Army Tests Wikis

Week of July 13, 2009

The U.S. Army Combined Arms Center launched a test allowing Soldiers and leaders to make real-time updates to the Army's tactics, techniques and procedures via a wiki environment. The test is in contrast to typical time frames of three to five years for staffing and updating field manuals. With this test, the Army is exploring the possibility to share and revise TTPs using a milWiki platform available on Army Knowledge Online. Seven FMs that currently describe TTPs have been selected for the test. Soldiers and leaders can make contributions to revisions for the seven FMs by signing on to AKO, selecting the "Self Service Tab," then selecting "My Doctrine" and then "ATTP Pilot," or the URL. The Army will also explore how to provide governance over how TTPs are shared via wiki.

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