William Nuckols

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• William Nuckols
• Project Coordinator and Acting Military Liaison
• Coastal America
• William.Nuckols_at_usda.gov
• 202-401-9548
• www.CoastalAmerica.gov

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• COASTAL AMERICA
• The Partnership

Federal Department of Agriculture Department
of the Air Force Department of the
Army Department of Commerce Department of
Defense Department of Energy Department of
Housing Department of Interior
Urban Development Department of the
Navy Department of State Department of
Transportation Environmental
Protection Agency Executive Office of the
President
State Local Governments
Over 300
partners Non-Governmental Organizations
Corporations Over 400 partners
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COASTAL AMERICA The Purpose

• Protect, preserve and restore the nation's
  coastal ecosystems through
• existing federal capabilities and authorities
• Collaborate and cooperate in the stewardship of
  coastal living resources
• Coordinate federal efforts
• Integrate federal, state, local and
  non-governmental efforts
• Provide a framework for action
• Focus agency expertise
• Focus agency resources
• Produce environmental results

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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training

Military Involvement in Environmental
Restoration A win-win for Natural Resources and
Military Readiness
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• IRT Legal Justification

• DoD Directive 1100.20
• Finding a match for a units METL (Mission
  Essential Training List)
• Enhanced Readiness for the Warfighter

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• COASTAL AMERICA
• IRT How it works

• Local Project Manager Contacts Coastal America
  with a Project Proposal
• Coastal America Regional Team Chairs Vet the
  Project for Environmental Suitability and Forward
  the Request to the IRT Service Coordinators
• Local Project Manager provides
• Project Narrative
• Non-competition statement
• Environmental Checklist
• Hold Harmless Agreement

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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training-Sample Projects

Air Force Reserve Command Civil Engineers
Demolishing the East Machias Dam in Maine
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training-Sample Projects

Navy Seabees Install Breech in a Causeway to
Restore Tidal Flow in Dingley Island, Maine
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training-Sample Projects

USAF, Navy and Army Reserve Forces Remove Runway
Material From Charleston Air Force Base and
Deposit Material Offshore to Create Artificial
Reefs
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training in WA

In 2006 Navy Divers Train to Remove Derelict
Fishing Gear from the Waters of Puget Sound, WA
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training

History of the Diver Training project In 2003
the Northwest Straits Commission and a team of
federal and state agencies receives the Coastal
America Partnership Award, presented on behalf of
the President by DOC DAS Tim Keeney In 2004 Jim
Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental
Quality, Executive Office of the President and
and Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA, get a
tour of the ongoing derelict gear removal effort
during a NOAA led demonstration
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training

History of the Diver Training project Navy
Master Diver Boy Kayona attends the gear removal
demo day and discusses training opportunities
with Chairman Connaughton.
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training

History of the Diver Training project In 2005
an IRT project package was completed and 2 local
Navy dive teams are trained in the safe handling
and removal of nets as a proof of concept.
Working with trained WA DNR divers, new diver
skills are pasted in to the Navy.
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COASTAL AMERICA Innovative Readiness Training
Navy Divers Train to Remove Derelict Fishing Gear
from the Waters of Puget Sound, WA
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training

• For 2006 the training opportunity is opened up to
  all military divers
• The following have expressed interest in
  participating in 2006
• SWRMC Divers, San Diego, CA 2. Mobile Diving
  Salvage Unit ONE, HI 3. Mobile Diving Salvage
  Unit TWO, Norfolk, VA 4. Deep Submergence Unit,
  San Diego, CA 5. Army Dive Company (3 dive
  teams), Ft, Eustis, VA
• As the project management support from the
  civilian agencies only exists in Puget Sound, WA,
  the 2006 training will continue to occur in WA

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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training

2006 Diver Training project Dive teams cant
do this alone! Ironically, divers have little
access to boats needed for this training. In
2005 support vessels for divers and recovery
platforms were supplied by the WADNR, USACE and
NOAA Diver interest in 2006 exceeds the support
capacity available from civilian agencies.
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• COASTAL AMERICA
• Innovative Readiness Training

Real world training opportunities need not be
limited to divers Boat drivers, air and ground
transport of personnel and cargo transportation
all present opportunities for support personnel
training. Purple projects are highly
encouraged by OSD. Projects such as these allow
us to practice integrating our units into
leveraged, functioning forces during a training
mission, further enhancing our capabilities for
cooperation and collaboration in-theatre.
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• William Nuckols
• Project Coordinator and Acting Military Liaison
• Coastal America
• William.Nuckols_at_usda.gov
• 202-401-9548
• www.CoastalAmerica.gov
• http//www.defenselink.mil/ra/ondemand/irt.html

The Coastal America Partnership Department of
Agriculture Department of the Air Force
Department of the Army Department of Commerce
Department of Defense Department of Energy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior Department of the Navy
Department of State Department of
Transportation Environmental Protection Agency
Executive Office of the President