Center for Asymmetric Warfare CAW)U.S. Navy

Dr. Carol V. EvansEast Coast Regional Manager

(540) 687-8317www.ctrasymwarfare.org

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What is the CAW?

• Navy led organization, established in 1999, with a focus on Multi-Agency response to:– Terrorism and Natural disasters in the Maritime/ Port and CBRNE

environment.   This includes the pre-event phase including INTEL build-up through the Emergency Management and Consequence Management phases.

• The CAW organization has three major focus areas: – Training and Education

– Exercises; including simple to complex Multi-Agency– Technology; including Experimentation and Assessment

• CAW events are sponsored by: – DOD

– Other Federal Agencies

– State and Local governments and private industry.

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CAW Locations• The CAW is headquartered at Naval Base Ventura County, Pt. Mugu, California • The CAW has three regional offices located in the Pacific Northwest, the Hawaiian Islands and Northern Virginia.

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CAW CONUS Initiatives – 2003 to Present

Multiple Exercises

Past Exercises

Initial Planning

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Example: AWI – 03 Ventura County

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2007 Exercises: AWI07N: Washington StatePROGRAM SCHEDULE:• CDC (RR-07NW) Complete

• Event work group coord Ongoing

• IPC (RR-07N) Complete

• MPC (RR-07N) 21 Feb 07

• NRNW NGRF TTX 22 Feb 07

• AWI-07N TTX 6/7 Mar 07

• COMMEX (RR-07N) 14 Mar 07

• FPC 23 May 07

• Final IPR (RR-07NW) 13 Jun 07

• AWI-07N FSE 16-25 Jul 07

POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS:EXERCISE GOALS & OBJECTIVES:• The first goal is to generate interaction among local, county, state,

federal, DoD and multi-national organizations in response to multiple, live and computer simulated, near-simultaneous events, including sequential explosions and heavy casualties in and around Puget Sound maritime approaches and ports. The primary exercise objectives are to:

– Provide agencies the opportunity to exercise plans and procedures, and assess the types of systems needed to guide the prevention, response, and recovery from terrorist events occurring in the NW Region.

– Further enhance their understanding of the roles and responsibilities, capabilities and limitations, of other agencies in order to better promote interagency operations within the ICS structure.

– Build on lessons learned from previous AWI exercise series, focusing on the enhancement of agency understanding and application of ICS concepts.

• The second goal is to meet the exercise requirements provided by the participants during the planning phase. This exercise will be conceived and developed from the bottom up through a series of meetings with interested agencies. The set of participants’ objectives will be the defining elements of the exercise development and will be addressed through the design of scenario events that will provide the required type and level of play.

• DOD:, DCO/DCE (NORTHCOM, ARNORTH), NRNW, NCIS, 70th RRC, NDMS/FCC, CAP, WRMC, FT LEWIS DPTMS, WADS

• MARPAC; AK DHS• DHS: USCG (Dist 13, MSO, PACAREA), ICE, CBP, FEMA • FBI• WA STATE: WA EMD, WANG, NVANG, WSDOT, WSP,

WSHA, WDOC, WDOH, WDOE, EPA, ARES• RGN 1, Snohomish/Skagit/Island Cnty; RGN 2, Kitsap

Cnty; RGN 5 Pierce Cnty; RGN 6 King County• Port of Seattle• Port of Bellingham (observer/controller)• Port of Tacoma + Terminals• SCSD, PCSD, TPD, TFD; SFD;

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East Coast Initiative

• The CAW has a Congressional HLD/HLS East Coast Initiative for FY 2007 & 2008 (Senators Warner, Webb Collins & Snowe)

• The objective is provide multi-agency exercises that would lead to improved communication & coordination between DoD and DHS entities, state and local governments and first responders

• We are working with Maine, New Hampshire and Virginia’s homeland security entities, the USCG and other federal agencies, AMSC and National Guard Civil Support Teams

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East Coast Initiative 2007: Virginia

Objectives:

Participants:• Office of Commonwealth Preparedness• Virginia Fusion Center• AMSC & USCG Atlantic Area• DHS HQ• VA State Police• FBI• ASDHS• JFCOM/J9• VA National Guard and 34th Civil Support Team• NCIS

ECI/Virginia:

Exercise Schedule

• Examine DoD/DHS/CoV interagency challenges

• Maritime Domain Awareness/intelligence flow

• Interdiction operations

• Unified Command responsibilities

•Maritime Operation Threat Response protocols

•Sponsor is the Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of Commonwealth Preparedness

•Tabletop exercise to discuss plans, policies and responsibilities for conducting Maritime Homeland Security operations across the entire spectrum of state, local and Federal response.

•The TTX centered on a series of scenarios to explore information and intelligence flow of potential terrorist activity and to assess post-

event command and control.

• Concept Development Conf. 21 March 2007

• Mid Planning Conference 1 May 2007

• Final Planning Conference 17 May 2007

• Table Top Exercise 21-22 May 2007

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East Coast Initiative /Maine Component: ECI/Waldo Responder07

Objectives:

Participants:• Waldo County agencies: EMA, Sheriff, Police, Fire Departments, EMS Units, Hospital, Comm Center, Harbormaster, HAMS, SAR• Region 4 agencies: EMA, Bangor PD/FD, RRTs, NMRRC• State Reps: MEMA, State Police, Marine Patrol, Fire Marshal,

11th CST , 34th CST, BLS, DOT, CAP, Maritime

Academy• Federal Reps: Coast Guard, FBI, US Customs

ECI / WR07 Scenario:

Exercise Schedule• Test deployment protocols for the Maine Region 4 Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT).

• Test the equipment and comms interoperability of local, state, and federal emergency response resources.

• Test the Incident and State Joint Information System.

• Establish and operate a NIMS Incident Command System.

• Test the capability to conduct a Mass Casualty Response.

• Test the effectiveness of the Incident Emergency Response capability.

Day 1: MMP finds conclusive evidence of imminent, local terrorist attack, requiring the deployment of the 11 th CST

Day 2: Unified Command is established. 11th CST finds evidence of terrorist WMD capabilities.

Day 3: Terrorist take hostage local cruise ship. MST deploys and neutralizes terrorists but a CBRNE incident occurs onboard requiring decon of passengers. 11 th and 34th CST units deployed.

4: Local and Waldo County agencies, Region 4 IMAT, and one or more CSTs (ME, VA or NH) respond to another mass casualties event.

• Concept Development Conf. 28 Mar

• Mid-planning Conference 13 June

• Unified Command TTX 31 July

• Final Planning Conference 15 Aug

• ECI / WR07 FSE 26-29 Sep

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Maine ECI/Waldo 07 Event Locations

• Belfast Terrorist Safehouse

• Belfast Boathouse / UCP

• Casualty Collection Point / Unified Command / ICP

• Islesboro Airport • Islesboro Harbor

• Lost Victim

• Cruise Ship Explosion

• TS State of Maine

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East Coast Initiative 2007

• Completed September 26-29 ECI/Waldo Responder 2007 exercise in the Penobscot Bay, Maine

• VIP representation from:– Congressional staff from

Senators Collins & Snowe offices

– Sector Northern NE, Captain Rendon

– Maine TAG, MGEN Libby

– VA TAG, Colonel Simpson

– WI TAG, Major Covington

– NASBLA, WI, HQ

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East Coast Initiative 2008 - Virginia• Command Post Exercise

(CPX), Hampton Roads, VA– Follow on from May 2007 TTX and

will examine state–level Maritime Operation Threat Response protocol

– CPX tentatively scheduled for July 2008//Overlay with AMSC exercise

– Three day exercise will have a live component with the response phase conducted by joint CST/FBI HRMT at sea operations in the Tidewater area.

– Participants include LANTAREA Coast Guard, AMSC, CoV Office of Commonwealth Preparedness, CoV Emergency Operations Center, VA State Police, VA Fusion Center, FBI, FBI Hazardous Material Response Team, VANG 34th CST, U.S. Navy, FEMA.

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East Coast Initiative 2008 - Maine

• Held initial planning meetings with MEMA, New Hampshire, and USCG– MEMA have asked CAW to

conduct a series of TTXs to examine bridge collapse that links the two states

– The Memorial Bridge is a truss lift bridge that carries U.S. Route 1 across the Piscatagua River between Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, ME

– First TTX will examine Lessons Learned from Minnesota

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CAW Exercises with NG InvolvementBeginning in 2003 we have conducted and worked

with the National Guard’s Civil Support Teams in the following major exercises:– AWI-03 (Ventura County, California)

– AWI-04 Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach (A part of NORTHCOM’s Determined Promise 04)

– AWI-04 North (Tacoma, WA)

– AWI-05 South/Exercise Bay Shield San Diego

– Unified Independence 2005 (9th CST/1st CERFP)

– Gulf Coast Maritime Domain Awareness-05 (CSTs from Mississippi and Alabama)

– AWI-N06 & AWI-N07 (NG/CST Washington State)

– Pacific Peril 2006 (NG/CST Oregon)

– ECI-07 (Virginia & Maine CSTs)

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National Guard Bureau• CAW & NGB will sign a Letter of

Intent at the NGB HQ, November 1, 2007

• Objective is to help the NGB develop maritime CBRNE state-level or regional exercises, including CSTs and CERFPs

• The CAW has been asked by New Hampshire and Maine’s CSTs to provide a large regional exercise for May 2008

• Six CST units from the region will participate

• Venue is Fairchild Semiconductor facility in Portland, Maine

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Supporting Documents

Past CAW HLS Exercises

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Asymmetric Warfare Initiative 03

Concept:

• Comprehensive, terrorism-based, multi-agency scenario set in the maritime/port environment of Ventura County, California

• Designed to train military, Federal, State, and local agencies in homeland defense/homeland security (HLD/HLS)

• Specifically focused on the interactions between and among agencies during a terrorist attack and in the immediate post-attack consequence-management phase

• CAW led the planning and coordinated the exercise, directed and executed the live portion of the exercise, and collected and analyzed exercise data

Milestones – 2003/2004:Initial Scenario Briefings 15 Feb 03Kick-off Meeting 19 Mar 03Initial Planning Conference 15 Apr 03Generate MSEL 15 Jun 03Scripting Conference 24 Jun 03Mid Planning Conference 16 Jul 03Final Planning Conference 30 Sep 03Tabletop Number One exercise 6, 7 Oct 03Participant’s Guide 15 Oct 03Tabletop Number Two 5, 6 Feb 04Final Report 20 Feb 04

Some of the Participants: USN State

C3F (MSST) 9th Civil Support TeamNavy Region SW OESNBVC Ventura Co. Dept of Environmental Health

NAVAIR Highway PatrolNAVSEA Other FederalNAVFAC FBI – SWAT, Dive Team,Naval War College USCG, JITC, NOAA,OPTEVFOR City/CountyJFN VC Sheriff – Bomb Squad, OEM, NCIS SWAT, TRT, Fire (HazMat)

LA County TEWG, City of Oxnard

Fire/Police, Port Hueneme PoliceOxnard Harbor/Port of Hueneme

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DP-04/AWI-04(S)

Concept:

• AWI-04S is the Southern California component of Determined Promise - 04

• Combination of live and simulated events resulting in emergency response from the federal and state levels thru regional, county, city, department

• Exercises organizational, tactical, and jurisdictional interfaces among multiple Federal, DOD, State, County, and City agencies

• Integrates four scenarios into a coordinated exercise: • Simulated containerized RDD exploding in the Port of LA• Search for several other containers en route from the port• Search for terrorists aboard a vessel in the Port of LB• Train derailment in Ventura County causing mass casualties

• Bottom-up exercise design permits participants to meet specific local training requirements in the context of a much larger-scale exercise.

Milestones - 2004:

MESL Development Conference 17 Feb 04

Mid Planning Conference 21 Apr 04

CA Event Table Top Exercise 9 Jun 04

Final Planning Conference 7 Jul 04

Start of Intelligence Traffic 20 Jul 04

AWI-04 (S) 4-6 Aug 04

DP-04 5-10 Aug 04

Participants: Los Angeles City

California State Agencies– CA Dept Health Services– CA Dept of Public Health– CA OES– CA OHLS– CA DOT– CA Highway Patrol– 9th CST

Federal Agencies– 5th Army– LAAFB– FEMA Region IX– FBI JTTF– NCIS– USCG PACAREA– DOE– DTRA– NAVAIR– NAVREGION SW– COMTHIRDFLT

– LAPD– LA EPD– LA Port Police– LA Fire

Los Angeles County– Health Services– EMS– TEW

Long Beach– Port Security– Harbor Patrol– LBPD

LA/LB USCG COTPSan Diego CountyVentura CountyPrivate Sector

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AWI-04(N)

Concept:• Command Post level exercise with integrated live play vignettes.• Exercises interfaces among DoD and Non DoD, Federal and Non-

Federal agencies • Includes multiple near-simultaneous events, persistent contaminants

and heavy casualties in and around Puget Sound maritime approaches and ports

• Elements of the scenario will be driven by the Fort Lewis Battle Simulation Center to provide integration of multiple threads and back up critical events needed to stimulate exercise play.

• Bottom up approach to permit participants to meet required local exercise requirements in the context of a full-scale scenario.

• Design approach will examine ways to integrate a complicated mix of independent events using both local facilities and special training facilities scattered throughout the area

Milestones - 2004:Concept Development Conference/IPC 31 Mar 04Scripting Conference 13 Apr 04Mid Planning Conference 9 Jun 04Final Planning Conference 11 Aug 04Begin Intelligence Injections 25 Aug 04Table Top Exercise 15 Sep 04Main Exercise Events 5-7 Oct 04Hot Wash 8 Oct 04After Action Review 14 Oct 04Final Report 14 Nov 04

Participants:

Federal organizations and agencies• DHS – FEMA, US Coast Guard, Public Health Service• National Disaster Medical System & Madigan Army Medical Center• NAVREGION NW & other DoD installations/organizations• Civil Air Patrol• FBIState/Local Agencies• National Guard• Washington State Patrol• Washington Department of TransportationPrivate Sector Organizations• Ports of Seattle and Tacoma – maritime• Washington State Hospital Association

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Gulf Coast MDA Initiative (05)

Objectives:•USNR/DCGS-N Program OfficeDemonstrate National/Regional MDA scenario with USCG and USNORTHCOM leveraging DCGS-N capability and USNR units to perform HLD/HLS missions in support of GWOT

•USCG–Test relevance of real-time MDA in Pascagoula by simulating attack on critical infrastructure–Test USCG ability to detect swimmers prior to attack on critical infrastructure facility–Evaluate validity of USV to patrol the limits of security zone –Evaluate the process of setting up of a NIMS structure to engage AMSC plan in response to credible threat–Evaluate transition of the NIMS structure from a prevention focused UC to response focused UC

Milestones - 2005:Initial Planning Conference 15-16 Mar 05Mid Planning Conference 24-25 May 05LOE-1 10-12 Jun 05LOE-2 15-17 Jul 05Final Planning Conference 18-19 Jul 05Travel and Staging 8-12 Aug 05GCI/NE05 15-19 Aug

05Alert Startex 15 Aug 05Prevention CPX 16 Aug 05Response (ARC) Seminar 17 Aug 05Consequence Management TTX 18 Aug 05Resolution Endex 19 Aug 05

Exercise Hot Wash 19 Aug 05Tear down 20 Aug 05

Participants:• USNR• USCG• NS-Pascagoula• COTP Pascagoula• AMSC• NG CST• First Responders

•USNORTHCOM

•NAVFOR-AK

•USCG D17

•C3F

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AWI-05 South

Objectives:

• Exercise the San Diego Area Maritime Security Plan and the related plans of other agencies

–Validate the Operational Functions of the SD SCC-J in a maritime terrorism scenario–Exercise and test interagency communications–Clarify roles and responsibilities–Clarify jurisdictional boundaries–Exercise MARSEC level changes–Validate participating agency integration into the Unified Command Structure

• Expose NRSW and C3F units to ICS/SEMS/NIMS and civilian first responders to Navy ATFP SOP

Participants:• USCG Sector San Diego

• Naval Region Southwest

• San Diego Harbor Police

• San Diego Unified Port District

• FBI

• ICE/CBP

• TSA

• US Navy THIRD Fleet

– City/County First Responders (PD, FD, EMS, etc)

– CA OES

AWI-05S Components:

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• Participant Relations Meetings Jan-Feb • IPC 3 Mar• 1st Design Team Mtg 17 Mar • Training event 1 (IRSS) 6 Apr• 2nd Design Team Mtg 21Apr • Training event 2 (ARC) 12 May • MPC 15 Jun• Pre-TTX Participant Briefings 19 Jul• Tabletop Exercise 20 Jul • FPC 17 Aug• Functional/Command Post Ex 20 Sep

Proposed Exercise Schedule

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Concept:• Link to Evergreen Sentry• Coincident with Pacific Peril• Full up State EOC• Guests/Observers

–BMI-NORTHCOM (Henry)-BOHS (Liang)-Training (Hassel)-Program Development (Reehorn)

–Region-Chief of Staffs (Lewis & NRNW)-EMD (Mullen)-MARPAC (N3)-Seattle

Milestones - 2006:• Concept Development Conf 23 Mar 05

• Initial Planning Conf 25 May 05

• Mid Planning Conf 27 July 05

• NITE 8-9 Sep 05

• FE/CPX 13-14 Dec

• Project Review 23 Jan 06

• In Progress Review 30 Mar 06

• Final Planning Conf 27 Apr 06

• AWI-06N FSE 22-25 May 06– Set-up/Final Rehearsal 22 May 06– STARTEX 23 May 06– Recovery TTX 24 May06– Hot Wash 24 May 06

Objectives:

• Intel sharing: Intelligence build-up/information covering 4 days of events prior to AWI-06N STARTEX

–Justifies all EOCs being operational–Provides intel for the Boat event

• WSDOT event link: cuts off major supply routes to support CST and CERFP actions in the North

• Resource shortages: No National Guard assets available for traffic control and crime scene security

• Tests information flow: Do all EOCs know what is going on around them outside of their AO?

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Pacific Peril 06

Objectives:

Participants:• Coastal Counties EMO’s from OR, WA,

• State EMO’s and DOT’s from OR, WA, AK, CA

• Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) and Transport Canada, BC (?)

• US Department of Transportation

• US Department of Defense (DCO, NORTHCOM, C3F)

• USCG D13, PACAREA

• US Army Corps of Engineers

• FEMA (15 Federal Departments and Agencies)

• Oregon National Guard

• Washington National Guard

PP-06 Scenario:

Exercise Schedule• Exercise NRP / NIMS

• Execute JFO/EOC Ops with multiple levels of gov. activated.

• Evaluate effectiveness of Cross Border US/Canada, State/Federal and Local Government Coordination.

• Develop relief alternatives in damaged transportation infrastructure environment.

• Assess Tsunami evacuation plans (Process Only)

• Activate Regional Emergency Management Assistance Compact (REMAC).

• Perform interagency communications and info sharing.

• Test preparedness and response plans and train personnel.

• M9.0 Quake and Tsunami in Cascadia Subduction Zone

• 800 mi long from Vancouver Isl, BC to Cape Mendocino, CA

• Three areas:

• Coastal Communities

• I-5 / Hwy 99 Corridor

• East of Cascades and West of CONUS not playing

• IPC, Vancouver, WA 8 Nov 05

• On Site IPR, Camp Rilea, OR 7 Dec 05

• MPC, Portland ANG Base, OR 18 Jan 06

• IPR / MSEL Conf, Tacoma WA 22 Feb 06

• IPR, Renton, WA 15 Mar 06

• IPR, Seattle, WA 7 Apr 06

• Tsunami Seminar, Salem, OR 25 Apr 06

• FPC, Fed Bldg, Portland, OR 26 Apr 06

• PP06, Camp Rilea, Warrenton, OR 23-25 May 06