INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Bill Sargent MILITARY MUNITIONS DESIGN CENTER - HUNTSVILLE Chief, Military Munitions Design Center Ordnance and Explosives Directorate US Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville 21 November 2013 US Army Corps of Engineers
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Our Munitions Objective Support DoD and US Government Agency operations worldwide with qualified and responsive munitions and environmental support Camp Mac, Bagram AF, Afghanistan Support the Warfighter Rapid response Expeditionary mindset Independent operation capability to include security, logistics, and life support Training of local and third country nationals 4
Ordnance Directorate Missions Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Range Support Munitions Demilitarization International/Contingency Operations Support Missile Defense Agency Support Environmental PM Support 5
International Munitions Capabilities Chemical warfare munitions disposal Foreign national capacity training Conventional munitions disposal (CEA and Code H) Advanced conventional weapons demil Landmine and battle area clearance Depleted uranium removal and disposal Environmental response Security, Life Support Area (LSA), transportation Robotics for high hazard areas 6
Engineering Capabilities Contaminated site characterization Environmental/hazardous material remediation Explosives safety site planning Chemical hazard analysis Geophysical mapping and investigations Explosive safety and blast effects Hazardous chemical, industrial and process facility design 7
Mine Clearance Afghanistan Programs and Customers Range Clearance CCH Munitions Disposal RC-Southwest Mixing Calcium Hypochlorite Programs are aligned with TAD/TAA, CENTCOM, ARCENT, etc. Consolidated d Munitions Clearance Program-Afghanistan (CMC-A). Provides mine field, artillery range, and construction site clearance support for Joint Operational Corps HQ (JOCHQ) and Trans-Atlantic Afghanistan (TAA) Joint Munitions Disposal-Afghanistan (JMD-A) Disposal of unserviceable (CCH) munitions for JOCHQ Environmental Response Teams-Afghanistan (ERT-A) Treatment of hazardous material and waste, spill response, environmental cleanup, closure actions for JOCHQ New Embassy Site Characterization Beirut, Lebanon (DOS) Mine Clearance-Korea for 8 th Army Site Characterization, Poland, Missile Defense Agency 8
Munitions Disposal Afghanistan Environmental Cleanup Mine Clearance Ops Munitions Disposal Setup Status FY13 Obligated $91M $58.9M Munitions Clearance Afghanistan $23.1M Munitions Disposal Afghanistan $9.3M Environmental Response Afghanistan FY14 Planning $48.5M Range Clearance Afghanistan $14.5M Munitions Clearance Afghanistan 6 month extension $40M Munitions Disposal Afghanistan $10M Environmental Response Afghanistan Environmental Electrical LHS Cleanup Issue POL Issue 9
International Operations Program Trends Bagram Funding (000) Munitions Turn-in Afghanistan 250,000 200,000 199,100 150,000 143,580 Munitions Disposal Afghanistan 100,000 123,000 91,000 112,500 50,000 Mine Clearance Afghanistan FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY14 figures could increase $120M if DoD clears ranges throughout Afghanistan The biggest increase from FY10 to FY12 reflects increased Afghanistan support in mine clearance, environmental, and ordnance 10 disposal projects
Contracts Worldwide Ordnance and Environmental Remediation Contract (WERS) Logistics, Security, Life Support IDIQ with $1.4B capacity Fixed Price and Cost Plus 15 Contractors Large and Small Business To date, $259.4M WERS capacity has been transferred to Corps Div/Dist Robotics $40M Awarded July 2013, Environmental Chemical Corporation (ECC) 11
Local and Third Country Nationals Contractors make maximum use of local and third country nationals Subcontractors and direct hire employees are vetted and trained Stood up and operated the Baji National Depot of Iraq and trained Iraqi Army 12
Successes Unserviceable Ammunition Storage Area (Bagram) Afghan National Defense University Incinerator Residue Sorting Mine Clearance Complete Bagram mine clearance within 6 months Support TAD/TAA Assumed mine and battle area clearance responsibilities in support of construction Transferred TAN personnel to HNC roles to support drawn down objectives Small Arm incinerators in full operation with a new incinerator being installed at Bagram Mobile teams are in full swing traveling to FOBs to inventory and dispose of excess munitions in support of draw down Hazardous material and waste treatment yards are now fully operational at four enduring bases Initiated range clearance operations for withdrawing forces 13 Environmental Cleanup
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Mine and Battle Area Clearance Afghanistan Mine field and battle area clearance in support of USFOR-A and ANSF construction In partnership with the UN Mine Action Center 600 personnel at Bagram and throughout Afghanistan Utilizes third country nationals inside the wire Utilizes Afghan nationals outside the wire 3 million sq-m cleared to date 70,000 pieces of ordnance destroyed 15 Battle Land Area Mine Clearance Screener Battle Area Clearance Scrap Metal UXO
Joint Munitions Disposal- Afghanistan Demo Setup Incinerator at LNK Admin Bldg Construction Bagram Demo Dispose of explosive remnants of war, of US/NATO Condition Code H and do not return 60 personnel staffing mobile teams throughout Afghanistan. US and third country Destroyed 800 short tons of CC-H ammunition to date Incinerator disposed of 147.88 short tons of small arms CC-H to date 16
Environmental Response Teams (ERT) Augment USFOR-A military structure Assist in cleanup & closure of coalition sites POL Drums 20 personnel, US and third country nationals Deal w/hazardous material and waste Currently supporting projects in Bagram Air Field (BAF), Leatherneck (LNK), Kandahar Air Field (KAF), and Shank 17 German Pharmacy Cleanup HCI neutralized with CaCO3
Story Training Area, Korea Task is BAC, mine clearance and UXO construction support Cleared 5.2 acres Recovered 717 MEC items of which 696 were landmines M14 Mine M7 Mines 18
Poland Site Investigation Project mission is to conduct a Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) site characterization survey and delineate areas of MEC contamination and Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH) in support of future constructions activities Site Redzikow, Poland Customer Missile Defense Agency 19
Other Contingency Support Actions Task Force Power Low voltage electrical inspections Fire safety program and training Generator optimization Fire Suppression System Repair and Maintenance NAVAIR Facility Support 20
Battle Area Clearance Safety Brief Issues/Challenges Forces in Afghanistan have created over 250 UXO contaminated ranges Electrical Hazard Afghanistan Mine Clearance Afghanistan Battle Area Clearance PMN-2 AP Mine Protocol V to the 1980 Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Convention requires the US to address Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) In summary United States must take measures to reduce the risks posed by ERW HNC is engage JOCHQ and CENTCOM to define specific requirements, funding, and timeline Estimate is $500M over five years Recommended path forward: Inventory ranges Survey to delineate Conduct surface clearance (max risk reduction, min cost) Follow up with subsurface clearance as time/funds permit 21
Best Practices/Lessons Learned TwoMainDrivers Safety and Environmental With reduced dollars, contractor needs to be flexible and look for cost saving measures We continue to do what we do and the customers come back to us 22
Future International Operations Group Prepare for Drawdown of US Forces in Afghanistan Protocol V Range Clearances Afghanistan Prepare for Next Contingency Operation Lash in Tighter to TAD and CENTCOM Demil Operations Developing product line In coordination with PM Demil and JMC PM Demil is looking to utilize recycle $ Upcoming work: Tow Missile Demil FY14? Equipment Demil FY14? 23
International Operations Initiatives Planning with CENTCOM/ARCENT for next contingency / support operation Strategic alignment with TAD for ordnance / environmental support FY14 outreach to USACE LNO s and MACOMS Continue coordination with JMC, DOS and other Federal Agencies 24
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