Global Situational
Awareness Tool (GSAT)
DoD Pest Management
Workshop
Steven P. Lufkin, J.D.
HQ AFSOC/CEV
11 Feb 2004
Vision
Operationalize Environmental Planning
 Deliberate environmental planning tool
 Global deployments
 Reduces time and coordination requirements
 Provide useful environmental , safety and
health information to AFSOC planners and
commanders
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BROWN OUT CONDITIONS
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Electric Plant
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FLOODED
TENTS
HOME
SWEET
HOME?
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Moving Tents From Flood
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Vectors and Pests
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Poisonous Pests
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PrototypeCENTCOM Capability
 Proof of Concept
 Expert Knowledge-based
Search Engine & Risk
Analysis Tool
 Operational Utility
Evaluation, 18th FTS
 Awarded AF Best Practice
Award
 Nominated for CSAF Award
CSTEA
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GOER / GSAT
 GOER Deliberate Operational Planning Tool
 Provides Rapid Environmental Safety and Health
Impact Risk Analysis
 Provides Environmental Impact Analysis
 Strengths- Rapid, Operator Lingo, Reports and
Maps …Gives the Commander a Look at What’s
Beyond the Airfield
 Weaknesses – Database Lacks Meta-data, Data
Is Open Source Data
GOER
 GSAT = GOER on Growth Hormones
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Part of AFSOC GeoSpear
In Development
More Operational Focus
New Layers That Relate to Global War on
Terrorism
 Will Be Compatible With ACES, Geo- Base
Family of Tools, AF Surgeon’s tools
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How and Where Has GOER
Been Used?
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Used in OEF/OIF
 Used to Identify Bird Flight Pathway (Disease Vectors) for
Outbreak of Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever
 Used to Analyze Potential Forward Location Sites for
Deployment
 Requested by Member of AFSOC 6th SOS for
Operational Needs
 Deployed Operational Unit Called Back for Ground
Water Well Data
“… When the preventive medicine team evaluates the site
profile, we can use GOER as a starting point assessment of
the location. We can then investigate further in other
databases”
6 SOS Public Health Officer, 26 Sept 2003
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Why Do We Need GSAT/GOER?
 Future of Mission
Planning
 Reduce Injuries and
Illnesses to Reduce
Hospitalization and Longterm Care
 Ex. Malaria, leishmaniasis
 Reduce Patient Loading
 Common Denominator
 Common User Interface
 Unified and Standard
Platform
 Mission Planning Starting
Point
 Same Sheet of Music
 Capitalize on Multitude
of Existing Databases
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Data Miner
Integrate databases
Web-based w/auto updates
Tailor to the Mission Needs,
not Base Specific
 Develop Risk-based
ESOH Tools
 Link Civil Engineer Environ.
Planning to Surgeon and
Public Health systems
 Situational Awareness
 Mission Prep. and Planning
 Trip-wire Eagle Look for
Commanders
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AFSOC Command Flight Surgeon
“We like to manage our disease exposure.
GOER is the only thing that even comes close.
Targeting our exposures allow SOF medics to
forward deploy already knowing what their
potential exposures will be…enabling us to
prepare for prevention, diagnosis and
treatment. GOER is a virtual meeting table for
people who need to know.”
Colonel Matthew Coatsworth, MD USAF
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Summary… Planning-Level Environmental
Information Superiority for Warriors
 Analytical tool
 Secure, rapid OCONUS Environmental Situational
Awareness for operations
 Fast analyzed information, less than 30 minutes in
most cases
 OCONUS Deployable
 Potential CONUS applications
 NEPA
 Environmental Risk Assessments
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Contact Information
 Steve Lufkin, J.D.
AFSOC Chief Environmental Div.
E-mail: steven.lufkin@hurlburt.af.mil
Phone: 579-5916(DSN) Comm: 850-884-5916
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