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National Security: HHS, USPHS, and

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CAPT Michael Schmoyer, PhD, USPHSNational Security Advisor to the SecretaryDirector, Office of National SecurityU.S. Department of Health & Human Services

AMSUS 2019: USPHS Commissioned Corps Day

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Items discussed within this presentation reflect the

speaker’s personal insight and experience.

This presentation neither directly reflects the U.S.

Department of Health & Human Services nor the U.S.

Government.

CAPT Michael Schmoyer has no relevant financial or

non-financial interests to disclose.

This continuing education activity is managed and

accredited by AffinityCE in collaboration with AMSUS.

AffinityCE and AMSUS staff as well as Planners and

Reviewers, have no relevant financial or non-financial

interests to disclose.

Commercial Support was not received for this activity

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• Describe National Security & its

relationship to HHS, USPHS

Commissioned Corps, and AMSUS

• Examples of the juxtaposition of

National Security and USPHS-CC

• Where National Security will take

USPHS-CC into the future

Overview

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My Vision

• USPHS Commissioned Corps officers are billeted as the National Security Arm of

HHS.

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Definitions of National Security

• "National security... is best described as a capacity to control those domestic and foreign conditions that the public opinion of a given community believes necessary to enjoy its own self-determination or autonomy, prosperity and wellbeing." (Charles Maier, 1990)[5]

• "National security is an appropriate and aggressive blend of political resilience and maturity, human resources, economic structure and capacity, technological competence, industrial base and availability of natural resources and finally the military might." (National DefenceCollege of India, 1996)[6]

• "[National security is the] measurable state of the capability of a nation to overcome the multi-dimensional threats to the apparent well-being of its people and its survival as a nation-state at any given time, by balancing all instruments of state policy through governance... and is extendable to global security by variables external to it." (PrabhakaranPaleri, 2008)[2]:52–54

• "[National and international security] may be understood as a shared freedom from fear and want, and the freedom to live in dignity. It implies social and ecological health rather than the absence of risk... [and is] a common right." (Ammerdown Group, 2016)[7]:3

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Dimensions of National Security

• Economic

• Energy

• Physical

• Environmental

• Food

• Border

• Cyber

• Health

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What have officers been addressing?

• Global Health Security

• Prevention, Detection, and

Response

• Migration

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Worldwide Threat Assessment

• “We assess that the U.S. and the world will remain vulnerable to the next flu pandemic or large-scale outbreak of a contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls on the U.S. for support.” –p.21

• “Global displacement almost certainly will remain near record highs, and host countries are unlikely to see many refugees or internally displaced persons return home, increasing humanitarian needs and the risk of political upheaval, health crises, and recruitment and radicalization by militant groups.” –p.22

https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/2019-ATA-SFR---SSCI.pdf

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What will officers be addressing?

• Bioeconomy

• Emerging Technology

• Technology Theft

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Bioeconomy

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Artificial Intelligence

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Foreign Threats to Academic Integrity

https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/05JUN2019SchmoyerSMNT.pdf

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National Security and What You Have Addressed

• National Biodefense

Strategy (NEW)

• National Security

Strategy

• National Strategy for

Countering Biological

Threats

• National Strategy for

Counterterrorism

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National Security Areas You Will Address

• Countering Domestic Terrorism

and WMD Threats

• Migration fueling social and

interstate tensions globally, while

drugs and TOC take a toll on US

public health and safety

• Cyber

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WMD & Proliferation

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Cyber

• “Our adversaries and strategic competitors will increasingly use cyber capabilities--

-including cyber espionage, attack, and influence—to seek political, economic, and

military advantage over the US and its allies and partners.”

• “Foreign cyber criminals will continues to conduct for-profit, cyber enabled theft and

extortion against US networks.”

• “Terrorists could obtain and disclose compromising or PII though cyber operations,

and they may use such disclosures to coerce, extort, or to inspire and engage

physical attacks against their victims.”

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USPHS = National Security???

Image: Mad Magazine

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Shameless Recruiting Slide: Top 10 National Security Jobs• Linguist/Foreign Language

Expert

• National Security Analyst

• Cyber-Security Specialist

• Logistics Specialist

• Mathematician

• Business Analyst/Project Manager

• Cryptologist

• Accountant

• Security Officer

• Intelligence Officer

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