Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense

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Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Homeland Defense Americas Security Affairs
9th Annual Conference on Technologies for
Critical Incident Preparedness

• Mr. Robert Salesses
• Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• for Homeland Defense
• and Americas Security Affairs

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Objectives for Presentation

• Challenges of National Security Environment

• Better understanding DoD roles and
  responsibilities

• Enable partnerships through shared capabilities
  and expertise

The United States derives much of its strength
from its advantage in the realm of science and
technology (ST), and we must continue to use
this advantage and encourage innovative research
and development to assist in protecting and
defending against the range of natural and
man-made threats confronting the Homeland.
National Strategy for Homeland Security, (October
2007)
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National Security Environment

• Threats to U.S. interests at home and abroad
  are more diverse, leading to increasing attacks
  worldwide

Foiled JFK plot, June 2007
Scotland Car Bombing June 07
Foiled Fort Dix Plots October 07
Madrid Train Bombing March 04
London Bombing July 05
Foiled attacks in Germany, Sept 07
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National Security Environment- Security Assessment

• Transnational threats will be the most pressing
• Terrorists will seek to
• Attack Americans at home and abroad
• Inflict mass casualties or cause mass panic
  through CBRN means (e.g., CBRN weapons or
  conversion of civilian infrastructure or
  transport into WMD)

• Natural Hazards
• Earthquake
• Flood, Tsunami
• Wildfire
• Health and Disease

• Nation-state threats will continue
• Traditional ballistic and cruise missile
  threats
• Rogue states employing asymmetric means
• Potential emergence of a regional peer competitor

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DoDs Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead Defend the United States from direct
  attack
• At the direction of the President or the
  Secretary of Defense
• Combat Air Patrols, Maritime Intercepts, Missile
  Defense

• Support Provide defense support of civil
  authorities
• At the direction of the President or the
  Secretary of Defense
• Natural Disasters and CBRNE Consequence Management

• Enable Improve partner capabilities
• Internationalize homeland defense through
  security cooperation
• Increase capabilities of Federal, State and local
  first responders to improve homeland security

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1401 Technology Transfer Program
PUBLIC LAW 107-314 (FY03 National Defense
Authorization Act) Section 1401 The Secretary
of Defense shall designate a senior official of
the Department of Defense to coordinate all
Department of Defense efforts to identify,
evaluate, deploy, and transfer to Federal, State,
and local first responders technology, items, and
equipment in support of homeland security.

• Enhance the capabilities of Federal, State and
  local first responders.

• Make available DoD technology, items, and
  equipment that are compatible and interoperable
  with those of Federal, State and local first
  responders.

• Create opportunities to collaborate on research,
  development, testing, and evaluation of high
  priority technology, items, and equipment

• Facilitate awareness of DoD activities in support
  of public safety and homeland security.

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Meeting First Responder Needs
State/Local International Association of Chiefs
of Police International Association of Fire
Chiefs National Sheriffs Association Internationa
l Association of Emergency Managers National
Association of Emergency Medical
Technicians State Coordinators for Federal
Transfer Programs Municipal Emergency Manager
Federal Department of Justice Department of
Homeland Security Technical Support Working
Group Interagency Board (IAB)
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Sharing Capabilities and Competencies1401
Technology Transfer

• Current Capabilities
• Surplus equipment can be acquired by first
  responders
• DoD uses equipment loan programs to allow first
  responders to test drive robots and other
  equipment prior to making purchase decisions

• Near-Term/Future Capabilities
• Building the worlds dominant military force
  requires a very significant investment in RD and
  in the infrastructure people to carry it out
• DoD invests in many areas that benefit first
  responders

• Sharing Expertise and Competencies
• DoD provides operational and technical expertise
  in support of DHS-led programs that assist first
  responders
• Communications systems, CBRN equipment, Bomb
  Squads

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Current Capabilities 1401 Technology Transfer

• Excess DoD Property
• Law Enforcement and Fire Services
• Available at no cost to requesting agency
• Examples Vehicles, helicopters, computers,
  night vision devices, watercraft

• Use of DoD and GSA Purchase Contracts
• Law Enforcement and Fire Services
• Available for counter-drug equipment and supplies
• Examples Vehicles, repair parts, personal
  protective clothing

Tens of millions of dollars yearly in purchase
savings and no cost equipment transfers
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Current Capabilities 1401 Technology Transfer
Now used as a Police Vehicle in Charlotte, NC
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Current Capabilities 1401 Technology Transfer
Now used in Columbus, GA
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Current Capabilities 1401 Technology Transfer
Now used by Cornerville, AR Fire Department
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Near-Term/Future Capabilities1401 Technology
Transfer

• Cooperative RD also benefits first responders
• Command and control / emergency management
• Interoperable communications
• CBRNE Detection
• Medical
• Personnel location and tracking
• Surveillance Technologies
• Identity Management

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Near-Term/Future Capabilities 1401 Technology
Transfer

• Items originally developed for military use and
  currently available to first responders and the
  general public

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Shared Expertise and Competencies1401 Technology
Transfer

• Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance
  Program (ICTAP)
• Assess communications infrastructure gaps and
  translate operational requirements into technical
  requirements that can be used to design an
  interoperable communications system.

• Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program
  (CEDAP)
• Provide technology, equipment, training and
  technical assistance to selected small and rural
  jurisdictions.

• Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical
  Assistance Program (DPETAP)
• Army teams that provide on site technical
  assistance to assist first responders in better
  selecting, operating, and maintaining their CBRN
  equipment.

• Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse Program (HDER)
• Navy provides surplus radiological detection
  instrumentation, training, and long term
  technical support to emergency responder agencies

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1401 Interdepartmental Cooperation
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1401 Technology Transfer
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Homeland Defense and Defense Support to Civil
Authorities
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Questions?
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Who DoD is Working to Support

• Police and Sherriff's Patrol Officers 624,380
• Firefighters 283,630
• Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
  196,190

Data compiled from U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, May 06
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Major Attempts and Successful Acts of
Transnational Terror

• 1979- Radicalized Iranian students storm US
  Embassy and take US hostages
• 1983- Terrorists bomb the US Embassy and Marine
  Barracks in
• Beirut, Lebanon
• 1993- 1st terrorist bombing attempt against the
  World Trade Center
• 1995- Bojinka (Big Bang)- Airliner Bomb Plot
• 1996- Hezbollah car bombing of Khobar Towers,
  Saudi Arabia
• 1998- Al Qaeda US Embassy bombings in Tanzania
  and Kenya
• 2000- USS Cole attack in the Port of Aden
• 2000- Millennium Bomb Plot
• 2001- Al Qaeda attacks on Washington, DC New
  York City
• 2001- Richard Reid/Shoe Bomb Plot
• 2002- Bali Attack
• 2003- Terrorist attack on British Consulate in
  Turkey
• 2004- Madrid Train Bomb Attack
• 2005- London Underground Bomb Attack
• 2006- Trans-Atlantic Airliner Bomb Plot

The terrorist enemy now considers the US homeland
a preeminent part of the global theater of
combat, and so must we.
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Roles and Definitions
Homeland security is a concerted National effort
to prevent terrorist attacks within the United
States, reduce the vulnerability of the US to
terrorism, and minimize the damage assist in
the recovery from terrorist attacks. National
Strategy for Homeland Security

• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is
  responsible for the homeland security of the
  United States.
• DHS also has responsibilities beyond the
  prevention of terrorism, including leading the US
  Government response to mitigation and recovery of
  natural disasters, WMD attacks, and other
  emergencies.
• Other federal agencies, such as the FBI, also
  have critical roles in combating terrorism (e.g.,
  FBI is responsible for terrorist crisis
  management in the U.S.)

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Roles and Definitions
Homeland defense is the protection of US
sovereignty, territory, domestic population,
critical defense infrastructure against external
threats and aggression or other threats as
directed by the President.

• DoD roles within the United States
• Homeland Defense (HD)
• DoD exercises its core warfighting mission to
  defend U.S. territory and interests
• Missions include Maritime Interception
  Operations, Air Patrols over U.S. airspace,
  Land-based defense of critical infrastructure and
  assets, and Use of military forces, when directed
  by the President or Secretary of Defense, to
  protect the U.S. and territories from attack
• Threats can be from states or non-state actors
• Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
• Typical DoD DSCA missions include support to law
  enforcement, support to the U.S. Coast Guard,
  wildland firefighting, etc.