Energy for the Warfighter
"Operational energy equates exactly to operational capability."
- General John Allen, Commander, International Security Assistance Force/United States Forces-Afghanistan
Soldiers wait as bundles of fuel are air delivered to Forward Operating Base Waza K'wah in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2011.
Established in 2010, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy was created to strengthen the energy security of U.S. military operations. The mission of the office is to help the military services and combatant commands improve military capabilities, cut costs, and lower operational and strategic risk through better energy accounting, planning, management, and innovation. Operational energy, or the energy required to train, move, and sustain forces, weapons, and equipment for military operations, accounted for 75 percent of all energy used by the Department of Defense in 2009.
Operational Energy Strategy and Implementation Plan
06/14/2011: Operational Energy Strategy
03/06/2012: Operational Energy Implementation Plan
Reports, Speeches, and Blog Posts
10/18/2012: Report - Addressing Fuel Logistics in the Requirements and Acquisition Processes
08/15/2012: Press Release - DOD Certifies Key Energy Investments Support Increased Combat Capability
08/15/2012: Report - FY13 Budget Certification Report: Energy Investments for Military Operations
08/06/2012: Report - Long Term Contracting Authorities for Alternative Fuels
07/23/2012: Policy - Updated Fully Burdened Cost of Energy Methodology
07/05/2012: Policy - Alternative Fuels Policy for Operational Platforms
06/13/2012: Blog Post - Keeping the Military's Energy Options Open
05/03/2012: Blog Post - Supporting our Troops with Better Energy Options
05/02/2012: Speech - Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Energy, Security, and the Environment
04/11/2012: Fact Sheet - Administration Announces Additional Steps to Increase Energy Security for the Warfighter
03/29/2012: Speech - Assistant Secretary of Defense Sharon E. Burke on FY13 Energy Investments at the HASC on Readiness
03/22/2012: Policy - Defense Operational Energy Board Charter
01/31/2012: Press Release - DoD Announces Winner of $18M Fund to Improve Battefield Energy Security
01/31/2012: Fact Sheet - $18M Battlefield Energy Security Funding
10/18/2011: Speech - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey at the DoD Energy Security Forum
07/18/2011: Report - Opportunities for DoD use of Alternative and Renewable Fuels
07/15/2011: Blog Post - National Security and Fuels of the Future: The Importance of Sec. 526
06/14/2011: Policy - DoD Operational Energy Strategy
06/08/2011: Report - FY12 Budget Certification Report: Energy Investments for Military Operations
04/26/2011: Speech - Deputy Secretary of Defense Bill Lynn at the White House Energy Security Summit
02/25/2011: Blog Post - Energy Innovation in California
10/13/2010: Speech - Chairman Mullen's Speech at the DoD Energy Security Forum
10/18/2010: Blog Post - Empowering Defense through Energy Security
10/12/2010: Speech - Assistant Secretary of Defense Sharon Burke at the 2010 Navy Energy Forum
07/28/2010: Blog Post - White House Clean Energy and National Security Forum
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