DoD Directive: Civilian Expeditionary Workforce (Jan. 23, 2009)

DOD ^ | 1-23-09

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Three days after the inauguration, this DOD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce directive was announced. ~~~

1. PURPOSE. This Directive:

a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 1404.10 (Reference (a)) under a new title to establish the policy through which an appropriately sized subset of the DoD civilian workforce is preidentified to be organized, trained, and equipped in a manner that facilitates the use of their capabilities for operational requirements.

These requirements are typically away from the normal work locations of DoD civilians, or in situations where other civilians may be evacuated to assist military forces where the use of DoD civilians is appropriate.

These employees shall be collectively known as the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce.

Members of the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce shall be organized, trained, cleared, equipped, and ready to deploy in support of combat operations by the military; contingencies; emergency operations; humanitarian missions; disaster relief; restoration of order; drug interdiction; and stability operations of the Department of Defense in accordance with DoDD 3000.05

(Reference (b)).

b. Updates policies and responsibilities for the designation of part of the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce using the existing category of Emergency-Essential (E-E) civilian employee positions, and establishes policies and responsibilities for the designation of part of the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce using new categories of Non-Combat Essential (NCE) positions and Capability-Based Volunteers (CBVs) employees and former DoD employees.

All four categories make up the newly designated DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce.

c. Supersedes any conflicting portions of other DoD issuances. Such instances shall be identified by the Heads of the DoD Components to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)).

2. APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to: DoDD 1404.10, 23 January 2009

2 a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).

b. All appropriated and non-appropriated fund positions and DoD civilian employees of the DoD Components. Excludes dual status National Guard and Reserve Technicians and contractor employees.

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[incredulous joe]

Are these the brownshirts??

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

PING

[big'ol_freeper]

No. There is nothing new here.

[Winstons Julia]

I have an acquaintance working for DOD. Civilian DOD. I sent this and she put in up in her workspace. The comment from co-workers reading it has been, “What the #$&% does this mean?”

[STARWISE]

Looks like they’re from within the ranks of
DOD civilian personnel.

[B-Chan]

No, these are just foreign-deployable civilian workers — sort of Uncle Sam’s own in-house version of Halliburton.

The brownshirts will be urban youths and will be deployed domestically.

[STARWISE]

These presidential actions get into the communities ..

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release February 19, 2009

EXECUTIVE ORDER

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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF URBAN AFFAIRS

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Executive-Order-Establishment-of-the-White-House-Office-of-Urban-Affairs/

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release March 11, 2009

EXECUTIVE ORDER

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ESTABLISHING A WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON WOMEN AND GIRLS

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Executive-Order-Creating-the-White-House-Council-on-Women-and-Girls/

[STARWISE]

Let me know if she gets details.

[pepperdog]

Not sure about this but it sounds like something that has existed for many years albeit somewhat expanded. There have always been emergency essential postions. There have always been positions that required the signing of an agreement to relocate at the pleasure of the government. There have always been positions that required passports and Geneva convention identification based on grade, i.e., a GS-___ is equal to a Lt. or a Capt etc. In truth the DOD has always been able to do just about whatever they chose with civilians, but didn't often force anyone, too many volunteers, the less than 6 months means travel pay.

[silverleaf]

So is the Civil Service Union all jiggy with this?
Or are the shoe clerks going into battle zones under union work rules?

[seowulf]

I have an acquaintance working for DOD. Civilian DOD. I sent this and she put in up in her workspace. The comment from co-workers reading it has been, “What the #$&% does this mean?”

I'm DoD civilian too. Where I work it is called "surge" and it means work teams will be packed up and shipped off to where the boats need fixing. They've been doing that for a while now.

A good portion of us have been told to have government passports issued to us. Currently teams are being surged to Japan and the last I heard, there will be a team going to Bahrain soon to fix the Hampton that ran into a surface ship a week or so ago.

[Clioman]

The Air Force has been deploying civilians since not long after it went to a ‘expeditionary’ posture in the late 1990s. Many are volunteers, but a good many others are in deployment positions which require them to go overseas on a schedule that’s something on the order of 4-6 months every two years or so. It can be a good deal financially, as many are required to work more than 40 hrs/week, meaning that they may be eligible for overtime pay.

[merry10]

I work for DoD as a civilian and I just read this directive which I have not seen until now. What it is saying is that if something happens, like Iraq or Afghanistan, or something within the US, a cadre of people NOT military will be able to provide essential logistical support to meet needs. There is actually nothing wrong with this. It’s voluntary.

[Winstons Julia]

My friend said that they got a new union rep, young guy. After he went to his first meeting, before the election, she asked what he’d learned. He said, “Well, I learned that John McCain is NO FRIEND to the government worker!”

She said she didn’t bother to say, “Yes, but I’ll bet he’s a better friend to the DEFENSE worker than Obama is.”

[incredulous joe]

Yeah, I was thinking the Obama youth.

[Polarik]

The DoD directives are not too obtuse, are they?

Her's a paragraph that bothers me:

contingency operation. A military operation that (a) is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an operation in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the United States or against an opposing military force; or (b) results in the call or order to, or retention on, active duty of members of the uniformed services under section 688, 12301(a), 12302, 12304, 12406, or chapter 15 of Reference (e), or any other provision of law during a war or during a national emergency declared by the President or Congress.

Does the Secretary of Defense or the President decide who is an "enemy of the United States?.

[Allegra]

DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce

I'm not one of those. Those are government employees.

I work for companies that the DoD contracts. I'm just a lowly DoD contractor - and not even contracted directly by the DoD.

I like it that way. It keeps my "private sector" status active. :)

[rbg81]

They are the Chairborne Rangers.

[FLDemocracker]

I am too busy being a full time mother and a part time student to sit down and actually learn how to properly post a topic, but if any of my fine freeper friends could take a look at this video and post it in the proper places i’d be grateful.

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http://www.bafweb.com/2007/09/26/yuri-bezmenov-les-idiots-utiles-du-socialisme/

Thanks