that
provides an operational or doctrinal perspective for the content, (2) the Sampler
“Quick Look” that provides a short description of the topics included within the
Sampler and a link to the full text, (3) the primary, topic-focused Stability
Operations (SO)-related Lessons Learned Report, and (4) links to additional
reports and other references that are either related to the “focus” topic or that
address current, real-world, SO-related challenges.
This lessons-learned compendium contains just a sample – thus the title of
“Sampler” – of the observations, insights, and lessons related to Cross-Cutting
Guidelines for Stability Operations available in the SOLLIMS data repository.
These lessons are worth sharing with military commanders and their staffs, as
well as with civilian practitioners having a Stability Operations-related mission /
function – those currently deployed on stability operations, those planning to
deploy, the institutional Army, the Joint community, policy-makers, and other
international civilian and military leaders at the national and theater level.
Lesson Format. Each lesson is provided in the following standard format:
- Title/Topic
- Observation
- Discussion
- Recommendation
- Implications (optional)
- Event Description
The “Event Description” section provides context in that it identifies the source
or event from which the lesson was developed. Occasionally you may also see a
“Comments” section within a lesson. This is used by the author to provide
related information or additional personal perspective.
You will also note that a number is displayed in parentheses next to the title of
each lesson. This number is hyper-linked to the actual lesson within the
SOLLIMS database; click on the highlighted number to display the SOLLIMS
data and to access any attachments (references, images, files) that are included
with this lesson. Note, you must have an account and be logged into SOLLIMS
in order to display the SOLLIMS data entry and access / download attachments.
If you have not registered in SOLLIMS, the links in the reports will take you to
the login or the registration page. Take a brief moment to register for an account
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