Systemic Army Environmental Issues: Perspectives and Interpretations

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Champaign, IL 61M26-6569 SPONSORINGIVONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADORESS(ES) 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBE14Office This paper provides perspectives and interpretations of systemic environmental issues believed to have most signi~ficantty influenced the US Army's environmental program over the past decade. For the Army, systemic issues can be categorized into those problems centered on: people, resources, communication, and management and organization. These categories form a foundation for the Army envirionmental program. such that "probtem situations" in these areas can threaten the foundation's stability and affect the Army s ability to continue to dev'eliop a sound environmental program, These problems. as they are presented to the Institute staff, are known to policy analysts as problem situations. Protblem situations change over time, and the poissible analyses and interventions of these situations change accordingly. Many reported problems could be consolidated, but are intentionally presented separately to emphasize particular views and insights held on these various topics. The Army Environmental Poli;y Institute (AEPII monitors these problems situations and analyzes them to help create a bnseS loti under'standing the various views that must be combined to fotrm sound policy analyses. AbstractThis paper provides perspectives and interpretations of systemic environmental issues believed to have most significantly influenced the U. S. Army's environmental program over the past decade. For the Army, systemic issues can be categorized into those problems centered on: people, resources, communication, and management and organization. These categories form a foundation for the Army environmental program, such that "problem situations" in these areas can threaten the foundation's stability and affect the Army's ability to continue to develop a sound environmental program.These problems, as they are presented to the Institute staff, are known to policy analysts as problem situations. Problem situations change overtime, and the possible analyses and interventions of these situations change accordingly. Many reported problems could be consolidated, but are intentionally presented separately to emphasize particular views and insights held on these various topics. The Army Environmental Policy Institute (AEPI) monitors these problem situations and analyzes them to help create a basis for understanding the various views that must be combined to form sound policy analyses.