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Ongoing Research Efforts» Survivability and Protective Structures » Force Projection and Maneuver Support » Joint Antiterrorism/Force Protection Survivability and Protective Structures This Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) research supports the U.S. Army's Science and Technology program on survivability and protective structures. Its objective is to enhance force protection—from the foxhole to fixed facilities. GSL facilities that support this research include the Centrifuge Research Center, the Geodynamics Research Facility, and others. For additional information concerning this research, e-mail the GSL Technical Director for Survivability and Protective Structures. Force Projection and Maneuver Support This GSL research focuses on enabling access to the theater of operations for our forces and sustaining the maneuver of the forces thereafter. Technologies being investigated as a part of this research effort include airfields and pavements materials development, battlespace gap definition and defeat, countermine phenomenology, embedded training, joint rapid airfield construction, rapid port enhancements, teleengineering, and terrain mechanics modeling. A number of facilities and equipment systems have been developed to support this GSL research. For additional information concerning this research, e-mail the GSL Technical Director for Force Projection and Maneuver Support. A large portion of this research supports the U.S. Army in its Civil Works mission in the broad area of water-resource infrastructure. This mission goes back almost to the origins of the United States and, over the years, has remained a dynamic challenge and a critical responsibility. The Corps of Engineers is responsible for 879 flood control projects and 442 lakes and reservoirs, and maintains 8,500 miles of levees. The Corps operates 235 navigation locks and 73 hydropower projects, and maintains 400 miles of coastal structures. The U.S. Marine Transportation System, consisting of over 300 ports, 1,000 harbor channels, and 25,000 miles of navigation channels, is an integral part of both the U.S. economy and national security system. For additional information concerning this area of GSL research, e-mail the GSL Technical Director for Civil Works and Geosciences. Joint Antiterrorism/Force Protection The Joint Antiterrorism/Force Protection (JAT/FP) Program is focused on developing a comprehensive antiterrorism planning program that can be used across all of the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide consistent and effective planning against terrorist attack. A major product of this research is the "JAT Guide," an electronic program management and decision aid tool that assists installation commanders in developing an antiterrorism program. The Guide provides DoD with a comprehensive and consistent planning capability to protect personnel and their families, installations, information, and other resources from a broad range of terrorist acts. For information concerning access to the Antiterrorism Enterprise Portal or to obtain the JAT Guide, e-mail the JAT/FP Help Desk. |
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