GUARD 101 · Southern Minnesota Blizzard UND Plane Crash Recovery Flood fight in southern Minnesota 2008 Winter Storm 40 Search for Body in Lake Mille Lacs 2009 Flood response 14,546

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AGENDA

• Organizational overview

• Federal operations

• Domestic operations

• Special capabilities and programs

• State agency

• Questions and discussion

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DUAL STATUS MILITARY FORCE

• Reserve components of U.S. Army and Air Force

- Fight and win America’s wars

- Homeland security, homeland defense, emergency response, military support

• State military force under control of the Governor- State emergency response, military support

- Add value to the local community

• 13,149 Soldiers and Airmen


One standard – two oaths – three missions

VISION


Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen capable of fighting our nation’s wars, protecting our country, and responding to our state’s emergencies while remaining the most trusted institution in Minnesota.

PRIORITIES

Our bottom line responsibility is to be ready to fight our nation’s wars and win. Everything we do supports and is connected to our primary responsibility.

• People First

• Leader Development

• Organizational Safety and Security

• Fiscal and Property Responsibility

• Communicate and Partner


ECONOMIC IMPACT

State Economic Impact: $15,993,581

Federal Economic Impact: $431,052,625

1381 Army, 693 Air Force full time employees

11,075 traditional members

61 facilities in 58 communities across thestate

One of the largest employers in Morrison County

7th largest employer in Duluth region


% of Funding

Federal

State

96.5 %

3.5 %

AIR NATIONAL GUARD

133rd Airlift Wing• Minneapolis/St. Paul

International Airport• C-130 transport planes• Move people, equipment

and supplies

148th Fighter Wing• Duluth International

Airport• F-16 fighter jets• Suppression of Enemy Air

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Air National Guard: 2,311 Airmen

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

Joint Force HeadquartersCombat Division HeadquartersArmored Brigade Combat TeamExpeditionary Combat Aviation

BrigadeRegional Support GroupTroop CommandRegional Training Institute


Army National Guard: 10,838 Soldiers

CAMP RIPLEY

53,000-acre regional training facility

• Supported 383,000 military training days and 56,000 training days for local and state interagency partners

• Economic impact of $72,721,318

• Utilized by the military, federal, state, local and civilian communities

• Recognized by Department of Defense for cultural resource management and by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Federal Green Challenge award winner.


STATEWIDE PRESENCE

- Add value to each community by providing armories, air bases and local training areas to train 13,149 Soldiers and Airmen from across the state

- Armories host a variety of community events - from ceremonies to wedding receptions to emergencies

- The doors are open to serve the community 365 days a year.


61 facilities located in 58 Communities

OUR FEDERAL MISSION

9/11 changed everything

- Transformed from strategic reserve to operational force

- No more “weekend warriors”


MNNG mobilized more than 26,000- Air: 10,000- Army: 16,000

GLOBAL OPERATIONS

• Operations in dozens of countries- Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn (Iraq)

- Spartan Shield (Kuwait)

- Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)

- Bosnia (SFOR)

- Kosovo (KFOR)

- Sinai, Egypt (MFO)

- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (JTF-GTMO)

- Noble Eagle (ground and air security)

- Jump Start (Southwest US border)

- Unified land operations


FUTURE OPERATIONS


STATE ACTIVE DUTY

2005Wildfire suppression 1,050Temporary housing for hurricane survivorsWinter storm assistance

2006Flood fight 1,282Wildfire suppression

2007Fire operations in Boundary Waters Canoe Area 1,091Southern Minnesota BlizzardUND Plane Crash Recovery Flood fight in southern Minnesota

2008Winter Storm 40Search for Body in Lake Mille Lacs

2009Flood response 14,546Support for Presidential Inauguration

2010Flood response in Red River Valley and Southern MN 3,976Fire Operations in Northern Minnesota

2011Flood fight in RRV, North & South Dakota Support 3,976Tornado in Minneapolis, Search Mission in Duluth


2012Flood response in Duluth 143Fire Operations in Northern Minnesota

2013Winter Storm 96Fire Operations in Northern Minnesota

2014Winter Storms in Albert Lea, Olivia and Owatonna 130Flood response in Sibley and Koochiching Counties

2015Winter storm support 469Wildfire response in state and EMAC to WashingtonAvian Influenza response

2016Wildfire response Hubbard and St. Louis counties 88

2017Hurricane support to TX, FL, PR 1,868

2018Super Bowl 52Beltrami County Wildfire Support 4,056Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael support

2005-2018 GRAND TOTAL 26,887

Man-days Man-days

ESSENTIAL CORE CAPABILITIES

1) Joint Headquarters, Command and Control

2) Medical

3) Communications

4) Logistics

5) Transportation

6) Engineer

7) Civil Support Teams

8) Maintenance

9) Security

10) Aviation


DOMESTIC OPERATIONS

• Civil Support Team (CST)- Detect, identify, analyze, assist

• Emergency Response Force (CERF)- Decontamination, heavy rescue,

medical triage

• Counterdrug Program (CD)- Demand reduction, analysis, eradication

• Cyber Protection Team (CPT)

• Community support


Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program

•Post 1 event- Completed between 30 and

180 days post deployment- Provides resources for crisis

and immediate needs

•Post 2 event- Completed in the first year

post deployment- Provides lifestyle and

steady state resources

•Family preparation academies• Initial Soldier preparation


YELLOW RIBBON NETWORKS

• Vital community-based support for Service members and their families

•As of Jan 2019• 90 Yellow Ribbon Networks

• 65 Yellow Ribbon Companies


EDUCATION

• Federal Tuition Benefits • GI Bill

• Federal Tuition Assistance

• $2,482,201 dollars went to 1035 soldiers in FY18

• State Education • State Tuition Reimbursement

• $8,981,125 went to 1,555 soldiers and airmen in CY18

• STARBASE • DoD Funded STEM Program

• Grades 4-6

• More than 50,000 students since 1993

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INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

• Norway• Bilateral Agreement

• 46th Year of Exchange this year

• Croatia • State Partner Program

• Celebrated 20 years in 2016

• Mutual military training

• Military missions to Afghanistan


TAGMG Jensen

(State Military)

Director, Joint Staff

(Federal Military)

ANG Units(Federal Military)

ARNG Units(Federal Military)

Camp Ripley Training Center

DMA


Executive Director

(State Civilian)

Operations

Military Outreach,Support to Military

Operations, Quartermaster, Plans, Facility Security, Fire

Protection, ATFP, ESS, Air Traffic(State Mil/Civ)

Joint Staff Element

Support to Civil Authorities,

Domestic Operations &Plans, Intelligence, Joint Logistics, Legal Oversight, Human Resources (Federal

Mil/Civ)

ANG Staff Element

AF ManningAF Training, AF Logistics,

Communications and Network

Support(Federal Mil/Civ)

ARNG Staff Element

Army Manning,Army Training,Army Logistics,

Communications & Army Network

Support(Federal Mil/Civ)

Sustainment

Finance, HR, Payroll , Military Incentives, P & C,

Internal Audit, Safety & Health, Quartermaster,

MSABCState Mil/Civ)

Denotes Army National Guard (Federal Military)

Denotes Joint Positions

(Federal or State Military)

Denotes Air National Guard(Federal Military)

Denotes State Employees

Mili

tary

Aff

airs

STAFFING LEVEL


State Employees

Federal Army National

Guard

Federal Air National

Guard

Citizen Soldiers and Airmen

= 100

Full Time Staff

Federal Direct Spending

Federal Cooperative Agreement

Funding

State Funding


Total Economic Impact$516 Million

State Funding$30 Million

Federal CoopAgreement$64 Million

FUNDING LEVELS

Questions?


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