Download or read book Energy Initiatives and Strategies in the Department of Defense written by Dave Pruitt and published by Nova Science Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides background information and identifies issues for Congress on Department of Defense (DOD) energy initiatives. The Department of Defense (DOD) spends billions of dollars per year on fuel, and is pursuing numerous initiatives for reducing its fuel needs and changing the mix of energy sources that it uses. DOD's energy initiatives pose several oversight issues for Congress, and have been topics of discussion and debate at hearings on DOD's proposed FY2013 budget. Congress' decisions on DOD energy initiatives could substantially affect DOD capabilities, funding requirements, and U.S. energy industries.
Download or read book Energy Initiatives and Strategies in the Deparment of Defense written by Tracy Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides background information and identifies issues for Congress on Department of Defense (DOD) energy initiatives. The Department of Defense (DOD) spends billions of dollars per year on fuel, and is pursuing numerous initiatives for reducing its fuel needs and changing the mix of energy sources that it uses. DOD's energy initiatives pose several oversight issues for Congress, and have been topics of discussion and debate at hearings on DOD's proposed FY2013 budget. Congress' decisions on DOD energy initiatives could substantially affect DOD capabilities, funding requirements, and U.S. energy industries.
Download or read book Energy Management and Initiatives on Military Installations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Defense Initiative Program written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Initiatives Review Department of Defense written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Construction and Stockpiles and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Management Overarching Organizational Framework Could Improve DoD s Mgmt of Energy Reduction Efforts for Military Operations written by William M. Solis and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DoD is the single largest U.S. energy consumer. About 3/4 of its total consumption consists of mobility energy -- the energy required for moving and sustaining its forces and weapons platforms for military operations. This testimony discusses DoD¿s efforts to manage and reduce its mobility energy demand, and addresses: (1) energy issues that are likely to affect DoD in the future; (2) key departmental and military service efforts to reduce demand for mobility energy; and (3) DoD¿s management approach to guide and oversee these efforts. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Department of Defense Energy Strategy Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks Walker Paper Number 10 written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has a national security problem that involves energy security, and the Department of Defense "DOD" has a unique interest in this problem. The United States imports 26 percent of its total energy supply and 56 percent of its oil. The DOD is the largest single consumer of energy in the United States, and energy is the key enabler of United States "US" military combat power. Huge energy consumption, increased competition for limited energy supplies, ever-increasing energy costs, and no comprehensive energy strategy or oversight of energy issues in the DOD have created vulnerabilities. These include potential fuel and electricity supply disruptions and foreign policy and economic vulnerability. The DOD needs a comprehensive energy strategy and an organizational structure to implement a strategy to improve national security by decreasing US dependence on foreign oil, ensure access to critical energy requirements maintain or improve combat capability, promote research for future energy security, be fiscally responsible to the American taxpayer, and protect the environment. This strategy can be implemented through leadership and culture change, innovation and process efficiencies, reduced demand, and increased/diversified energy sources.
Download or read book War Without Oil written by Michael J. Hornitschek and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph seeks to objectively explore the strategic energy leadership role the Department of Defense (DoD) can play within the context of its national defense mission and President Bush's 2006 Advanced Energy Initiative. By examining current and projected global energy/security environments, the energy roles of various branches of the Federal Government, and the unique responsibilities and characteristics of the DoD as America's largest single energy consumer and security instrument of national power, the author analyzes whether a methodology exists in which the DoD can lead an immediate, coherent, and viable long-term strategy toward a vision of replacing petroleum as its primary energy source while maintaining all necessary strategic and operational capability to guarantee U.S. security to 2050 and beyond. By envisioning and actively creating a post-petroleum military, the DoD not only guarantees the "American way of war" and national security in an increasingly energy-insecure and complex security environment, but actually obligates the organization to undertake such an endeavor as a transformational lever, catalyzing the best of government, industry, and the private sector as a positive force for a more secure world.
Download or read book Crafting the Department of Defense Energy Strategy written by Curtis Zablocki and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enormous use of energy by the Department of Defense (DoD) has a tremendous impact on the current and future security of our nation. This paper first examines the extent of DoD energy use. It identifies the vulnerabilities to U.S. national security stemming from an overreliance on foreign oil and a fragile commercial power grid. It looks at the costs of inefficient, fuel-intensive systems and operations in terms of dollars, opportunity, and lives. It addresses the security threats from global climate change aggravated by burning fossil fuels. It describes a set of end states that a smart energy strategy should hope to achieve. It lists the key objectives of an energy strategy and explores the ways to achieve these objectives. It looks at the legislation, executive orders, plans and actions taken thus far by the government and within DoD to attack these challenges. Finally, as the effects and vulnerabilities of the DoD's energy policies interact and overlap, this paper concludes with recommendations for the way ahead toward a coordinated, holistic, consistent, and comprehensive energy strategy.
Download or read book Keeping the Future Bright written by Kenneth N. Reed and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The energy crisis of the 1970s brought an abrupt halt to the euphoric age of relatively cheap and abundant energy for the United States (US). Energy availability became a national security issue prompting a concerted national campaign to achieve energy independence and assure energy availability. As the Federal agency responsible for assuring national security and the largest consumer of energy in the Federal government, DOD developed an energy strategy focused on assuring energy independence and availability while fulfilling Federal energy goals. This research addressed the ability of the DOD's installation sustainable energy strategy to achieve Federal energy goals while supporting the nation's energy independence and availability efforts. An examination of the US energy situation from 1970-2015, a thorough literature review, and an analysis of DOD's current installation energy strategy revealed that DOD has only made satisfactory progress in 3 of 5 Federal energy goals. Despite significant improvements in reducing energy demands, increasing energy supply through renewable sources, and adapting the future force, DOD will remain deficient in achieving Federal energy goals unless the political, economic, and cultural risk factors impeding strategy implementation are addressed."--Abstract.
Download or read book Department of Defense Efficiencies Initiatives written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Objectives for the United States Department of Defense written by Laura White and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has identified energy as a key vulnerability and has made substantial moves to improve its energy profile in the last decade, including establishing a new Assistant Secretary of Defense position for Operational Energy Plans and Programs and integrating energy considerations into its large and complex acquisition process. As part of this process, each military service and the DoD as a whole have issued documents outlining strategic goals and objectives relative to energy. In addition, the Congress and both the Bush and Obama administrations have issued relevant strategic guidance. The strategic guidance conveys the importance and urgency of changing DoD s energy profile. The documents specify a wide range of objectives, which only partially overlap. Moreover, although some terms (e.g., energy security) occur frequently, they are defined in many distinct ways. This points to a need for specific efforts to operationalize the strategic guidance so that DoD decision makers at all levels can implement it effectively. In this report, we analyze strategy and policy documents from DoD and related organizations, in order to determine an appropriate framework of objectives for energy decisions. We identify and explicitly define a comprehensive set of common objectives and note the language in each document that expresses the pursuit of each objective. This set of objectives and associated definitions clarifies relationships among the strategic documents, and is intended to help communication horizontally (e.g., across services) and vertically, across hierarchical levels. In addition, the objectives we define suggest possible metrics that may be measurable and comparable across services, and may be possible to aggregate across organizational levels"--Abstract.
Download or read book Department of Defense Strategic Defense Initiative Organization Compliance with Federal Advisory Committee Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Defense Energy Strategy Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks written by Col Gregory J Lengyel and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Department of Defense Energy Strategy: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks, Col Gregory J. Lengyel, United States Air Force (USAF), takes a comprehensive look at our national energy problems from a perspective unique to the Department of Defense (DOD). From his fictional opening implying that conflicts of the future could revolve around volatile world energy markets to his recommendations on creating and implementing a DOD energy strategy for improved energy security, the reader should find this book both thought provoking and informative. The author begins by introducing our national and military addiction to vast amounts of energy. He adeptly points out that we have created the world's mightiest military but historically have not considered energy to be a critical component of the war-planning process. His discussion of the burdens associated with our energy consumption not only identifies the cost of energy as a commodity but the often overlooked cost of infrastructure, personnel, transportation, and delivery of our energy requirements. Colonel Lengyel also identifies key vulnerabilities caused by our energy dependence: potential oil and electricity supply disruptions due to terrorism, sabotage, physical and cyber attack, and infrastructure failure. Additionally, he highlights areas where our dependence on imported energy creates foreign policy vulnerabilities. In sum, Colonel Lengyel offers an analysis of current DOD energy strategy and proposes a strategy for improved energy security and an implementation plan. He highlights numerous USAF initiatives as a model for the DOD to pursue, such as bases operating on 100 percent renewable energy, Air Force Smart Operations 21 (AFSO 21) fuel savings processes, culture change, and leading the way in synthetic fuel testing and certification.
Download or read book Defense Infrastructure written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defense Infrastructure: Department of Defense Renewable Energy Initiatives
Download or read book Alternative Fuel Use by the Department of Defense written by Rasmus Klavan and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides background information and identifies issues for Congress regarding Department of Defense (DOD) alternative fuel initiatives, an issue of considerable attention during hearings in 2012 on DOD's FY2013 budget. Ongoing alternative fuel efforts of the DOD and the military services include purchases of alternative fuels for testing and evaluation, as well as the certification of alternative fuels for use in service fleets. In addition, the Navy, in co-ordination with the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture, intends to spur domestic advanced biofuel production at a commercial scale using the authority of the Defense Production Act. The services (Army, Navy, and Air Force) have spent approximately $48 million on alternative fuels, and the Navy has proposed a $170 million investment in biofuel production capacity. An overview of the DOD's alternative fuels policy and data on DOD's alternative fuels purchase to date, as well as the status of testing platforms on alternative fuel blends and the certification of those blends for fleet-wide use within the services is also discussed.
Download or read book Department of Defense Energy Strategy written by Gregory J. Lengyel and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1958, the Air Force has assigned a small number of carefully chosen, experienced officers to serve one-year tours at distinguished civilian institutions studying national security policy and strategy. Beginning with the 1994 academic year, these programs were accorded in-residence credit as part of professional military education at senior service schools. In 2003 these fellowships assumed senior developmental education (SDE), force development credit for eligible officers. The SDE-level Air Force Fellows serve as visiting military ambassadors to their centers, devoting effort to expanding their colleagues' understanding of defense matters. As such, candidates for SDE-level fellowships have a broad knowledge of key Department of Defense (DOD) and Air Force issues. SDE-level fellows perform outreach by their presence and voice in sponsoring institutions. They are expected to provide advice as well as promote and explain Air Force and DOD policies, programs, and military-doctrine strategy to nationally recognized scholars, foreign dignitaries, and leading policy analysts. The AF Fellows also gain valuable perspectives from the exchange of ideas with these civilian leaders. SDE-level fellows are expected to apprise appropriate Air Force agencies of significant developments and emerging views on defense as well as economic and foreign policy issues within their centers. Each fellow is expected to use the unique access she or he has as grounds for research and writing on important national security issues. The SDE AF Fellows include the National Defense Fellows, the RAND Fellows, the National Security Fellows, and the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellows. In addition, the Air Force Fellows program supports a post-SDE military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. On the level of intermediate developmental education, the chief of staff approved several AF Fellowships focused on career broadening for Air Force majors. The Air Force Legislative Fellows program was established in April 1995, with the Foreign Policy Fellowship and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Fellowship coming under the AF Fellows program in 2003. In 2004 the AF Fellows also assumed responsibility for the National Laboratories Technologies Fellows.
