1992 defense planning guidance pdf

The 1992 draft defense planning guidance dpg, crafted by thendefense department staffers i. Analyses 1992 first draft of a grand strategy the war. Defense planning guidance national security archive. Edelman, the strange career of the 1992 defense planning guidance, in melvyn p. This work on a methodology for long term defence planning is the result of the defence scientific cooperation between the kingdom of norway and the republic of serbia. The national defense strategy acknowledges an increasingly complex global security environment, characterized by overt challenges to the free and open international order and the reemergence of longterm, strategic competition between nations. Aug 03, 2015 the purpose of this document is to provide guidance and principles for human animal bond hab programs in the department of defense dod. The goldwaternichols reorganization act of 1986 charges the chairman, joint chiefs of staff, with the responsibility of assisting the president and the secretary of defense in providing strategic direction for the armed forces. This document applies to all dod activities that operate hab programs. Mar 08, 1992 the document is known in pentagon parlance as the defense planning guidance, an internal administration policy statement that is distributed to the military leaders and civilian defense department. The aim of the nato defence planning process ndpp is to provide a framework within which national and alliance defence planning activities can be harmonised to enable allies to provide the required forces and capabilities in the most effective way. Lewis libby, paul wolfowitz, and zalmay khalilzad, is widely regarded as an early formulation of the neoconservatives postcold war agenda, laying out a series economic and military objectives that were intended to ensure a u.

Dod financial management regulation volume 3, chapter 17. Approval draft of the defense planning guidanceaction. Finally, the national defense strategy should be clearly connected to the issuance of the defense planning guidance that the office of the secretary of defense will issue to the military services in spring 2018 as they develop the pom submissions for fy 2020. It is intended as a blueprint for the joint force in 2020, providing a set of precepts that will help guide. Fy 9498 defense planning guidance sections for comment, from dale a. A main goal of security hawks in the united states, as described in the 1992 us defense planning guidance which has never been superseded, has been to prevent any hostile power from dominating a region whose resources under consolidated control be sufficient to generate global power. Cost analysis guidance and procedures, december 11, 1992 e defense federal acquisition regulation supplement, current version.

Wolfowitz doctrine is an unofficial name given to the initial version of the defense planning guidance for the 199499 fiscal years dated february 18, 1992 published by us under secretary of defense for policy paul wolfowitz and his deputy scooter libby. The document is known in pentagon parlance as the defense planning guidance, an internal administration policy statement that is distributed. Unclassified dcs conplan 02 may 03 unclassified 1 conplan u department of the army global war on terrorism gwot post conflict. The dpg establishes dods force development planning and resource priorities in order to prevail in the nations current operations and to develop a balanced joint force to meet future contingencies. Vesser to secretaries of the military departments, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, under secretary of defense for acquisition, assistant secretary of defense for program analysis and evaluation, and comptroller of the department of defense, february 18, 1992.

The rapidly changing national security environment has caused dod to. Planning for possible foreign involvement should start at the beginning. This strategic guidance document describes the projected security environment and the key military missions for which the department of defense dod will prepare. The defense policy guidance dpg drafted in the early months of 1992 provided a blueprint for maintaining u. Planning throughout the dod is based on topdown strategic direction, starting with the highestlevel strategic guidance. Excerpts from 1992 draft defense planning guidance the. Provide the necessary support to the chair of the ndpc to do security surveys of foreign government security programs. The documents recently declassified by the defense department in response to the archives appeal provide an inside view of the making of the defense planning guidance from september 1991 to may 1992, when joint chiefs of staff chairman colin powell and under secretary of defense for policy paul wolfowitz approved it. Newsday, 3162003 the document will cause controversy, because it hasnt yet been scrubbed. Vesser, the policy guidance will be issued with a set of illustrative scenarios for possible future foreign conflicts that might draw united states. Defense planning guidance definition of defense planning. Public domain the defense planning guidance, a blueprint for the departments spending priorities in the aftermath of the first gulf war and the collapse of the soviet union, is leaked to the new york times. Wolfowitz doctrine is an unofficial name given to the initial version of the defense planning guidance for the 199499 fiscal years dated february 18, 1992. Pursuant to a congressional request, gao provided information on the department of defense dod 5year defense program.

The document lists southwest asia as one such region. In the meantime, two defense budget proposals for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 may have been submitted to congress by the president. This study can be a basis for further cooperation in the defence planning area. Defense of korea will likely remain one of the most demanding major regional contingencies. Forward any inquiries concerning this directive to the office of the under secretary of defense for policy, attn. Audit report on the defense industrial fund communications services activity. The national security archive george washington university. The making of the cheney regional defense strategy, 19911992.

Authorizes the issuance of dod instructions and manuals to implement this directive and guidance from standardsetting agencies such as eeoc and opm, consistent with dod 5025. Scope this publication provides joint doctrine to plan, conduct, and assess civilmilitary operations. This planning guidance document went a long way toward endearing libby to cheney, the cap article. Administration and department of defense to develop the revised pag manual. Getting the pentagons next national defense strategy right. Da pam 60072, army manpower mobilization, 8 july 1990 o. Office of the inspector general of the department of defense, the defense agencies, the dod field activities, and all other organizational entities within the dod referred to collectively in this instruction as the dod components. Libby coauthored the controversial defense planning guidance document of 1988 see february 18, 1992 that called on the us to essentially transform itself into an aggressive empire, using its military to stretch its power around the world.

This study was performed by dejan stojkovic and bjorn robert dahl. It should facilitate the timely identification, development and delivery of the necessary range of forces that are interoperable and adequately. This article investigates how key actors within the us defence policy. Sloman, force planning for the era of great power competition washington, dc.

It outlines a multi disciplinary approach to program planning, implementation and evaluation. Excerpts from 1992 draft defense planning guidance the war. Defense planning guidance will not be issued until late 1991 or early 1992. Mar 08, 1992 following are excerpts from the pentagons feb.

The document is known in pentagon parlance as the defense planning guidance, an internal administration policy statement that is distributed to the. This defense planning guidance addresses the fundamentally new situation. This edition of joint publication jp 50, joint planning, reflects current doctrine for conducting joint, interagency, and multinational planning activities across the range of military operations. Center for strategic and budgetary assessments, 2017. National military strategy reflects this new world and guides us military planning.

Eric edelman also does this especially well in his the strange career of the 1992 defense planning guidance, in which he compares the 1992 defense planning guidance to 2002s national security strategy. Strategy plan calls for insuring no rivals develop the. Joe biden, now chairman of the senate foreign relations committee was particularly outraged, calling it a prescription for. Paul wolfowitz, thenunder secretary of defense for policy, supervised the drafting of a 1992 policy statement on americas mission in the postcold war era. Senior defense department officials have said the document will be issued by defense secretary cheney this month. The goldwaternichols reorganization act of 1986 charges the chairman, joint chiefs of staff, with the responsibility of assisting the president and the secretary of defense in providing strategic direction for. The assistant secretary of defense for public affairs shall coordinate and approve guidance on public affairs matters concerning nonlethal weapons and their use. Dod financial management regulation volume 3, chapter 17, appendix c december 1996 e. Epa believes that guidance based on the best available science can help local authorities save lives and minimize the impact of a radiological emergency. Approval draft of the defense planning guidance action memorandum. Defense planning guidance dpg effective april 2010, the dpg replaces the guidance for the development of the force gdf and the joint programming guidance jpg. Local authorities rely on epa guidance to keep their emergency response plans up todate with the most current science.