Defending our Nation - abroad and at home - against foreign and domestic threats is fundamental to The Army's legacy, and our warfighting focus provides capabilities relevant

to HLS requirements. HLS missions range from traditional warfighting competencies that defeat external threats to the non-combat tasks associated with supporting civil authorities in domestic contingencies. Operation NOBLE EAGLE mobilized over 16,000 Army National Guard Soldiers to protect critical infrastructure. These Soldiers assisted the Department of Transportation in securing our Nation's airports while also playing a vital role in securing our Nation's borders. The Army is moving forward to provide one Civil Support Team (CST) to each state, as required by the National Defense Authorization Act for FY03. The CSTS support Incident Commanders and identify Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) agents and substances, assess current and projected consequences, advise on response measures, and assist with appropriate requests for additional support. To date, OSD has certified 30 of 32 teams, and The Army is working to establish additional teams. Collectively, the certified teams have performed 890 operational missions since 11 September 2001. The Army remains committed to HLS, dedicating Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) staffs to focus on training, doctrine, planning, and execution of DoD missions in support of civil authorities.

Homeland Security,
Salt Lake City, UT

Missile Defense

Robust Missile Defense is a vital warfighting requirement that protects both our homeland and our deployed forces. Missile Defense includes far more than a reactive capability to shoot down missiles in their reentry phase. Missile Defense requires a coherent system of sensors; battle command; weapons systems; and active, passive, proactive, and reactive operational concepts, all aimed at destroying enemy missiles - not only during their reentry phases. Missile Defense must also be able to destroy enemy missiles on the ground, before they launch or during their boost phase once launched. Missile Defense is inherently a joint capability to which The Army is a major contributor.

MIM-104

The Army is deploying and employing Ground Mobile Defense (GMD) assets to contribute to this warfighting capability, accelerating the fielding of the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC3) system, and developing directed energy weapons that will bring new defense measures to The Army and the Nation. We are postured to assume control of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program in FY03 and intend to begin fielding by FY12.

Patriot Air Defense Missile

AT WAR AND TRANSFORMING

MEADS is a transformational program of Objective Force quality and a significant improvement on Patriot's capabilities. It will be more mobile and more deployable (C130 capable) than Patriot and cover a 360-degree radius to Patriot's 120 degrees. It will be effective against low radar, cross section cruise missile targets; and require only 30% of Patriot's manpower. And MEADS will be more accurate and more sustainable than Patriot.

Chemical Demilitarization

In Section 1412 of Public Law 99-145, Congress directed the DoD to destroy the United States' chemical weapons stockpile. In turn, the Secretary of Defense delegated management of all chemical munitions disposal to the Department of the Army. On November 29, 2000, the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System, using incineration-based technology, completely destroyed the last stockpiles stored at the Atoll, and closure operations began in January 2001. The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility has incinerated 44% of the chemical agents and 81% of the munitions stored there. Disposal operations at these two sites destroyed 30% of the total U.S. chemical weapons stockpiles. Construction of incineration facilities at Anniston, Alabama; Umatilla, Oregon; and Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is complete. Systemization activities are on-going at Aberdeen, Anniston, Umatilla, and Pine Bluff. The plan to accelerate the disposal of bulk agents using a neutralization process at Aberdeen, Maryland, and Newport, Indiana, has been approved. Anniston and Aberdeen are scheduled to start destruction in second quarter FY03, and Newport is scheduled to begin in first quarter FY04.

To comply with treaty agreements and the Congressional mandate, we must complete the destruction of these weapons by 2007. The treaty allows for a one time, five-year extension to this deadline. With continued funding and minimal schedule changes, we will safely destroy the US. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions at eight existing CONUS sites.

TRAINING THE FORCE

In October 2002, The Army released Field Manual (FM) 7-0, Training the Force. Synchronized with other field manuals and publications being updated to respond to changes in Army, joint, multinational, and interagency operations, FM 7-0 is the capstone doctrinal manual for Army training and leader development. It provides the developmental methodology for training and growing competent, confident Soldiers, and it addresses both current and future Objective Force training requirements.

We are transforming the way we fight future wars, and The Army is participating fully in a DoD-sponsored program to transform how forces train to fight. This effort involves four major initiatives: building upon existing service interoperability training, linking component and joint command staff planning and execution; enhancing existing joint training exercises to address joint interoperability; and studying the requirement for

dedicated joint training environments for functional warfighting and complex joint tasks. The Army is scheduled to host the first joint National Training Center (NTC) event at Fort Irwin, California, in May 2003. During June 2003, the U.S. Army Forces Command will execute the 2nd joint NTC event - JCS exercise ROVING SANDS.

During the late 1990s, funding for the recapitalization and modernization of The Army's Combar Training Centers (CTCs) was reduced, eroding their capability to support their critical missions. Additionally, the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) equipment and current force instrumentation systems have become difficult to maintain. The Army's CTC modernization program will ensure that our premier training areas (NTC at Fort Irwin, Combat Maneuver Training Center (CMTC) in Germany, the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, and the Deep Attack Center of Excellence near Gila Bend, AZ) are modernized to provide high quality, realistic, full-spectrum joint training. To address these problems, The Army will invest nearly $700M over the next six years to modernize these training centers.

120th Adjutant General Battalion (Reception),
Fort Jackson, SC

OPTEMPO

In accordance with Congressional directives, The Army developed a new methodology to prepare budget requests that accurately reflect Operations and Maintenance requirements. In the report submitted in July 2002, The Army outlined updated processes that ensure consistency in reporting of tank miles and reflect requirements and execution with more precision. Management controls initiated in FY01 to prevent migration of OPTEMPO funds to other areas were highly successful and remain in effect.

composite average of 174 miles in FY04, and the USAR ground OPTEMPO requirement is 200 tank-equivalent miles in FY04.

While this describes The Army's training strategy, actual execution levels from unit to
unit have varied depending upon factors such as on-going operations, safety of flight
messages, and adequate manning of combat formations. To this end, The Army has
fully funded its AC ground OPTEMPO requirement, while its AC flying program is funded
to its historical execution level of 13.1 flying hours. The RC air and ground OPTEMPO
are similarly funded to their execution levels, rather than their requirement. Although
The Army has not always been able to execute the training strategy, we have taken steps
to have all units execute the prescribed training strategy in FY03, FY04, and beyond.
FORCE PROTECTION AND ANTITERRORISM

Force protection consists of those actions to prevent or mitigate hostile actions against
Department of Defense personnel and includes family members, resources, facilities,
and critical information. In the war on terrorism, the area of operations extends from
Afghanistan to the East Coast and across the United

M-252 Mortar

States. Naturally, Force Protection and Antiterrorism
measures have increased across Army installations in
the Continental United States (CONUS) and overseas.
Findings from the Cole Commission, the Downing
Report on the Khobar Towers bombing, and Army
directives to restrict access to installations have all led
to thorough assessments by the Department of the Army
Inspector General, the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations, and commanders. Our efforts focus on
improved force protection policy and doctrine; more
rigorous training and exercises; improved threat
reporting and coordination with national intelligence
and law enforcement agencies; enhanced detection and
deterrence capabilities for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive
(CBRNE) threats; increased capabilities and protection for access control; and expanded
assessments of Major Commands (MACOM) and installation force protection programs.
Both operational and installation environments rely upon secure, networked information
infrastructure to execute daily enterprise-wide processes and decision-making, so the
parameters of force protection include contemporary and evolving cyber threats, as well.
The Army's Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) secures The Army's portion
of the Global Information Grid (GIG), secures the digitized force, and supports
information superiority and network security defense-in-depth initiatives. ISSP provides
the capability to detect system intrusions and alterations and react to information warfare
attacks in a measured and coordinated manner. To the greatest extent possible, it protects
warfighters' secure communications - from the sustaining base to the foxhole.

Soldiers, Active and Reserve, are heavily engaged in force protection and anti-terrorism missions. Soldiers guard military installations, nuclear power plants, dams and power generation facilities; tunnels, bridges, and rail stations; and emergency operations centers. During the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, nearly 1,500 ARNG Soldiers provided security, and Soldiers guarded key infrastructure sites during Super Bowl XXXVII in January 2003. Over 12,500 Reserve Component Soldiers are currently mobilized for Operation NOBLE EAGLE to fulfill Force Protection requirements, and in February 2003, over 8,000 Army National Guard Soldiers will support Air Force security requirements - a requirement that could reach 9,500 Soldiers. Security of detention facilities and detainees at Guantanamo Bay Detention - a long-term detainee mission requires approximately 1500 Army personnel, 50% of whom are Military Police. Army Reserve Internment and Resettlement battalions on 6-month rotations impact military police availability to CONUS Force Protection requirements

SUSTAINMENT

The Army is revolutionizing its logistics process. One initiative, the Single Stock Fund (SSF), redirected more than $540M worth of secondary items from stocks to satisfy customer demands between May 2000 - SSF inception - and November 2002. During that same period, we redistributed more than $218M worth of secondary items from the authorized stockage levels to meet higher priority readiness requirements. By extending national visibility of stockage locations and capitalizing inventories into the Army Working Capital Fund, we reduced customer wait time by an average of 18.5%. The SSF will continue to reduce inventory requirements and generate even more savings for The Army by creating greater flexibility for the management of inventories.

Another initiative, the National Maintenance Program (NMP), enhances weapon system readiness, reliability, and availability rates by bringing Army Class IX repair parts to a single national standard. Ultimately, increased reliability will reduce overall weapon system Operating and Support cost. Additionally, the NMP centralizes the management and control of Army maintenance activities for components and end items. NMP will produce appropriately sized Army maintenance capacity that still meets total maintenance requirements.

STRATEGIC READINESS REPORTING

The National Defense Authorization Act for FY99 requires the Secretary of Defense to implement a comprehensive readiness reporting system that objectively measures readiness to support the NSS. The Army's Strategic Readiness System (SRS) responds to and provides a baseline in achieving this critical initiative.