Leadership Guidance on Sustainability

1. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “We will be a sustainable Army.” Mr. Raymond Fatz Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army April 04 article

2. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “Installation Sustainability moves us beyond simply solving today’s problems. A sustainable Army is one that wins today’s battles while laying the foundation for our future success. It connects today to tomorrow with sound business and environmental practices… Sustainability enables today’s Army to empower the Future Force.” Dr. Mario P. Fiori Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations & Environment) October 2003 AUSA Speech

3. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “Our installations must be fully functional now, thirty years from now, and well into the next century. This means we must not deplete our irreplaceable resources, and must also reduce our polluting emissions as much as possible.” Louis Caldera Secretary of the Army 4 Dec 2000 memo

4. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “Unless they are addressed in a proactive manner, environmental issues can lead to serious training restrictions and adverse mission impact. I expect each of you to develop and implement a formal management strategy that supports long term mission sustainment.” John M. Keane General, United States Army Vice Chief of Staff 25 Feb 02 memo

5. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “By making our environment, societies/cultures and economies sustainable, we also make our mission sustainable. Our Sustainability Education Day is essential…to find conservation-driven approaches – as well as provide protection of the military’s ability to perform its mission.” LTG Edward Soriano Commanding General, I Corps 17 Sept 03 memo

6. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “We believe that gains in sustainability are good for our nation as well as our organization. We’re good at environmental compliance. But failure to do harm is only a partial answer. We have to lean forward and learn how to sustain the very land we have sworn to defend.” MG Collins Deputy Commanding General, I Corps 30 Oct 03 remarks

7. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “I offer my congratulations to the men and women of Fort Lewis. Your sustainability program is bold, pioneering, visionary.” HON Gary Locke Governor, state of Washington 30 Oct 03 remarks

8. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability ““We will either set up this stuff now and work towards these goals…or I will set up my successors 10-15 years now for a certain fall. We won’t do that.” LTG Hill I Corps Commander 4 Feb 02 remarks

9. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “We can train, we can protect our environment and produce better quality of life 10 to 15 years down the road… My desire is to bring together organizations and individuals from the public and private sectors to create a win-win proposition for land use and environmental stewardship.” LTG Thomas F. Metz Commanding General, III Corps 21 Oct 03 memo

10. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability ““America entrusts the Army with her two most valuable assets: first, her sons and daughters, and second, pieces of the country itself. I will tell you, at Fort Hood we are sworn to protect them both.” COL William Parry Fort Hood Garrison Commander 21 Oct 03 memo

11. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “Meeting our commitments worldwide will continue to put pressure on our installations to provide the facilities, training areas, and a quality environment essential to training and housing our troops. At the same time, community development, environmental regulations, and rising costs will continue to limit an installation's options to provide these core functions. These factors have convinced senior Army leadership that creating sustainable installations is a key element to maintaining readiness over the long term.” Joseph H. Plunkett Director Installation Management Agency Southeast 31 July 03 memo

12. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “Environmental stewardship is a necessity to preserve our land, which is, in turn, essential to our ability to train soldiers. Fort Bragg recognizes its responsibility to protect the environment and its natural resources. This is not a duty based solely on legal compulsion; this duty is very practical.” COL Addison Davis Garrison Commander, Fort Bragg 1 April 2003 Congressional testimony

13. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “Environmental sustainability means developing operational procedures that support our mission in the present without compromising our ability to accomplish our mission in the future – and without limiting our local communities’ abilities to have a productive future. …I solicit yoursupport in this quest to sustain our installations and our readiness indefinitely.” LAWSON W. MAGRUDER III Lieutenant General Deputy Commanding General, Forces Command 9 July 2001 memo

14. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “ The focus … is to answer this question at each installation: How do we decrease the total regional environmental footprint…to ensure that our installations can continue to train and deploy combat-ready troops…and that our communities have a productive future.” MG James Donald Forces Command 9 Sept 02 quote

15. Leadership Guidance on Sustainability “Establish an integrated strategy, with a defined end state, tying objectives to resources, and engaging stakeholders at all levels, in order to sustain the Army mission indefinitely.” Army Environmental Program Operational Directive and Campaign Plan 17 Nov 00 memo