After Action Reports

Some of the After Action Reports (AARs) on major incidents, we have found on the web. Do you know of any others available as OSINT (Open Source Intelligence – items available to the public, not classified or sensitive)? Please add in the comments. If any of these links are broken, please let us know via an e-mail to [email protected]

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There are also academic perspectives on AARs in general and specifically aligned to the AARs we have noted below. We have provided links to those as well. If you know of others – please let us know!

Event Year	Report name/Location
2009	The Lessons of Mumbai
2010	Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Disaster
2015	Attacks on Paris, France
2017	Las Vegas MCI – October 1st Route 91 Concert Shooting – Commemorating Disorder in After Action Reports: Rhetorics of Organizational Trauma after the Las Vegas Shooting
2017	Independent Review of the 2017 Protest Events in Charlottesville, Virginia
2019	‘Sharpiegate’ – Allegations of Scientific Misconduct During Hurricane Dorian
2020	An After-Action Review of City Agencies’ Responses to Activities Directly Following George Floyd’s Death on May 25, 2020. Conducted on behalf of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota
2020	Nashville, TN – 2020 Christmas Day Bombing: Communications Dependencies Case Study
2021	City of Austin-Travis County 2021 Winter Storm Uri After-Action Reports
2021	Fredrick, MD – Joshua Laird – LODD – After-Action Report and Improvement Plan (AAR/IP)
2022	Uvalde, TX – 2022 Robb Elementary School Shooting: Interim Report. Conducted by the Texas House of Representatives, Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting

After Action Reporting is a formal process conducted after both real-world incidents and exercises. It involves an independent review of the actions and gaps (strengths and opportunities) of those groups responding, based on their plans. Barton Dunant can help your organization with independent After Action Reporting – drop us a line to learn more.