Dod handbook 2000.12

The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:. UFC 8 October terrorist incidents or other emergencies unfold.

An effective planning process facilitates the necessary decision making, clarifies roles and responsibilities, and ensures support actions generally go as planned. A team consisting of the chain of command and key personnel from all appropriate functional areas who have an interest in the building and its operation executes this planning process.

This team is responsible for identifying requirements for the project, facilitating the development of supporting operational procedures, obtaining adequate resources, and properly supporting all other efforts needed to prudently enhance protection of the occupants of every inhabited DoD building.

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Army Cost Analysis Manual. Contractor and Vendor Payment Information Guidebook. The explosion killed 19 Air Force service members and injured hundreds more. It also injured many Saudi Arabian citizens and third country nationals. Perry issued a charter and appointed General Wayne A. Downing, US Army, Retired, to head an Assessment of the facts and circumstances surrounding the Khobar Towers bombing, and to make recommendations for improving force protection measures.

In this Assessment, General Downing made 26 separate findings with concomitant recommendations. Two of these findings specifically related to the performance of the chain of command in the th Wing P.

Specifically, the Secretary of Defense asked the Secretary of Air Force to consider the issues raised in the Downing Assessment concerning how the Air Force organizes, trains and equips in order to support forces deployed to combatant commands, and to address issues of individual actions or omissions. Lieutenant General Record conducted such a review and forwarded the first portion of his report Part A on 31 October Part A included 13 major action recommendations to improve the Air Force organization structure, education and training and the use of advanced technology to reduce the risk to Air Force personnel and resources from terrorist threats world-wide.

The Air Force accepted these recommendations and is currently implementing them, in addition to other force protection improvements. Lieutenant General Record was also appointed as the disciplinary review and court-martial convening authority for actions or omissions by Air Force personnel associated with the Khobar Towers bombing.

Lieutenant General Record found that all commanders in the chain of command acted in a reasonable manner under the circumstances as they were known at the time.

He found no dereliction of duty warranting either disciplinary action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice UCMJ or adverse administrative action. Committed to ensuring all the facts and circumstances surrounding the Khobar Towers bombing are thoroughly reviewed and any additional lessons learned are identified and applied to Air Force units world-wide, on 5 February , the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff tasked The Inspector General and The Judge Advocate General to undertake an expanded analysis of these issues.

This report is a result of those efforts. It presents a detailed discussion of the issues identified by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, an exhaustive review of the regulations and standards applicable to the th Wing P on 25 June , and a comprehensive expanded analysis concerning accountability of individuals in the chain of command. The first area was further explanation or factual development of eight specific issues:.

On 5 February , the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff tasked The Inspector General and The Judge Advocate General to undertake an expanded analysis of eight specific issues and the propriety of administrative action. Pursuant to this direction, The Inspector General appointed an investigative team on 6 February In the later stages of the investigation and during report production, an additional team of lawyers from the Department of the Judge Advocate General led by the Director, Air Force General Law, provided legal sufficiency reviews and further development of the accountability review.

Review of Evidence. Then, all of the documentary evidence collected by the previous teams was reviewed. The Downing task force collected thousands of documents currently stored in 26 boxes in the custody of the Joint Staff. Additional documentation collected by the Record team filled a five-drawer safe.

Also, individual members on the Record team were contacted and provided additional documentation.