ELIGIBLE RECEIVER Overview

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ELIGIBLE RECEIVER Overview
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• Purpose
• ELIGIBLE RECEIVER (ER) is the CJCS-Sponsored
  No-Notice Interoperability Exercise (NIEX)
  focused on
• Interagency Coordination
• Crisis Action Planning
• Command Control Relationships
• Communications Connectivity
• Counterterrorism

• History
• First ELIGIBLE RECEIVER exercise occurred in Jun
  87
• There have been 16 exercises in the ER series
• Date AOR Recent Exercise Locations and Themes
• Jun 93 LANTCOM Caribbean, Hostage Rescue
• Nov 93 PACOM SE Asia, Natural Disaster Relief
• Apr 95 EUCOM Europe, Counter-Terrorism (CT), WMD
• May 96 SOUTHCOM Latin America, CT, WMD
• Jun 97 PACOM Guam and CONUS, Info Opns
• Dec 98 CENTCOM Persian Gulf, CT, WMD
• Nov 99 JFCOM National Capital Region, CT, WMD
• Jul 01 SOUTHCOM Foreign Consequence Management
  (CM)
• Oct 02 PACOM Computer Network Operations
• May 04 NORTHCOM Maritime/Homeland Defense with
  WMD
• Sep 05 EUCOM Foreign CM and CT
• Sep 06 SOUTHCOM Latin America, linked with ABLE
  WARRIOR
• Canceled because of ongoing real-world
  operations

Typical Past Participants
NSC

OSD Joint Staff
Dept of Defense Dept of State Dept of Homeland
Security Central Intelligence Agency Federal
Bureau of Investigation Dept of Energy
Combatant Command(s)
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ELIGIBLE RECEIVER Possible Way-Ahead
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• NEP Implementation Plan, para 5.10 requires at
  least one No-Notice exercise in a 5 year cycle
• ER has name recognition within DOD and
  Interagency
• ER has established history of regular execution
• Interagency participation has been critical to ER
  success Typical participants have included
• CSG DOS-Counter terrorism DOS-Regional
  DOS-Embassy DNI Staff, DOJ, FBI, DOE
• ER cannot go it alone as an add-on exercise
  outside NEP
• ER has been flexible with various
  themes/theaters/other exercise linkages
• Potential for synergy in combining ER
  requirements with NEP No-Notice requirements
• Exercise planning efforts can be teamed between
  DOD and interagency partners
• Interagency-wide objectives can be achieved
• Plan to further explore the combining of ER with
  NEP-No Notice Exercise

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