Advisory Panel on Department of Defense
Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities
After Certain Incidents
Third Meeting of the Full Panel
March 17-18, 2010

Emerging Issues: Overarching (1)
• Lack of integrated national planning
– Integrated Planning System (HSPD-8) or something else
– More liaison to DoD from other Federal agencies
• Command and control (10/32/State status)
– Requirements for large complex events
– TACON/OPCON issue for state governors/TAGs—Better “dual hatting”?
• Common Operating Picture and System for all Federal Agencies, coordinated with States and Localities
– Communications
– Doctrine
– Training
– Equipping
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Emerging Issues: Overarching (2)
• Expanded Authority for Access to Title 10 Reserve Components
– CAVEAT: Needs to be coordinated with States and NG
• Requirements generation for CBRNE DSCA
• Enhanced regionalized approach
– Improve or replace Defense Coordinating Officer/Element structure
– Regional training sites to support CBRNE response forces
• Designate a single Federal agency to coordinate man/train/equip for Federal CBRNE response (from NC)
• Include DSCA requirements in DoD PPBES
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Emerging Issues: Subpanel 1: Authorities
• Expand statutory authority for use of the Title 10
Reserve Components
• Publish 3025.xx and harmonize with other DoDDs
• Provide authority for NORTHCOM to train allocated
DSCA response forces (from NC)
• Designate a single Federal agency to coordinate man/train/equip for Federal CBRNE response (from
NC)
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Emerging Issues: Subpanel 2: Plans and
Programs for Training and Equipping (1)
• Defense Readiness Reporting System requires more time to reach full capability
• CCMRF training and certification processes
– J-METL not identified for CCMRF packages
• Training validation for civil support
• Funding constraints on training, including DoD-civilian exercising
• Regional training sites to support CBRNE response forces
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Emerging Issues: Subpanel 2: Plans and
Programs for Training and Equipping (2)
• Training for cyber attacks that may affect response forces
• Training first responders for sustained operations
• Modernization funding for CSTs
• Communications architecture trends and the Unified
Command Suite
• Analytic Laboratory System upgrades procurement programming
• Consideration of DSCA requirements in DoD PPBES
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Emerging Issues: Subpanel 3: Operational
Plans, Structures and Resources (1)
• Lack of requirements to support planning: capabilities and gaps
• Defense Coordinating Officer/Element structure
• Capability to prevent effects of cyber attacks on response forces
• Differing levels of reserve resources
• Required mass of response to deal with “chaos factor” and mass casualty situations
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Emerging Issues: Subpanel 3: Operational
Plans, Structures and Resources (2)
• Resourcing first responders for sustained operations
• Match between resources to requirements?
• TPFDL information
• Timeliness of response, esp. for no-notice incidents
• Use of Title 10 reserve forces
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Emerging Issues: Subpanel 4: Coordination,
Communications and Information Availability (1)
• Sharing of plans and reports
– Among state governors
– Classification issues
– DCO visibility of state plans
• Lack of a common operating environment, common language, doctrine
• DHS-DoD liaison (e.g., detailees)
• State planning
– Differing levels of planning and preparation
– Resources devoted to natural versus CBRNE events
– Differing skill sets and experience among state emergency planners and HLS advisors
– Initiative to build civilian planning institution
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Emerging Issues: Subpanel 4: Coordination,
Communications and Information Availability (2)
• Capacity and resilience of state emergency communications systems
• DCO/E scale-up for major contingency operations
• State understanding of military DSCA capabilities & readiness
• Civil-military communications system interoperability
• Consideration of equipment/materials available in the private sector (e.g., at hardware/lumber stores)
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