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After Action Review (AAR). Professional discussion of an event, focused on performance standards Enables soldier to discover for themselves what happened; why it happened; how to sustain strengths and improve on weaknesses Provides:
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After Action Review (AAR) • Professional discussion of an event, focused on performance standards • Enables soldier to discover for themselves what happened; why it happened; how to sustain strengths and improve on weaknesses • Provides: • Candid insights into specific soldier, leader and unit strengths and weaknesses, from various perspectives • Feedback and insight critical to battle-focused training • Details often lacking in evaluation reports alone • Can be formal or informal
After Action Review (AAR)Steps • Review what was supposed to happen (training plan): Evaluator, along with participants, reviews what was supposed to happen based on commander’s intent, the training plan, and task and evaluation outlines • Establish what actually happened: Evaluator and participants determine what actually happened during the performance of the training task • Determine what was right or wrong with what happened: Participants discuss the strong or weak points of their performance; evaluator facilitates the discussion • Determine how task should be done differently next time: Evaluator assists unit in determining how participants will perform differently the next time the task is performed.