Homeland Security Operations

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Homeland SecurityOperations

• Washington Wing
• USAF Auxiliary - Civil Air Patrol

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Back to the future

• 1 December 1941 Original CAP tasking was
  Homeland Security.
• 11 September 2001 New CAP tasking is Homeland
  Security.

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Lets Take A Closer Look At Homeland Security

• The National HQ view
• The Wing HQ view
• The Groups Squadrons view.

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The National HQ View
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Major General (Select) Richard L. BowlingCAP
National Commander
The auxiliarys congressionally chartered
programs and our traditional search and rescue,
disaster relief and counter drug missions will
continue, but to accommodate Homeland Security
tasking, the auxiliary will undergo significant
change. Transformation of the auxiliary will
occur as the Homeland Security mission becomes
the primary focus and as the auxiliary evolves to
more effectively respond to the humanitarian and
national security challenges inherent in Homeland
Security.
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CAP Support of National Strategy for Homeland
Security

• Intelligence and Warning Operations.
• Border and Transportation Security.
• Domestic Counter Terrorism.
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure and key
  assets.
• Defending Against Catastrophic Threats.
• Emergency Preparedness and Response.

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National HS Operations and Current Activities

• National Operations Center (NOC) has been
  activated at Maxwell AFB on duty 24/7.
• NOC receives requests for CAP support, assesses
  requirements activates appropriate Wings.
• Establishing new nationwide customer agreements
  and operations plans.

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The Washington Wing HQ View
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WA WG Homeland Security Mission Statement
Washington Wing of the Civil Air Patrol shall
support the National Homeland Security Strategy
by providing a highly prepared force of
volunteers and equipment to enhance the
effectiveness of Federal and State military and
civilian agencies, units of local government and
other relief agencies.
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Prepare to Perform

• Airborne reconnaissance, imaging
  transportation.
• Monitoring of critical infrastructure, restricted
  sensitive areas.
• Ground-based communications systems operations.

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Prepare to Perform (Cont.)

• Airborne communications relay sensor platform
  operations.
• Augmentation of civil military authorities
  damage assessment, recovery teams security.
• State and local communications emergency
  operations centers manning.

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Prepare to Perform (Cont.)

• Air defense radar evaluation intercept
  training.
• Emergency preparedness training.
• Rapid-response aircrews and ground teams.
• Air ground radiological monitoring.

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Washington Wings Transformation

• New Homeland Security and Counter Drug Operations
  Directorate.
• Formed to enhance coordination among HS and CD
  operations and training some HS taskings will
  require CD clearance, others will not.
• CD operations move to the new Directorate.
• Wing, Group Squadron Alerting Systems continue
  and increase in importance.

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Homeland Security and Counter Drug Operations

• At Wing HQ. Director, HS Officer CD
  Officer.
• At each Group HQ. HS Officer.
• At each Squadron HQ. HS Officer.
• The team approach to planning HS training needs
  and operational participation.

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Where We Are

• WAWG has been performing a growing number of HS
  Missions since September, 2001.
• HS taskings are expected to increase
  significantly from a larger number of national
  and local agencies.
• Kinds of taskings are expanding.

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Where We Are (cont.)

• Washington Wings current maximum effort
  response can generate
• 9 air missions/day weekends.
• 3 air missions/day weekdays.
• 8 ground missions/day weekends.
• 5 ground missions/day weekdays.

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Where We Need To Go

• Increase ability to respond to additional
  taskings more mission qualified members.
• Expand training for specialized taskings some
  of which have not yet been identified.
• Increase proficiency in conducting taskings
  make the good better.

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Heres Whats Happening Now

• Existing MOUs with Washington State Aviation
  Division and Emergency Management Division are
  being updated.
• New supplemental MOUs with local Emergency
  Management Departments are being prepared.
• For foreseeable future HS operations funding
  likely to come through State Local agencies.
• CD Operations continue as before.

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Whats Happening (Cont.)

• Discussions are underway with the State Military
  Department to include CAP support in Air National
  Guard and Army National Guard OPSPLANS.
• Assessing Washington Wings equipment and
  training needs for expanded HS operations.
• Requesting additional funding and equipment.

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Lt Col Thomas A. GreenVice CommanderWashington
Wing
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The Groups Squadrons View
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Prepare and Respond

• Recruit new members being a part of Homeland
  Security is a meaningful contribution to the
  defense of the nation.
• Involve cadets - in appropriate taskings.
• Help our existing and new members to understand
  the need for their active participation.

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Lt Col Ernie SchnablerWashington Wing Homeland
Security Officer