Transcript Sustainabilty Briefing 96th Air Base Wing I ntegrit y - S

96th Air Base Wing
…It’s Always the Hour
Sustainabilty
Briefing
Colonel Eric Pohland
96 ABW/CV
Integrity - Service - Excellence
Eglin Air Force Base
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Eglin AFB is the home of the Air
Armament Center, responsible for
development, acquisition, testing, and
sustainment of all air-delivered
weapons.
– 464,000 acres in Santa Rosa,
Okaloosa and Walton counties
– Hundreds of thousands of square
miles of over-water range
– Over 45 associate units
– Over 50 test areas
– Multiple terrain features including
shorelines, rolling hills, dense
forests, cleared flat expanses,
water
Air Force
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Eglin’s Current Missions
BRAC and New Mission
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BRAC-Congress approved Eglin as
beddown site for F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter joint training, Defense Threat
Reduction Agency (DTRA) test site
and of the Army’s 7th Special Forces
Group.
Recent beddown of the Air Force
Special Operations tilt-rotor aircraft,
the CV-22 Osprey, at Hurlburt Field.
Incoming testing of the Combat
Search and Rescue vehicle at Duke
Field
– Big challenge to sustain current
mission and accept new mission
Joint Strike Fighter
Army 7th SFG
DTRA
CV 22
Sustainability and Stewardship
Sustainability of Eglin’s dynamic and robust missions depends on
• Stewardship of natural and cultural resources
• Effective management of land, water, range and airspace
• Support of the State and surrounding communities
– Coordinated Planning
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National Environmental Policy Act - BRAC, Military Family Housing
Joint Land-use (JLUS) planning
Emerald Coast Transportation Corridor
Mid-Bay Bridge Transportation Connector
Leveraging resources
– Partnership examples
• NGO - Nature Conservancy, Longleaf Pine Alliance
• Regional bodies - Committee for a Sustainable Emerald Coast, Gulf Coastal Plains
Ecosystem Partnership (GCPEP), NW FL Regional Planning Council
• Local communities - Shalimar, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Crestview, Navarre,
and Destin
• Counties – Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton
• Federal Agencies - US Fish and Wildlife, Agriculture, Geological Survey, EPA, Corps
of Engineers
• State of Florida - Departments of Environmental Protection, Forestry,
Eglin’s Natural Resources
Stewardship Mission
Support Eglin AFB in accomplishing its diverse warfighting
missions through sound natural resources management
• Largest natural resources program in Air Force
• 280,000 acres in public recreation
• 70,000 acres/yr in prescribed burns
• 20 miles of beach
• 19 Federally-listed
T&E species
• 39 State-listed T&E
species
• 300,000 acres in
longleaf pine
Eglin is a Success Story – Military Testing
and Training is Compatible with Natural
Resources Conservation
• Only jeopardy opinion
ever received at Eglin AFB
cited a lack of information
about the species as the
reason.
• If that same mission were
to come to Eglin today it
would happen.
• Good science, good
information and good
partnerships win every
time.
Sustainability through
Environmental Management
Sustainability of Eglin’s dynamic and robust missions through
•Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Committee
provides oversight and policy of environmental areas
• Environmental Management System (EMS) - automated EMS
scores and prioritizes environmental aspects for both funding and
planning corrective actions.
• Pollution Prevention (P2) Assessments - to avoid, eliminate or
correct potential compliance issues
•Environmental and Occupational Health Assessments and
Assistance Visits (EOHCAMP) - annual multidisciplinary selfassessment of environmental compliance
Questions?