APPENDIX J

ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING AT FORT

BENNING

MILITARY INSTALLATION 

Environmental Training at Fort Benning Military Installation

The Environmental Management Division of Fort Benning's Directorate of Public Worksconducts a variety of environmental training specific to the needs of this installation andcircumstances found here. Most of this training is meant to enable installationpersonnel to comply with environmental laws and regulations such as The EndangeredSpecies Act, The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and The Clean Water Act.The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) serves as the focal point for these legaldrivers. NEPA combines the requirements of various laws into a unified system ofdocumentation and administration. This legal compliance justifies the investment offunding and manpower in environmental training. Once established, the training canalso inform students about the value of the resources being protected and promotegood environmental stewardship.

Fort Benning hired a full-time Environmental Awareness Trainer June 1st, 1999. AnEnvironmental Awareness Training Program was created to satisfy one of the"reasonable and prudent alternatives" specified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service'sBiological Opinion regarding the recovery of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker(RCW). The Program seeks to equip all Fort Benning's personnel with the knowledgerequired to succeed in their tasks without causing adverse environmental incidents.Audiences involved with field training exercises receive detailed information about thetraining restrictions and precautions required by the 1996 "Management Guidelines forthe Red-cockaded Woodpecker on Army Installations."

In practice, most Soldiers training at Fort Benning do not make decisions that couldresult in serious environmental incidents. Therefore those few who do make suchdecisions have become our primary focus. Fort Benning offers a Senior EnvironmentalCompliance Officer (SECO) Orientation to representatives of garrison directorates andbrigade- or battalion-sized military units. The SECO is commonly a field-grade officer,usually the executive officer of such a unit. The SECOs advise their commanders onenvironmental issues and set environmental policy for their organization. The SECOOrientation is a four-hour class offered monthly. A class similar to the SECO orientationis now offered to Environmental Compliance Officers of smaller units, such ascompanies. The Garrison Commander's Environmental Quality Control Committeemeeting, held quarterly, is frequently used to convey new environmental information tothe installation's SECOs. Environmental awareness is also part of Fort Benning's FirstSergeant / Commander Orientation, an every-other-month training for unit leaders newto this post. All of these leadership audiences are informed about the 1996 RCWguidelines. During calendar year 2005 such leadership classes were offered 23 timesto a total of 199 people.

While unit leadership may fully support environmental compliance, poor decisions bypeople in the field can still result in environmental incidents. For example, digging in thewrong spot could lead to environmental damage and legal or financial consequencesthat could have been simply avoided by working in a different location. Mid-level unitleadership bears most of the practical responsibility for the kind of operations that can

threaten Fort Benning's natural resources. These personnel also risk theconsequences of an adverse environmental incident. They deserve the informationthey need to make good decisions. For these reasons much of Fort Benning'senvironmental training is delivered in a train-the-trainer fashion. An environmentallesson, including a review of the 1996 RCW guidelines, has been included in The ArmyInstructor Training Course and the Range Safety Briefing, both held twice per month.During calendar year 2005 the Instructor Training class was offered 24 times and 628people were trained. The Range Safety Briefing was conducted 25 times with a total of1,515 people trained.

Within these units and organizations certain individuals have specific responsibilitiesthat require specialized environmental training. Fort Benning's first environmentaltraining was directed at Hazardous Waste Managers; an eight-hour training for thesepersonnel is offered twice per month. Once trained, each Hazardous Waste Managermust complete a four-hour refresher training every year. Activity Coordinators havelegal responsibility for preventing storm water runoff pollution; they also have to betrained once per year. Other personnel are taught how to properly use Fort Benning'sRecord of Environmental Consideration, a requirement of Army Regulation 200-2 andthe National Environmental Policy Act.

It is sometimes appropriate to teach military units as a group. Fort Benning policy,provides for environmental awareness training to units that are preparing to conductfield training exercises. Units visiting the installation for a short time also needenvironmental information to be able to avoid negative incidents. Such groups can betrained upon arrival, or can access much environmental awareness information on FortBenning's internet site: https://www.infantrv.armV.mil/nature/

At this time the Army is placing increased emphasis on sustainability as a guidingmanagement principal. Good stewardship of Fort Benning's natural resources willcontinue to be an essential component of sustaining this installation's various missions.Until now there have only been occasional opportunities to reach Fort Benning'sresidents and civilian employees. It remains to be seen what new opportunities forenvironmental training will become available through the new sustainability initiatives.

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