2001
Joint Operations Symposium
QDR
2001 After - September 11: Implications for Strategy, Transformation, and Homeland
Security
7-8
November 2001
Updated:
13 January 2005
Purpose:
How should the Bush Administration balance priorities set out in the 2001 Quadrennial
Defense Review for pursuing a new defense strategy, transformation of U.S. Armed
Forces, the struggle against Global Terrorism, and Homeland Security in light of
the events of 11 September and enduring regional security challenges?
Objectives:
Expand
awareness among government officials, national security experts, and attentive
public of the implications of the September 11, 2001 incident on the Quadrennial
Defense Review (QDR) as it pertains to military strategy as well as
transformation of the U.S. Armed Forces and Homeland Defense.
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Assess
the impact of the terrorist incidents and new homeland defense
requirements on national security strategy, defense policy, major
military procurement programs, and associated technology.
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To
Explore how the new urgency about homeland Security and the war on
terrorism with global reach will affect realization of the strategic
tenets that comprise the essence of the new defense strategy:
managing risk, a capabilities-based approach to defense, defending the
U.S., strengthening alliances and partnerships, maintaining favorable regional
balances, developing a broad range of military capabilities, and
transforming the U.S. defense establishment. Assuring allies,
dissuading future military competition, deterring threats against the
U.S., and defeating any adversary if deterrence fails.
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Examine
service transformation plans and assess their compatibility with the
QDR. Understand how the QDR defense strategy and force structure
proposals will affect service transformation plans.
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Explore
options for QDR implementation and analyze the implications of these
options for U.S. national security. Discuss the value of a
mid-term focused planning horizon as a central organizing concept for
implementation of the QDR recommendations.
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Proposed
potential interfaces required within the interagency structure for
dealing with the challenges presented by implementing the QDR.
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Analyze
budget affordability, priorities, and the ability o of the DoD to
acquire new platforms such as Unmanned Combat Aerospace Vehicles
(UCAVs) more B-2s, smaller ships that fire cruise missiles and light
armored vehicles, while maintaining legacy forces essential to
defeating current threats.
Wednesday, November 7, 2001
0700-0800
Registration
0800-0815
Welcome - Major General Harold Mashburn, U.S. Marine Corps, Commandant,
Industrial War College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University
0815-1015
Panel One: The 2001 QDR Report to Congress: Strategic Directions
Mr.
Andrew R. Hoehn, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Strategy), Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Colonel
Michael J. Altomare, Division Chief, Studies and Analysis
Management Division, Directorate for Force Structure, Resources and
Assessment (J-8), The Joint Staff - The
CJCS Assessment of the 2001 QDR
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Major
General William Nash, U.S. Army (Ret), Senior Fellow
and Director, Center for Preventative Action, Council on Foreign
Relations
1015-1045
Break
1045-1245
Panel Two: QDR Implementation: Joint Service Transformation and
Technology Development
Vice
Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, U.S. Navy
(Ret), Director,
Force Transformation, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Dr.
Paul K. Davis, Research Leader, RAND; Professor, RAND Graduate School
- Suggestions
on Transformation of U.S. Projection Forces
Dr.
Michael O'Hanlon, Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings
Institution
- "The
Contemporary Defense Transformation Debate"
1300-1445
Luncheon Speaker: Dr.
Stephen A. Cambone, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy
1500-1700
Panel Three: New Operational Ideas and Concepts for Defense
Thursday,
November 8, 2001
0815-1015
Panel Four: Balancing the New Challenges for Defense
National
Missile Defense: Mr. John
Rood, National Security Council
Counterterrorism:
Ambassador
Robert B. Oakley, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Institute
for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Homeland
Security: Colonel Randy Larsen, U.S. Air Force (Ret),
Director, ANSER Institute
for Homeland Security
1015-1045
Break
1045-1245
Panel Five: Planning for the Future: Assessments and
Predictions
Mr.
David Gompert, President, RAND Europe - "Improving
National Security by Unlocking US Advantages"
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Ms.
Michele Flournoy, Senior Advisor, International Security
Programs, CSIS
Brigadier
General James B. Smith, U.S. Air
Force, Acting Director,
Joint Training (J-7) and Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, Joint
Forces Command - Attacking
the #1 Joint Capabilities Problem
1300-1500
Lunch
1500
Closing Remarks