Military

Though the unfortunate events of 17 April 2002 took only a few minutes to unfold, the multifaceted nature of modern military operations renders any investigation of such an incident extremely complex.  When describing and analyzing events, any investigation of this sort must consider not only the direct operational activities of individuals involved, but also such elements as equipment, command and control organizations, doctrine and training, environmental factors, and even attitudes and beliefs.  It is a difficult task to bring these elements together in such a way as to paint an accurate and compelling picture of what happened, yet remain accessible to a broad military and civilian readership.

To accomplish this goal, in the face of upwards of 2200 pages of verbal testimony, over 40 exhibits, and numerous supporting submissions, the following interpretive structure has been adopted:

To account for the very substantial quantity of evidence and testimony developed by the Board, elements of the above structure are expanded across 13 volumes to support the content of the Final Report.  Specifically;

Volumes 1 to 7             - Testimony
Volumes 8 and 9          - Exhibits
Volumes 10 to 13         - Supporting Material