Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines (2001)
Chapter: Appendix B: Committee Meetings
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Appendix B
Committee Meetings
FIRST MEETING
November 15–16, 1999
Arlington, Virginia
Meeting objectives: introduce National Research Council procedures; complete administrative actions, including committee introductions and composition/balance/bias discussions for members, committee and report procedures, and committee administrative support methodology; discuss genesis of the study with congressional staff; discuss Statement of Task with sponsor; discuss draft report outline; discuss project plan and report realization; make writing assignments; receive overview briefing on strategic and tactical uses of antipersonnel landmines; determine objectives, location, and date of next committee meeting.
Presenters
Strategic & Tactical Landmine Usage Overview
Greg Bornhoft, project manager
BRTRC Technology Research Corporation
Sponsor Discussion Time
Peter O'Neill, sponsor representative
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Congressional Perspective
Tim Rieser, staff
Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
SECOND MEETING
December 9–11, 1999
Arlington, Virginia
Meeting objectives: complete composition/balance/bias discussions for committee members; achieve better understanding of compliance requirements for Ottawa Convention; achieve better understanding of both current and future strategic contexts for the use of antipersonnel landmines; consider previous efforts to provide alternative technologies to antipersonnel landmines; receive update on on-going efforts to provide alternative technologies to antipersonnel landmines; allow sufficient time for committee deliberations; discuss project plan and updated draft report outline; consider and approve Report Concept Draft; make writing assignments; determine objectives, location and date for the next committee meeting.
Presenters
The U.S. Army and Future Warfare
LTG Randall L. Rigby
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
U.S. Antipersonnel Landmine Policy: Presidential Decision Directive
Anne Witkowsky
National Security Council Staff
Ottawa Convention and the Convention on Conventional Weapons (Amended Mines Protocol)
Michael J. Matheson
Principal Deputy Legal Advisor
U.S. Department of State
How and When the US Military Uses Landmines
LTC Michael W. Biering
Engineer Team Chief, ODCSOPS-FDD
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Joint Vision 2010
MG George Close
Director for Operational Plans and Interoperability (J-7) Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Antipersonnel Landmines Alternative Programs
Tom Altshuler, Program Manager
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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The Importance of Antipersonnel Landmines in Korea
COL John F. Troxell
Director of National Security Studies
U.S. Army War College
Currently Available and Near-Term Alternatives to Landmines to Achieve Combined Forces Command Objectives in Korea
Caleb Rossiter
Consultant, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
THIRD MEETING
January 13–15, 2000
Irvine, California
Meeting objectives: complete composition/balance/bias discussions for committee members, reaffirm understanding of Statement of Task; consider ongoing efforts to identify alternative technologies to antipersonnel landmines; consider nonmateriel alternatives; allow sufficient time for committee deliberations; discuss project plan and updated draft report outline; consider and approve report initial draft; finalize site visit objectives and locations; make writing assignments; determine objectives, location, and date of next committee meeting.
Presenters
LLNL Analysis of Antipersonnel Landmine/Alternative Utility
Robert J. Greenwalt, Jr., Engineer Analyst
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Track 1–Technology Alternatives
John A. Rosamilia, Chief, Mine Division
Office of Project Manager, Mines, Countermine, and Demolitions
The Conservative Alternative to Persistent Antipersonnel Landmines
Richard L. Garwin
Chairman, State Department Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board
and
Robert Sherman
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Air Force Alternatives
Lt. Col. Charles Beason
Brooks Medical Center
and
Kirk E. Hackett
Air Force Research Laboratory
Non-Materiel Alternatives
Eric Haseltine, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist Walt Disney Imagineering
FOURTH MEETING
April 4–5, 2000
Washington, D.C.
Meeting objectives: reaffirm understanding of Statement of Task; discuss project plan and updated draft report outline; consider and mark up preliminary first full message draft; make writing assignments; determine objectives, location, and date of next committee meeting.
Presenter
Sponsor Discussion
Peter O'Neill, sponsor representative
Office of the Secretary of Defense
FIFTH MEETING
May 23–25, 2000
Washington, D.C.
Meeting Objectives: review report realization road map; discuss project plan and status; meet with CETS Editor; consider additional alternative ideas / systems; review / discuss preliminary concurrence draft; achieve initial consensus on conclusions and recommendations; make writing assignments, as necessary.
Presenters
U.S. Programs to Develop Alternatives to Antipersonnel Mines
Mark Hiznay, Senior Military Advisor
Human Rights Watch
Military Alternatives to Landmines
Edwin A. Deagle Jr., Consultant
Vietnam Veterans of American Foundation
Discussion on Editorial Procedures
Carol Arenberg, Editor
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
National Research Council
SIXTH MEETING
July 13–14, 2000
Washington, D.C.
Meeting Objectives: review report realization road map; discuss project plan and status; review / discuss concurrence draft; achieve consensus on conclusions and recommendations; make writing assignments, as necessary.
No presenters
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SITE VISITS
Several site visits were made by subgroups of the committee to observe existing systems and research and development of new systems.
Quantico Marine Base
Quantico, Virginia
December 21, 1999
Participants
Joint Nonlethal Weapons Program
Col George Fenton, Director
Department of Defense, Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate
Joint Nonlethal Weapons Program
Ken Tiedge, Project Engineer
Department of Defense, Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate
Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program
Kevin Stull, Project Engineer
Department of Defense, Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2000
Participant
Future Requirements for Antipersonnel Landmines
LTG Robert Gard, U.S. Army (ret.)
Consultant
Office of Project Manager for Mines, Countermine, and Demolitions
Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
February 10, 2000
Participants
Nonlethal Bounding Munitions and Canister Launched Area Denial System
COL Wilfred E. Irish
Project Manager for Mines, Countermines and Demolitions
Raptor System Overview
Marc A. Strano, Project Engineer
U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments
Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Hornet / WAM
Richard Wagner
U.S. Army Armaments Research,
Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC)
Logistics Management Institute
McLean, Virginia
February 17, 2000
Participant
Future Requirements for Antipersonnel Landmines
GEN William G. T. Tuttle, Jr., U.S. Army (ret.), President
Logistics Management Institute
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Arlington, Virginia
February 17, 2000
Participant
Affordable Moving Surface Target Engagement (AMSTE) Program
Timothy P. Grayson
DARPA Special Projects Office
Office of Project Manager for Mines, Countermine, and Demolitions
Crystal City, Virginia
February 25, 2000
Participant
Nonlethal Mine Alternatives
Edward Persau
Project Officer
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Arlington, Virginia
March 3, 2000
Participants
Sensor Information Technology
Sri Kumar
DARPA, Information Technology Office
Small Unit Operations: Tactical Sensors
Edward Carapezza
DARPA, Advanced Technology Office
Mobile Autonomous Robot Software
COL Mark Swinson
DARPA, Information Technology Office
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Distributed Robotics Program
Ellison (Dick) C. Urban
DARPA, Microsystems Technology Office
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
Washington, D.C.
March 8, 2000
Participant
Future Requirements for Antipersonnel Landmines
LTG Robert Gard, U.S. Army (ret.)
Consultant
U.S. Army War College
Washington, D.C.
March 28, 2000
Participant
Future Requirements for Antipersonnel Landmines
MG Robert H. Scales, Jr.
Commandant
U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
March 31, 2000
Participants
NVESD Simulation Support
Mid Self, Chief, Virtual Experiments
Modeling and Simulation Division
U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate
Potential Applications to Alternate Mine Solutions
William D'Amico
Advanced Munitions Concepts Branch
Weapons and Materials Research
Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Uncooled Micro-camera Technology
Don Reago, Director, Science and Technology Division
U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate
Launched Grapnel Hook
Larry Nee, Chief Countermine Division
Office of Project Manager for Mines, Countermine, and Demolitions
Sensor Applications for Antipersonnel and Landmine Alternatives and Beyond
Michael Jennings, Deputy
U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate
Warrior Extended Battlespace Sensors
John Eicke
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
U.S. Department of Defense
Washington, D.C.
May 5, 2000
Participant
Future Requirements for Antipersonnel Landmines
Hans Mark
Director of Defense Research and Engineering
Office of Project Manager for Mines, Countermine, and Demolitions
Pentagon, Virginia
October 10, 2000
Participants
Track III Alternatives
William Morelli
Project Officer
Washington Team Meetings
A small number of committee members in the national capital region established a subgroup that met many times to address the evaluation methodology. Members of this group were Thomas F. Hafer, J. Jerome Holton, Lee M. Hunt, Richard H. Johnson, Larry Lehowicz, and K. Anne Street.
