MILITARY SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES
MSCA
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING
Situation
– It is federal policy for DoD, when directed, to aid civil authorities in
coping with domestic security and disaster response emergencies
that exceed the capability of state and local governments.
Accordingly, the Secretary of Defense has directed the military
components to plan for and, when called on, to assist civilian
authorities in a range of security and disaster contingencies to
include:
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natural and technological disasters
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acts of terrorism
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defense of the Continental United States
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key asset protection
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and civil disturbances
MEPLO Mission
• On order, provide Marine liaison personnel in
support of designated civil authorities in order
to validate requests for Marine Corps support
and communicate those requests to the
appropriate USMC command.
Commander’s Intent
– Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) will contribute to Marine Corps
efforts in support of civil authorities to save lives, mitigate human
suffering, promote domestic security, and facilitate continuity of essential
governmental services by maintaining and continually developing a
nation-wide network of highly qualified officers from the Reserve
Component to function as Marine Corps Emergency Preparedness Liaison
Officers (MEPLOs).
Concept of Operations
– MEPLOs will, as directed with governmental agencies and major
commands assist civil authorities and supported commanders in
deliberate planning for disaster response and domestic security
contingencies. They also train for and, on order, immediately deploy
to assist lead federal agencies and supported Marine Corps Force
(MARFOR) commanders in identifying and interpreting needs and
managing requests for military support from civil authorities in
anticipation of and during times of national crisis. Given the nature
of the mission, MEPLOs are assigned to Individual Mobilization
Augmentee (IMA) Detachments to facilitate personnel administration
and operational deployment.
Concept of Operations
The MEPLO IMA Detachment is comprised of 10 MEPLO teams
geographically oriented to mirror the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) regions. Each MEPLO team consists of one Reserve Colonel
and two Reserve Lieutenant Colonels. Marine Forces Reserve G-3 oversees
Detachment administration, training, and coordination of MEPLO
deployment and employment with supported commands and agencies,
in particular FEMA’s National Headquarters and the headquarters of
the MARFORs.
MEPLO DUTIES
 SUPPORT AND ADVISE DCO DURING MSCA OPERATIONS
 LIAISON WITH APPROPRIATE MILITARY UNITS AND
INSTALLATIONS
 LIAISON WITH CIVIL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
 SUPPORT HIGHER HEADQUARTERS (FEMA, 5TH ARMY, STARCs)
 COORDIANTE WITH OTHER SERVICE EPLOS
M S C A Selected Events
SEATTLE EARTH QUAKE (02)
WTO (00)
WTC (02)
SNOW REMOVAL AND
FLOODS ( 97 )
NORTHWEST FIRES ( 94 / 96/ 00 )
MIDWEST
FLOODS ( 93 / 97 )
TWA 800 ( 96 )
WESTERN FIRES ( 94 / 96/ 00 )
FLOODS ( 96 )
CALIFORNIA /
NEVADA FLOODS
( 95 / 97 )
HURICANES BERTHA
& FRAN ( 96 )
FLOYD (99)
NORTHRIDGE
EARTHQUAKE ( 94 )
SOUTHEAST FLOODS ( 94 )
L. A. RIOTS ( 92 )
96 OLYMPICS
EOD MUNITIONS
CLEANUP ( 97 )
G8 SUMMIT ( 97 )
LONG ISLAND FIRES ( 95 )
OKLAHOMA CITY
BOMBING ( 95 )
HURRICANE
OPAL ( 95 )
TEXAS FLOODS ( 94, 98 )
HURRICANE ANDREW ( 92 )
HURRICANES BERTHA &
HORTENSE ( 96 ); MARILYN ( 95 );
GEORGE (98)
M S C A PRINCIPLES
 CIVIL RESOURCES USED FIRST (Includes National Guard)
 CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES OVERWHELMED
 MSCA IS A TEMPORARY MEASURE
 MSCA IS A POTENTIAL MISSION OF ALL UNITS
 MILITARY MISSIONS HAVE PRIORITY
 MILITARY SUPPORT COMPLIMENTS CIVIL RESOURCES
 DISENGAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
 MSCA ACTIVITIES MAY BE REIMBURSED
“LAST IN, FIRST OUT”
AUTHORITIES
CIVIL:
 STAFFORD ACT
 FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN
MILITARY:
 DOD DIR 3025.1 (MSCA)
 FORCE ORDER P3400.XX (MEPLO SOP IN
DRAFT)
ALASKA
FEMA REGIONS
BOTHELL
I
X
V
II
BOSTON
VIII
SAN
FRANCISCO
VII
CHICAGO
III
NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA
DENVER
KANSAS CITY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
IX
IV
VI
DENTON
ATLANTA
HAWAII
REGIONAL OFFICES
NATIONAL OFFICE
PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLS.....
RGN II
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA..........
RGN III
AMER SAMOA, GUAM, N. MARINAS
TRUST TERR OF PACIFIC ISL...
RGN IX
DoD’s MSCA POLICY
ALL REQUESTS BY CIVIL AUTHORITIES FOR MILITARY
ASSISTANCE SHALL BE EVALUATED FOR:
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APPROPRIATENESS
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LEGALITY ( COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS )
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RISK ( SAFETY OF FORCES )
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COST ( WHO PAYS, IMPACT ON BUDGET )
–
READINESS ( IMPACT ON PRIMARY MISSION )
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
(Immediate/Serious Situations)
- COMMANDERS MAY TAKE ACTION WHEN
CONDITIONS AND TIME DO NOT PERMIT APPROVAL
FROM HIGHER AUTHORITIES TO:
• SAVE LIVES
• PREVENT HUMAN SUFFERING
• MITIGATE GREAT PROPERTY DAMAGE
- MUST INFORM REGIONAL PLANNING AGENT
& YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND
- DISENGAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE EXAMPLES
TO SAVE LIVES, PREVENT HUMAN SUFFERING, MITIGATE
GREAT PROPERTY DAMAGE
- Rescue, evacuation, and emergency medical treatment
of personnel
- Emergency restoration of essential public services
(Water, power, fuel, transportation, communications, fire fighting)
- Emergency clearance of public facilities to permit rescue
and restore essential services
- Safeguarding, and distributing food, essential
supplies and materials
- Interim emergency communications
LESSONS LEARNED
• BEGIN SUPPORT WITH DISENGAGEMENT IN MIND
• GIVE MISSIONS BACK TO CIVIL AGENCIES ASAP
• MISSION INVOLVING RESCUE, FEEDING, BILLETING,
MORTUARY ARE DIFFICULT TO DIVEST OF QUICKLY.
• PEOPLE LOVE DOD SUPPORT. THEY MAY NOT WANT YOU
TO LEAVE.
• SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM LOCAL OR STATE AUTHORITIES.
THE EMERGENCY TURNS INTO A
PRESIDENTIAL DECLARED
DISASTER
Recognition That State/Local
Resources Are Exhausted
MAJOR DISASTERS
• STATE OVERWHELMED AND REQUESTS FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
• PRESIDENT APPROVES REQUEST (STAFFORD ACT)
• FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN EXECUTED
• EXECUTE ORDERS ISSUED
• DEFENSE COORDINATING OFFICER (DCO)
• MEPLO NETWORK
• MOBILIZATION CENTERS AND BASE SUPPORT INSTALLATIONS (BSI)
• REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
USMC CAPABILITIES
• INSSTALLATION DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE
• WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING
• SEARCH & RESCUE
• HELICOPTERS
• GROUND TRANSPORTATION
• CBIRF
• EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
• MILITARY WORKING DOGS
FEDERAL RESPONSE
SECDEF
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
OF ARMY
FEMA
DIRECTOR
DOMS
STATE
GOVERNOR
CINC
DCO
REQUEST FOR
DoD
FORCES
( EPLOS )
FCO
SCO
TAG
NATIONAL GUARD
FORCES
DCO - DEFENSE COORDINATING OFFICER
JTF COMMANDER AND DCO MAY BE THE SAME
INDIVIDUAL
COMMAND
COORDINATION
FEMA MISSION
FCO - FEDERAL COORDINATING OFFICER
SCO - STATE COORDINATING OFFICER
EPLO - EMERGENCY PREP LIASON OFFICER
( USA, USAF, USN, USMC )
Emergency Support Function (ESF)
Organization-Federal/State/Local
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ESF-1 Transportation (Department of Transportation/NDOT)
ESF-2 Communications (National Communications System)
ESF-3 Public Works and Engineering (Army COE)
ESF-4 Fire Fighting (NYFD/U.S. Forest Service)
ESF-5 Information and Planning (FEMA)
ESF-6 Mass Care (Red Cross)
ESF-7 Resource Support (General Services Administration)
ESF-8 Health and Medical Services (U.S. Public Health Service)
ESF-9 Urban Search and Rescue (FEMA/Las Vegas Team)
ESF-10 Hazardous Materials (Environmental Protection Agency)
ESF-11 Food (Food and Nutrition Service, Department of
Agriculture)
ESF-12 Energy (Department of Energy)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
RESOURCES DATABASE
(DODRDB)
CONTENTS :
 DOD EMERGENCY RESPONSE ASSETS
 DOD POINTS OF CONTACT
 DOD AND SERVICE DIRECTIVES
 DISTRIBUTED TO ALL EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS LIAISON OFFICERS
 UPDATES SUBMITTED BY EPLOS
BASE SUPPORT INSTALLATION (BSI)
DEFINITION:
A DoD INSTALLATION TASKED TO SUPPORT CIVIL DISASTER
RELIEF OPERATIONS. INTENDED TO FACILITATE TRANSPORT
OF PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL, IMPROVE
COMMUNICATIONS AND PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORT OF PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN DISASTER RECOVERY
OPERATIONS.
Typical BSI Missions
• Contracting Services
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Transportation
•Personnel and supply to/from and in/around the
operation areas (buses/trucks)
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Supply and distribution (food,water,ammo, fuel, oil,repair
parts, etc..)
• Communications for C2 ops to include computers
and T1 lines
• Aviation Support
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SAR
Airfield operations to receive and service military aircraft
(helo and transport)
Typical BSI Missions (continued)
• Emergency Medical Services for responders
• Basic Subsistence services for responders
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Heads, showers, laundry, etc.
• Support maintenance of common type equipment
• FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team support (60
personnel, 60K lbs equip)
• Manpower Pool
BSI Requirements
• Outside the immediate disaster area but within
reasonable road or rail movement of disaster site.
• Airfield capable of supporting C5/C141/C17/C130
aircraft and helos
• Hard stand for staging of equipment and supplies
• Office space or other shelters from which
operational or logistics center can shelter and
operate.
Key Point
• Designation as BSI and subsequent civil
support operations shall not affect the ability
of the selected installation to maintain a
mission ready posture or degrade that
posture during execution of the BSI mission.
Commanders’ Concerns
 MAINTAIN ACCURATE RECORDS ON MANPOWER
AND MATERIAL FOR POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT
 NO PROCUREMENT OR STOCKPILE OF
EQUIPMENT FOR MSCA OPERATIONS UNLESS
DIRECTED BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 DISENGAGEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM
ANY MISSION
MILITARY SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES
MSCA
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION