On 24 May 2017, a group of JALLC staff members visited the Portuguese Joint Operations Command in Oeiras – Portugal. The aim of this visit was to provide the NATO staff members with situation awareness about the way the Portuguese Armed Forces are organized and their missions abroad in the service of NATO, UN, EU, OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), Coalition and Bilateral Operations.

The JALLC staff members had the opportunity to visit the bunker facilities of the Joint Command and Control Centre, where they received interesting briefings about the Portuguese Special Operations; the military capabilities to support to humanitarian crisis in Portugal; and the Portuguese Verification Unit for International Arms Control. Of particular interest for the JALLC staff members was the information shared about the Portuguese Joint Lessons Learned Process and the National Joint Database of Lessons Identified.

The JALLC's visit contributed to an exchange of knowledge with the Portuguese Joint structure, sharing the Allied view on Lessons Learned.