The Secretary has also designated the Secretary of the Army, as DOD's joint proponent for CHMRP and thus has directed the army secretary to immediately start taking steps to establish the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, which should be dedicated to advancing DOD's ability to mitigate and respond to civilian harm, and also to serve as the institutional hub and facilitator for continuous learning. To provide executive leadership and oversight for civilian harm mitigation and responses, Secretary Austin has established a senior level Steering Committee, which will convene regularly to review progress, provide guidance and resolve friction points throughout the implementation of the action plan. Ultimately, this plan improves DOD's approach to mitigating and responding to civilian harm by creating a reinforcing framework of processes and institutions, specifically designed to improve strategic outcomes and optimize military operations. Some of the key aspects of the action plan include the establishment of a civilian protection center of excellence, to serve as the hub and facilitator for DOD wide analysis, learning and training related to civilian harm mitigation and response, the development of more standardized civilian harm operational reporting, and data management processes to include development of a centralized enterprise wide data management platform, which will improve how DOD collects, shares, and learns from data related to civilian harm and the incorporation of guidance for addressing civilian harm across the full spectrum of armed conflict into doctrine and operational plans so that we're prepared to mitigate and respond to civilian harm in any future fight. In developing the plan, the team consulted with a variety of interagency partners, and a range of outside experts, including federally funded research and development centers, nongovernmental organizations, and academic organizations. Toward that end, the Secretary directed the Department to develop a civilian harm mitigation and response action plan to outline the steps DOD will take and the resources that will be required to implement appropriate recommendations from recently completed studies of civilian harm sponsored by the DOD, DOD Office of the Inspector General evaluations and independent reviews.Ī working group comprised of subject matter experts from across the DOD worked extensively to develop this action plan, which was approved by Secretary Austin this week. values, as well as a strategic and moral imperative. national interests, and that our efforts to mitigate and respond to civilian harm are a direct reflection of U.S. in a January 27th memo to senior DOD and military department leaders, Secretary Austin made clear that the protection of civilians is fundamentally consistent with the effective, efficient and decisive use of force in pursuit of U.S. I do have a few items to update you on and then we'll be happy to take your questions.įirst, today, the Department of Defense released its action plan on civilian harm mitigation and response. So, I'll certainly keep you updated on that front. My intent will be to conduct regular press briefings and press gaggles from the podium and here in the briefing room. And I do look forward to working with all of you again in this new role as the DOD press secretary. It's good to be back at OSD Public Affairs. And thank you very much for being here today. BRIGADIER GENERAL PAT RYDER: All right, well, good afternoon, everybody.
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