The paramount lesson learned from Operation Allied Force is that the well-being of our people must remain our first priority. Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Joe Ralston are leading a review of Operation Allied Force operation. The purpose of the review is to learn how to sustain and build upon what went right in the operation and how to improve on identified shortcomings.
The review is still underway, but an initial assessment was provided in the prepared joint statement presented by Secretary of Defense William S.Cohen and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the Senate Armed Services Committee, October 14, 1999. This Web Special provides a summary of some of the key insights derived from the ongoing lessons learned effort.
Lessons Learned from Kosovo – Alliance and Coalition Warfare
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/kosovoaa/acw.htm
Kosovo: U.S. Naval Lessons Learned During Operation Allied Force, March-June 1999
Lessons Learned from Kosovo – Deployment, Employment, and Sustainment
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/kosovoaa/des.htm
Lessons Learned from Kosovo – Other Lessons Learned
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/kosovoaa/other.htm
DoD Studies Kosovo Lessons Learned – Press Service Article
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/kosovoaa/dskll.htm
Kosovo: U.S. Naval Lessons Learned During Operation Allied Force, March-June 1999
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq127-1.htm
Operation Allied Force – United States Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/kosovo/
DefenseLINK News: Kosovo After-Action Review
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/lessons/
Bibliographies: Information Resource centre Canadian Forces College
http://198.231.69.12/bib/ oder http://wps.cfc.dnd.ca/bib/
Prepared joint statement on the Kosovo After Action Review presented by Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the Senate Armed Services Committee, October 14, 1999
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/1999/b10141999_bt478-99.html
DefenseLINK News: DoD Studies Kosovo Lessons Learned
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct1999/n10141999_9910144.html
DefenseLINK News: Air Chief’s Kosovo Lesson: Go for Snake’s Head First
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct1999/n10261999_9910264.html
Prepared joint statement on the Kosovo After Action Review presented by Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the Senate Armed Services Committee, October 14, 1999
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/1999/b10141999_bt478-99.html
Operation Allied Force – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/all-frce.htm
War in Europe : NATO’s 1999 war against Serbia over Kosovo
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kosovo/
Operation Allied Force – 23 March – 10 June 1999
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/
A historical overview sets out NATO’s role in relation to the conflict in Kosovo.
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/history.htm
Maps and Aerial Views of post- and pre-strikes used during the Press Conference by General Wesley K. Clark
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/slides/m990916a.htm
Operation Allied Force- Kosovo Strike Assessment
http://www.nato.int/kosovo/slides/m990916a.htm