Sustainabilty Briefing
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Sustainabilty Sustainabilty
BriefingBriefing
96th Air Base Wing96th Air Base Wing
I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
…It’s Always the Hour
Colonel Eric Pohland
96 ABW/CV
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Eglin Air Force Base • 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 ForceAir Force Marine CorpsMarine Corps NavyNavyArmyArmy
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Eglin’s Current Missions
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BRAC and New Mission• 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 FighterJoint Strike Fighter CV 22CV 22Army 7th SFGArmy 7th SFG DTRADTRA
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Sustainability and StewardshipSustainability 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 • 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,
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Eglin’s Natural Resources Stewardship Mission
• Largest natural resources program in Air ForceLargest natural resources program in Air Force• 280,000 acres in public recreation280,000 acres in public recreation• 70,000 acres/yr in prescribed burns70,000 acres/yr in prescribed burns
• 20 miles of beach20 miles of beach• 19 Federally-listed 19 Federally-listed
T&E speciesT&E species• 39 State-listed T&E 39 State-listed T&E
speciesspecies
Support Eglin AFB in accomplishing its diverse warfighting Support Eglin AFB in accomplishing its diverse warfighting missions through sound natural resources managementmissions through sound natural resources management
• 300,000 acres in 300,000 acres in longleaf pinelongleaf pine
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• 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.
Eglin is a Success Story – Military Testing and Training is Compatible with Natural
Resources Conservation
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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 self-
assessment of environmental compliance
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Questions?