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Topic: DOD Committee on Special Capabilities

	Strategic Forum No. 189
		DOD responsibilities in support of the lead Federal agency during both crisis management and consequence management are delineated in the U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (Concept Plan) and the Federal Response Plan, respectively.
		In these DOD formulations, the threats at issue in homeland defense are specified as emanating from foreign sources, and the precise scope of the term critical infrastructure (beyond the reference to computer networks) remains vague.
		DOD must participate in a deliberate community outreach effort, in support of a larger national campaign, to ensure that the American people understand the military's role in the overall HLS effort.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/strforum/SF189/sf189.htm (5014 words)

	House Armed Services Committee - Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In addition to its legislative jurisdiction and general oversight function, the committee has special oversight functions with respect to international arms control and disarmament and the education of military dependents in schools pursuant to clause 3(g) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
		The committee's principal interest will be that the Department of Defense effort to transition to new contracts does not negatively affect beneficiaries, and that it improves optimization of military medical treatment facilities while preserving high quality, accessible health care.
		The committee will address the current state of the program and measures that might be taken to accelerate the destruction of the stockpile during hearings on the fiscal year 2004 budget request.
	www.house.gov /hasc/about/oversight108.html (3279 words)

	Committee on National Sec. Report
		(b) The Committee and each subcommittee shall require each witness who is to appear before it to file with the Committee in advance of his or her appearance a written statement of the proposed testimony and to limit the oral presentation at such appearance to a brief summary of his or her argument.
		COMMITTEE STAFFING The staffing of the Committee and the standing subcommittees shall be subject to the rules of the House of Representatives.
		COMMITTEE RECORDS The records of the Committee at the National Archives and Records Administration shall be made available for public use in accordance with rule XXXVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
	www.fas.org /spp/starwars/congress/1997/hrpt104884.htm (12552 words)

	FCW.com - House Committee approves DOD budget (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In a statement released this morning, committee chairman Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) said the money spent in the next fiscal year will have an immense impact on the success of combat operations, but cautioned that it may not be enough.
		The committee's recommendations include $2.1 billion for the Army, an increase of $304 million over the requested amount; $1.8 billion for the Navy, an increase of $201.7 million; $2 billion for the Air Force, an increase of $114 million; and $5.2 billion for other Defense agencies, an increase of $64.5 million.
		The committee also increased funding for communications and command and control elements, which were widely hailed as critical in the future battle space during combat operations.
	www.fcw.com /fcw/articles/2004/0510/web-dod-05-13-04.asp (873 words)

	Army Ballistic Missile Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Redstone missile was the first major project assigned to ABMA.
		After the US Naval Research Laboratory's Project Vanguard was chosen by the DOD Committee on Special Capabilities, over the ABMA's proposal to use a modified Redstone ballistic missile as a satellite launch vehicle, ABMA was ordered to stop work on satellites and focus, instead, on intermediate missiles.
		Von Braun, disobeying orders, continued work on the design for what became the Jupiter-C IRBM.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_Ballistic_Missile_Agency (494 words)

	Committee Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Committee considered a total fiscal year 1997 budget request of $234,678,433,000 in new obligational authority for the military functions of the Department of Defense, excluding military assistance, military construction, family housing and civil defense.
		The Committee directs that funding in support of NATO headquarters continue to be maintained at a level consistent with fiscal year 1995 levels and reduces the Army's request to this level.
		It is the Committee's understanding that the Department plans to reduce the threshold to $4,000,000 for the DFAS Columbus Center in the near future.
	www.congress.gov /cgi-bin/cpquery/z?cp104:sr286: (6043 words)

	Special Ops to Increase Force Strength to Meet War Demands
		Special operations forces have applied their direct-action capability to capture or kill terrorists far forward, specifically in Afghanistan and Iraq, Brown said.
		Thomas O'Connell, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, told the subcommittee these initiatives underscore a basic tenet within the special operations community: that humans are more important than hardware.
		The specialized capabilities special operations forces bring to the fight are proving invaluable as they take the lead in almost every aspect of the war on terrorism, he said.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,usn2_042805.00.html (432 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Biometric Data Keeps Captured Terrorists Behind Bars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		DoD established standard procedures for collecting biometrics information about a year and a half ago and provided that system to overseas U.S. combatant commands, McHale said.
		Cornyn also asked McHale if DoD was sharing its detainee biometrics information with the U.S. Departments of Justice, State or Homeland Security, so that detainees who might escape could be prevented from entering the United States to do mischief.
		McHale responded that DoD's detainee biometrics information databank is collocated with the FBI and is also shared with the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies.
	www.defense.gov /news/Mar2006/20060313_4474.html (500 words)

	Project Vanguard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In August 1955, The DOD Committee on Special Capabilities chose the Navy's proposal as it appeared most likely to, by spring 1958, fulfill the following:
		In late 1958, with responsibility for Project Vanguard having been transferred to NASA, the nucleus of the Goddard Space Flight Center was formed.
		After the transfer, NRL rebuilt their spacecraft technology capability and have developed some 87 satellites over the past 40 years for the Navy, DoD and NASA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Project_Vanguard (1264 words)

	Committee on Resources-Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The legislation does affirm that continued unrestricted access to special use airspace, military training routes, and to the range lands themselves, is a national security priority, and should be integrated effectively with other uses for land and associated air resources.
		UTTR has the largest overland special use airspace measured from the surface or near surface, within the continental United States (207 by 92 nautical miles).
		The future geopolitical environment remains uncertain, but one aspect continues to be critical for the success of the United States--we must continue testing and training on military ranges while striving to minimize the impact of our operations on the surrounding communities and the environment.
	resourcescommittee.house.gov /archives/108/testimony/geraldpease.htm (552 words)

	U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Presidentâs budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) for FY 2006 is $419.3 billion in discretionary budget authority, a $19.2 billion increase (4.8 percent) over the FY 2005 enacted level.
		The modernization of the Army and the development of new combat capability are critical to the future of its restructured modular force.
		And the budget keeps the Department on track to fund by FY 2007 the elimination of all inadequate military family housing units in the U.S., and to fund by FY 2009 the elimination of all inadequate units worldwide.
	appropriations.senate.gov /subcommittees/record.cfm?id=232624 (1627 words)

	US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		You and the other members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation have been leaders in calling attention, both nationally and in the Department of Defense, to the importance of funding basic research and to bringing new technology quickly from the scientistâs bench to our Sailors and Marines.
		In 1997, the DoD identified several Science & Technonlogy (&T) topics with the potential for significant impact on military technology; nanoscience was selected as one of those special research area (SRA) topics (see Table 1 for illustrative impact examples).
		A DoD Nanoscience SRA coordinating committee was established; its current membership is: Dr. Gernot Pomrenke, Air Force; Dr. John Pazik, Navy; and Dr. William Mullins, Army.
	commerce.senate.gov /hearings/testimony.cfm?id=745&wit_id=2009 (1241 words)

	House Armed Services Committee Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The committee supports the Administration’s request to fund DOD efforts to stop the flow of drugs into the U.S. and recommends $817.3 million (matching the Administration’s request) for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, and $159.9 million (matching the Administration’s request) for expenses contained in the operating budgets of the services.
		The committee recommends extending for one year the President’s authority to waive certain requirements so funds may be released for the construction of the chemical weapons facility at Shchuch’ye.
		The committee recommends expending $50 million in prior-year unobligated CTR funds outside the FSU by transferring those funds to the State Department’s Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, which already conducts nonproliferation and disarmament activities around the world.
	www.house.gov /hasc/pressreleases/2003/03-05-14markupsummary.htm (4402 words)

	House Armed Services Committee - Subcommittees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In addition, the subcommittee will be responsible for all military construction, installations and family housing issues, including the base closure process.
		In addition, the subcommittee will be responsible for Special Operations Forces, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, information technology policy and programs, force protection policy and oversight, and related intelligence support.
		Responsible for Navy and Marine Corps programs (except strategic weapons and space programs, special operations and information technology accounts), deep strike bombers and related systems, strategic lift programs and naval reserve equipment.
	armedservices.house.gov /about/subcommittees.html (211 words)

	U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Inherent in the Sea Strike pillar of the Seabasing concept is the ability to both strike with fires from the sea base and from units maneuvering within the littoral region.
		The built-in flexibility and survivability of amphibious ships coupled with their combat sustainment capability ensure the rapid achievement of a full range of offensive operations that either allow us to accomplish operational objectives directly or enable us to set the conditions for major joint operations.
		Critical deficiencies currently exist in the capability of the Navy to provide all-weather, accurate, lethal and responsive fire support throughout the depth of the littoral in support of expeditionary operations.
	appropriations.senate.gov /text/hearmarkups/record.cfm?id=218904 (4886 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Fallujah Battle Highlights Marine, Joint Capabilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2005 — Nothing highlights the importance of flexibility and joint capabilities better than the recent battle of Fallujah, the commandant of the Marine Corps told the Senate Armed Services Committee Feb. 10.
		Michael Hagee said the battle in November and December 2004 highlighted the flexibility, adaptability and joint capabilities of the U.S. military.
		Hagee told the committee that 30 percent of the Marine Corps' ground equipment and 25 percent of its aviation equipment is deployed to U.S. Central Command — "one of the harshest operating environments on the planet."
	www.defense.gov /news/Feb2005/n02112005_2005021111.html (504 words)

	The BoarsTale Online
		The formal change of command ceremony included remarks made by Major General David B. Poythress, the Adjutant General for Georgia who praised the efforts of the 165th ASOS in current activities of the unit in Southwest Asia.
		In ceremonies held today at the State Capitol, Perdue acknowledged the 12,000 men and women of the National Guard and made special recognition of the 3,600 men and women of the Georgia National Guard currently deployed around the world for Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle.
		David Poythress, Georgia's Adjutant General and Senator Seth Harp, Chairman of the Senate Veteran and Military Affairs Committee and Representative Ken Birdsong, Chairman of the House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee.
	www.dod.state.ga.us /hqang/boarstale/pages/april2003boars.html (1131 words)

	Terrorism and U.S. Policy
		The DoD commission established to investigate the incident issued findings concerning organization, antiterrorism/force protection, intelligence, logistics, and training as well as a number of recommendations to help prevent a future attack.
		The Senate intelligence committee and its staff examined whether the attack’s success was due to an intelligence failure.
		Discussion of the military role involvements investigation of DoD policy, possible requests for technical assistance (including disposition and transportation of a weapon of mass destruction) and requests for tactical assistance (in situations of armed conflict or a threat to public safety).
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB55/index1.html (3565 words)

	SPECIAL OPERATIONS/Doctrine, Strategy/U.S. Special Ops Command
		Special Operation Forces: Roles and Missions in the Aftermath of the Cold War, edited by Richard H. Shultz, Jr.
		Sullivan, Brian R. Special Operations and LIC in the 21st Century: The Joint Strategic Perspective.
		Discusses the growing importance of the special operations role in general with particular focus on the AF Special Operations Command.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/special/sofdoc.htm (1767 words)

	Organization and Function of the Office of the Surgeon General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Represents TSG at DA and DOD activities on issues related to exceptional family members and children with special health and education needs.
		Serves as TSG's representative on all matters throughout DOD related to wholesomeness and quality assurance of foods, animal medicine programs, and the care and use of animals in biomedical research, development, and engineering.
		Serves as the primary TSG liaison to interface with special interest groups and independent agencies including members of the military coalition, the Congress, the Government Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and others to interpret Army TRICARE policy, resolve issues, coordinate the exchange of information, and support managed care review and evaluation efforts.
	www.militaryblood.dod.mil /library/regulations/otsg_10-32.htm (5550 words)

	Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence : Intelligence Website
		The study before us is comprised of the findings of four task forces that assessed a spectrum of threats to the homeland and made a number of specific technological and operational recommendations needed to protect it.
		This gloomy assessment is offset by the Board’s recognition that the contributions of the Department of Defense and intelligence community have been effective in thwarting past threats posed to the US homeland.
		It did, however, echo a theme that has emerged in both the full Intelligence Committee and this Subcommittee: there is a disconnect between authority and execution within our defense and intelligence communities.
	intelligence.house.gov /CaseStudies.aspx?Section=71 (614 words)

	U.S. Department of Defense Transformation Official Website for 08/01/2006 - Edition 1
		SUFFOLK, Va., Aug. 1, 2006 – U.S. Joint Forces Command changed the name of its Joint Warfare System to Joint Analysis System to better portray the simulation's capability to support the command’s mission of meeting the present and future operational needs of the joint force, while expanding the scope of applications the simulation can support.
		WASHINGTON, July 31, 2006 – Letters to a newspaper's editor recently merited 10 airmen personal invitations to the Pentagon to discuss uniform changes with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T.
		The “Check It” campaign kicked off to remind DoD personnel about the importance of their jobs to the overall mission and the importance of double-checking themselves to make sure they’re doing them right.
	www.defenselink.mil /transformation (288 words)

	U.S. Department of Defense Official Website - Publications
		Budget — Fiscal Year 2006 Information from the DoD Comptroller and Public Affairs — (02/07/2005)
		Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) 2004 Annual Report (requires Adobe Acrobat reader) — (03/30/2005)
		Industrial Capabilities Report (available under "IP Products" at linked page) — (03/15/2002)
	www.defenselink.mil /pubs (610 words)

	DoD Directives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		DOD EXECUTIVE AGENT (DOD EA) FOR THE SUBSISTENCE
		DOD EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR THE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (USOCOE)
		SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) FOR GULF WAR ILLNESS, MEDICAL READINESS, AND MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS
	www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/dir2.html (619 words)

	U.S. Military Intelligence
		You should be aware that the government interprets your viewing of DoD web sites as tacit agreement to monitoring while connected to those sites.
		DARPA Director's Statement before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Committee on Armed Services,U. Senate, 4/20/1999
		Procedures Governing the Activities of DoD Intelligence Components that Affect United States Persons 5240.1-R
	www.loyola.edu /dept/politics/milintel.html (686 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		HEARING TITLE: Crisis Response Capabilities to Domestic Acts of Terrorism Related to Weapons of Mass Destruction
		SUBCOMMITTEE: Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization
		SUBCOMMITTEE: Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation
	commdocs.house.gov /committees/security (3855 words)

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