2008 Annual Report - West Virginia Army National Guard - U.S. Army

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West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2008 J5/7 - Strategic Plans, Doctrine, Training & Exercises The purpose of the J-5 section is to provide strategic analysis to the Adjutant General; articulate the Adjutant General’s thoughts and ideas to integrate, coordinate, and communicate the organization’s strategic vision and direction; assist the Adjutant General with developing and implementing policy, plans, and strategy related to domestic operations, peacetime activities, and federal and state homeland security/military support to civil authorities missions; and advise and assist the Adjutant General with joint doctrine, interoperability and deliberate planning. During 2008, the J-5 section began initial implementation of the Defense Readiness and Reporting System (DRRS) and Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS) to provide readiness assessments of the WVNG’s homeland defense, homeland security, and domestic response capabilities. DRRS and JTIMS, along with the Joint Capabilities Database (JCD) and the Strategic Awareness Enhancement Initiative (SAEI), identify the necessary joint capabilities required by the Governor and the National Command Authority in the event of a domestic emergency. These systems consider the continued deployment of forces needed for the Global War on Terrorism and other missions in support of state and federal agencies and the Department of Defense. Full implementation and integration of these systems in 2009 will provide up-to-date situational awareness to the Adjutant General and the Department of Defense on WVNG capabilities to respond to state and nation for domestic emergencies. The J-5 additionally serves as the Office of Primary Responsibility for the State Partnership Program (SPP). Launched in 1996 as an initial outreach to new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe, the State Partnership Program brings U.S. states and territories and partner nations together through a range of military, civil-military and civil activities under National Guard auspices. West Virginia’s partner is the Republic of Peru. This year West Virginia participated in seven exchange events that included an exchange of Peruvian Military Academy Cadets to the West Virginia State University Reserve Officer Training Corps; a Joint Operations Center Planning Conference with the National Civil Defense Institute of Peru; and a Disaster Management Seminar conducted in conjunction with United States Army South (USARSO). The latter events focused on the role the National Guard and the Department of Defense perform in support of civil authorities during domestic emergencies. 30
West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2008 The highlight of partnership events for 2008 included a visit by the Peruvian Defense Attaché Delegation to the U.S. Department of Defense, lead by the Assistant Defense Attaché, Major General Raul Uribe. During this visit, the attachés for the Army, Navy and Air Force of Peru received briefings on the West Virginia National Guard’s Defense Support to Civil Authorities and homeland defense capabilities, and conducted tours of the Center for National Response (CNR) Tunnel complex, the Fixed Wing Army Aviation Training Site (FWAATS), the 130th Airlift Wing, and the WVNG Joint Operations Center (JOC). The visit culminated in a forum with the Adjutant General to discuss future opportunities to foster mutual interests and strengthen long-term relationships as state partners. The function of the J-7 section is to act as the staff proponent for Joint Forces Headquarters joint doctrine, education and professional development, training exercises, readiness and assessment. The J-7 section coordinated and executed multiple joint training exercises, including the West Virginia National Guard’s 35th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST) external evaluation by United States Army North (ARNORTH). The 35th CST external evaluation exercise was conducted in Morgantown in coordination with the West Virginia University Police Department. Additionally, the J-7 coordinated and executed the West Virginia National Guard’s participation in Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) 2008 in conjunction with the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and multiple state and county agencies as part of a United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) exercise. This multi-agency exercise involved the West Virginia National Guard’s support to the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and County Emergency Operations Centers in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. The scenario was based on an urban-to-rural mass evacuation of the National Capital Region and the secondary effects on West Virginia for contingency planning purposes. 31
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