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Department of Defense Directive 2060.02: Department of Defense (DOD) Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Policy
" This Directive reissues Reference (a) under a new title to establish policy, assign responsibilities, and formalize relationships among the DoD Components under the DoD mission to combat WMD according to Reference (b). This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components"). The Department of Defense will combat WMD to dissuade, deter, and defeat those who seek to harm the United States, its citizens, its Armed Forces, and its friends and allies through WMD use or threat of use, while maintaining the ability to respond to and mitigate the effects of WMD use, and to restore deterrence. The Department of Defense shall: have a strategy for combating WMD that supports the National Strategy to Combat WMD (Reference (c)) and related national strategic guidance; have the supporting military force planning and doctrine to organize, train, exercise, and equip U.S. Armed Forces to combat WMD; and prepare appropriate plans to address the defense related aspects of combating WMD."
United States. Department of Defense
2007-04-19
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Department of Defense Directive 1341.6: Veterans Employment Assistance Program (VEAP)
"This Instruction: 1.1. Reissues Reference (a) as a DoD Instruction in accordance with the guidance in Reference (b) and the authority in Reference (c). 1.2. Continues to implement policy, and provides procedures and responsibilities concerning employment, training, and counseling of qualified covered veterans as established in Reference (d) and 5 Code of Federal Regulations Part 720 (Reference (e)). 1.3. Provides criteria and requirements for DoD Components to establish a VEAP. 1.4. Requires DoD Components to comply with the following VEAP objectives: 1.4.1. Development of maximum employment and job advancement opportunities for qualified covered veterans. 1.4.2. Development of an affirmative action plan for the hiring, placement, and advancement of qualified disabled veterans, as required by Reference (e). This Instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the Defense Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components")."
United States. Department of Defense
2007-04-03
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DOD Automated Biometric Identification System: DOD Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification, Version 1.2
"This document is the latest updated version of the DoD EBTS, which describes FBI Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification transactions that are necessary to utilize the DoD Automated Biometric Identification System."
United States. Department of Defense
2006-11-08
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Department of Defense Homeland Defense and Civil Support Joint Operating Concept [Version 1.9]
"The first version of this document, the Department of Defense Homeland Security Joint Operating Concept, dated February 2004, was approved by the Secretary of Defense on 14 October 2004. The Secretary of Defense directed that the next version contain more description of how operations will be conducted in the 'seam of uncertainty' between DOD responsibilities and other federal and state agencies, and local authorities, and that it contain the following: 1) a theory of war that addresses the National Defense Strategy (NDS); 2) desired effects and end states; 3) descriptions of how operations will be conducted; 4) assessments of associated risks and how they will be mitigated; and 5) identification and prioritization of needed capabilities. This version complies with Secretary of Defense guidance."
United States. Department of Defense
2006-09
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Manual for Military Commissions
This document is a "comprehensive Manual for the full and fair prosecution of alien unlawful enemy combatants by military commissions, in accordance with the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The manual is made up of four separate sections: The Preamble, The Rules for Military Commissions, the Military Commissions Rules of Evidence, and the Crimes and Elements. The Rules for Military Commissions set forth the procedural rules for Military Commissions. The Military Commission Rules of Evidence provide evidentiary rules to govern the admissibility of evidence at trial. The Crimes and Elements section lays out the crimes punishable by Military Commission and the elements of those crimes. This Manual is the product of a tremendous interagency effort. Principally military judge advocates and attorneys from the Departments of Defense and Justice, using the Manual for Courts-Martial as a guide, undertook the initial drafting. Drafts were then coordinated with other relevant agencies to ensure that specific rules and procedures reflect careful consideration of our nation's intelligence activities, as called for in the MCA. The overriding considerations reflected in the Manual for Military Commissions are fairness and fidelity to the Military Commissions Act of 2006. It is intended to ensure that alien unlawful enemy combatants who are suspected of war crimes and certain other offenses are prosecuted before regularly constituted courts affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized people. This Manual will have an historic impact for our military and our country."
United States. Department of Defense
2007-01-18
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DoD Regulation 5400.7: DoD Freedom of Information Act Program
"This regulation provides policies and procedures for the DoD implementation of the Freedom of Information Act and DoD Directive 5400.7 (references (a) and (b)), and promotes uniformity in the DoD Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Program."
United States. Department of Defense
1998-09
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Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Critical Homeland Infrastructure Protection
"This report emphasizes the challenges facing the Department of Defense (DoD) with respect to protecting US homeland installations. The following areas of infrastructure protection are examined. 1) DoD/Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Coordination; 2) DoD and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Security; 3) Risk Management and Resource Allocation; 4) Understanding Infrastructure Inter-dependencies; 5) best practices; 6) systems and technologies; 7) standards and metrics and 8) information sharing. The findings and recommendations are outlined in the report and cover a large scope of issues related to protecting national security mission critical capabilities."
United States. Department of Defense
2007-01
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Introduction to U.S. Counterintelligence
"This paper provides a general introduction to U.S. counterintelligence -- a strategic national security instrument that is a unique intelligence activity, both an operational capability and a strategic enabler. Counterintelligence or CI is a complex discipline which is not easy to explain and even harder to fully comprehend - much ambiguity, confusion and, at times, even disagreement exists. The phrase counterintelligence -- a wilderness of mirrors - best captures the essence of this ambiguity."
United States. Department of Defense
Reagan, Mark L.
2005-07-01
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JTCG/AS Aerospace Systems Survivability Handbook Series: Volume 4. Survivability Engineering
"This Aerospace Systems Survivability Handbook Series is designed to provide its users with insight into the key activities performed by survivability personnel in support of aerospace systems acquisition. The series is not a specification or standard but rather a how-to guide for all survivability managers, engineers, and analysts associated with survivability activities likely to be needed on any program, government or commercial. Some of the material used in the handbook series has been adapted from various sections of the Department of Defense (DoD) Deskbook, Internet links, and survivability documents produced by the Joint Technical Coordinating Group on Aircraft Survivability (JTCGIAS), under the sponsorship of the Joint Aeronautical Commanders' Group (JACG). The Service laboratories and centers also produced source documents. This handbook series emphasizes the requirement for integrated teamwork of survivability management, engineering, test and evaluation, and systems analysis in order to accomplish a successful systems acquisition."
United States. Department of Defense
2001-05-31
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Capabilities-Based Planning - NPS Seminar, September 21, 2005
This capabilities-based planning presentation outlines the origins and the reason behind a capabilities-based planning approach. Concept development, planning, programming and budgeting processes are presented as well as examples. "The goal is a streamlined and collaborative, yet competitive, process that produces fully integrated joint warfighting capabilities."
United States. Department of Defense
Hone, Tom
2004-09
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Air Transportation and the Cocaine Industry
"In all the wars since the close of World War II, developing countries have been the battlegrounds. One could describe more than ninety percent of these conflicts as low intensity, despite the involvement of the United States or the former Soviet Union. There is no reason to expect this trend to change in the next few years. Indeed, in the 1990s the United States has been involved in counterdrug operations in Latin America; humanitarian support in Somalia, Rwanda, and Haiti; and conflicts in Southwest Asia and the former Yugoslavian republics. Of these, the counterdrug effort against the cocaine industry in Latin America is the only low-intensity conflict that directly threatens the national security of the United States. In the paragraphs below, I examine the cocaine industry's transportation element in South America (a facet that has almost become an industry in itself). I also discuss some of the success that the U.S.-supported, host nation counterdrug operations have achieved over the past several years."
United States. Department of Defense
Lamberson, Eric L.
1999-01
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Cuba: The Next Safe Have for Organized Crime
"The resilience of the Castro regime in Cuba has confounded expectations in the United States. Nevertheless, there is a strong sense in Washington that the regime is merely a heart attack away from collapse: without Fidel Castro, Cuba will reject the socialist revolution, revert to a market economy, and develop into a flourishing liberal democracy. The argument here, however, is that one of the main beneficiaries of a collapse of the communist regime in Cuba will be organized crime. In part, Cuba will follow the Russian pattern and develop an indigenous organized crime problem. The real model for Cuba, however, is a Caribbean one in which trans- national criminal organizations penetrate weak states. While domestic organized crime in Cuba will increase after Castro, the real problem will be from external groups wanting to use Cuba to tranship illicit commodities, to launder dirty money, and to control its burgeoning sex industry. Cuba, in effect, combines components of both, although it will ultimately approximate the Caribbean model much more than the Russian."
United States. Department of Defense
Williams, Phil, 1946-
1999-01
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Joint Global Counter-terrorism Detachment (JGCTD)
"During the past decade, terrorist attacks have breached force protection measures throughout the world accomplishing their objectives-to generate casualties and garner media attention. At the request of Secretary of Defense William Perry, General Wayne Downing (USA, Retired) examined the circumstances of the Khobar Towers bombing to establish a corrective, antiterrorism action plan. The Downing Report's assessment reoriented the Department of Defense (DOD) approach to force protection and established commitments to improve the protection of U.S. Forces from the growing threats of terrorism. One significant finding was that 'we will improve the use of available intelligence and intelligence collection capabilities.'"
United States. Department of Defense
Harper, Ricky J.; Ryberg, Wendy R.; Higday, James D.
1999-01
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Political Islam in West Africa and the Sahel
"Since 9/11, defense of the homeland has become a particularly urgent issue for U.S. military planners. Consequently, foreign policy has shifted to address a new array of challenges to U.S. interests. Among the requirements of the new
security environment is a deeper understanding of the global network of terrorist organizations inspired by or directly affi liated with Al Qaeda. There are at least three serious threats to U.S. security interests
in West Africa and the Sahel. In order of priority, these are; The emergence of radical, Al Qaeda-linked Islamic elements in Nigeria and Niger; The existence of terrorist-fi nancing networks involved in the purchase and sale of diamonds in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Proceeds from the sale of these 'blood diamonds' are reported to fund Hizbullah; the Afwaj al Muquwamah al Lubnaiyyah (AMAL), or Lebanese Resistance Detachment; and Al Qaeda operations; The migration of the Al Qaeda-linked Salafi st Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) from southern Algeria to eastern Mauritania, northern Mali, northern Niger, and northern Chad, which indicates their intent to establish safe havens outside Algeria."
United States. Department of Defense
Laremont, Ricardo; Gregorian, Hrach
2006-01
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America's First Response to Terrorism: The Barbary Pirates and the Tripolitan War of 1801
"The challenges we are confronting today are much the same as those we faced in 1785 during confrontations with Barbary pirates along the coastline of North Africa. The decisions our leaders make and the actions the United States takes are likely to have far-reaching consequences that will affect this country and the world for many years. By examining how the U.S. dealt with Barbary terrorists and the North African governments that sponsored them, we might gain insight into how best to implement U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East today."
United States. Department of Defense
Smith, Bradley E.
2005-12
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Department of Defense Guidance for Preparation and Response to an Influenza Pandemic caused by the Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)
"The attached Department of Defense (DoD) Pandemic Influenza Preparation and Response Planning Guidance provides instructions on activities to undertake in order to prepare the DoD for the possibility of an influenza pandemic. This guidance implements the recommendations from the National Pandemic Influenza Response plan by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is tailored to the unique needs of the DoD. Epidemics of influenza occur annually around the world. In the northern hemisphere, they occur over the winter between October and March. Influenza pandemics occur infrequently and cause substantially higher morbidity and mortality. Whereas most annual epidemics impact the elderly and other medically high-risk groups, pandemics or uncontrolled global outbreaks cause significantly higher illness and death rates in generally healthy groups (such as young adults or military personnel) who are not usually affected by annual epidemics."
United States. Department of Defense
2004-09-21
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Eliminating Terrorist Sanctuaries: The Role of Security Assistance
"To prevent attacks on American soil, we must pursue partnership and cooperation abroad. Counterterrorism assistance efforts are the first line of defense for the protection of our homeland as well as U.S. personnel and facilities overseas. These programs are not foreign aid in the traditional humanitarian sense. They are an essential element of the vital U.S. interest in safeguarding Americans at home and abroad. This talk is primarily focused on how the United States can cooperate with other states to deny support and sanctuary to terrorists."
United States. Department of Defense
Pope, William P.
2005
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DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management: Critical Infrastructure Protection
"This document presents an excerpt of a speech given by Lincoln Bloomfield, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, at the American Embassy in New Delhi, India on April 30, 2002. During his talk, Mr. Bloomfield's discussed methods in which the United States and India could cooperate to mimize the vulnerabilities which exist in its critical information systems."
United States. Department of Defense
Bloomfield, Lincoln P.
2002
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2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report [Excerpts of Remarks]
This document presents an excerpt of remarks given by Robert Charles, Department of State Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, regarding counter-narcotics efforts undertaken by the United States in 2005. Charles addresses the objectives of counter-narcotics efforts worldwide. International Narcotics and Law (INL) and the Department of State (DoS) work toward these objectives by calibrating the type, level and nature of program support to match national and regional needs. Charles looks at the themes emerging from the 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report and what achievements have been made in the way of achieving the goals set out in that document.
United States. Department of Defense
Charles, Robert B.
2005
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Asian Security and Hong Kong's Role in the War on Global Terrorism
"Just as terrorism has increasingly acquired a global character, so too must our efforts to fight terrorism be coordinated on a global basis. Indeed, with globalization, both our economic well being and our security are now more closely intertwined than ever before. Today, the health of any nation's economy and the global economy is dependent on security, including the security of borders, transportation systems, computer networks, and mail systems. That is why security should be viewed not as an obstacle to economic activity, but as the foundation for it."
United States. Department of Defense
Juster, Kenneth I.
2003
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Caribbean Narcotics Trafficking: What is to be Done?
"At the end of the Cold War, the advent of globalization catapulted domestic crime across national boundaries into the transnational domain. Transnational crime has since mutated into a complex matrix of criminal activities. Narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and illegal migration are integral components of extensive criminal networks that undermine the democratic stability, economic development and social well being of nations. National and international response to non-traditional threats are further complicated by a myriad of security issues territorial disputes, economic decline, and natural and man made disasters that limit available resources. Although cooperative
security has given way to a host of bilateral and multilateral frameworks, peripheral measures such as joint training and asset acquisition will remain ineffective unless comprehensively reinforced by political will, economic viability, and social stability at the national, multilateral and multinational levels. This paper analyzes these strategic factors to determine how effective nations throughout the Caribbean will be in counter-narcotics operations."
United States. Department of Defense
Bethel , Tellis A.
2002
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DoD Instruction 5240.05: Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Program
This Instruction reissues DoD Instruction 5240.5 dated may 23, 1984 and implements DoD Directive 5240.2 as it pertains to the DoD TSCM program. It also defines the role of TSCM as one of the counterintelligence (CI) functional services and the responsibilities of the Director, DoD Counterintelligence Field Activity (DoD CIFA) and the Director, National Security Agency (NSA)/Central Security Service (CSS) in the DoD TSCM program.
United States. Department of Defense
2006-02-22
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DoD Instruction 3020.42: Defense Continuity Plan Development
This Instruction implements policy, assigns responsibility, and provides instructions for continuity plan development under the authority of DoD Directive 3020.26.
United States. Department of Defense
2006-02-17
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Multiple Concurrent Immunizations and Safety Concerns 2004-04
"On 7 October 2003, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD(HA)) requested that the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board (AFEB) consider the scientific evidence regarding multiple simultaneous vaccinations including combination vaccines, and whether there are potential combinations of vaccines that together might be cause for safety concern when administered to adults. This review was initiated to ensure current DoD policy on vaccine administration meets our national obligation to protect and preserve the health of the men and women who serve our Nation."
United States. Department of Defense
2004-04-16
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Policy for DoD Smallpox Epidemiological Response (SER) Teams
"The recent anthrax attacks have shown the need for specialized medical response to bioterrorism agents. Should smallpox be used for a terrorist attack, its communicability from person to person could lead to substantial numbers of cases. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), as the lead federal agency for medical response in the Federal Response Plan, has developed an Interim Smallpox Response Plan that includes the formation of Smallpox Response Teams at the federal, state, and local levels and provides specialized training for those teams. Using the CDC Smallpox Response Plan as a template, DoD developed the 'DoD Smallpox Response Plan' that is currently in staffing for approval. The DoD plan is scheduled for final publication in September 2002. Attached is Appendix A-4 from the DoD Smallpox Planning Guidance, which outlines the Smallpox Response Team composition and functions."
United States. Department of Defense
2002-09-02
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Policy Guidance for Treatment of Reserve Component (RC) Members at Military Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF) for Health Care Related to an Immunization
"The attached memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs instructed medical treatment facility (MTF) commanders to provide full access to Reserve component members at Department of Defense (DoD) MTFs for evaluation and treatment of adverse events potentially related to DoD directed immunizations. Supporting this guidance, the attached memorandum from the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs to the Reserve component (RC) Chiefs emphasized their responsibility to inform members who experience any adverse reaction which may have resulted from a DoD immunization of the availability of evaluation and treatment, if required, at an MTF."
United States. Department of Defense
1999-10-01
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Challenges of a New Capability-based Defense Strategy: Transforming US Strategic Forces
"New Environment and the President's Direction: [1] Cold War approach to deterrence no longer appropriate; [2] End relationship with Russia based on 'balance of terror;' [3] Encourage/facilitate Russian cooperation: 'new framework;' [4] Deploy lowest number of nuclear weapons consistent with the security requirements of the United States, its allies and friends; [5] Achieve reductions without requirement for Cold War-style treaties; [6] Develop and field missile defenses more capable than the ABM Treaty permitted; Place greater emphasis on advanced conventional weapons."
United States. Department of Defense
Crouch, J.D., II
2003-03-05
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Defense Science Board 2006 Summer Study on 21st Century Strategic Technology Vectors Volume I: Main Report
"This report offers a set of four capabilities and their enabling technologies that are critical to meeting the range of DOD's 21st century missions. These four do no match the succinctness or transparency of those of the Cold War. But multiple threats now present different challenges and uncertainties that cannot be captured by a single scenario. An overarching strategic vision has not yet emerged and operational concepts are still relatively immature. Nevertheless, the critical capabilities and enabling technologies identified in this report provide a coherent starting point for a science and technology (S&T) strategy that will address 21st Century security challenges."
United States. Department of Defense
2007-02
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Report on Review of Testimony to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
"The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the Commission) alleged that DoD and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials at a Commission hearing made certain statements knowing them to be false. This report is the result of a coordinated review of those allegations undertaken by the offices of Inspectors General for DoD and Department of Transportation (DOT). Both DoD and the FAA provided the Commission and the public with in accurate information about their responses to the events of September 11, 2001. However, we found no indication that these statements were intentionally false. Rather, we attribute the inaccurate statements to a lack of capabilities and thoroughness within DoD to accurately reconstruct the response to the sequence of events of September 11, 2001. We interviewed DoD and FAA officials, contractors, and civilian witnesses. We reviewed memoranda and transcripts of interviews that the Commission conducted. Further, we examined the Commission's Final Report, Staff Statement 17, transcripts from hearings, written statements presented to the Commission, chronologies (including drafts) produced by various DoD and FAA organizations, press releases, and many other sources, including internal and external DoD and FAA e-mails, faxes, and correspondence. The Commission identified inaccuracies in DoD and FAA officials' May 23, 2003, testimony and on other occasions. Specifically, the Commission identified the following four erroneous statements."
United States. Department of Defense
2006-09-12
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DoD Directive 5525.07: Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Defense Relating to the Investigation and Prosecution of Certain Crimes
"This Instruction: Reissues DoD Directive 5525.07 dated January 22, 1985 (hereby canceled) as a DoD Instruction in accordance with the guidance in Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, 'DoD Directives Review -- Phase II,' July 13, 2005 and the authority in DoD Directive 5145.1 and DoD Directive 5106.01; and, Updates policy, assigns responsibilities, and supplements the MOU between the Departments of Justice and Defense Relating to the Investigation and Prosecution of Certain Crimes pursuant to DoD Directive 5145.1 and DoD Directive 5106.01."
United States. Department of Defense
2007-06-18
