1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Military Installation Resilience: What Does It Mean? January 6, 2021 A misunderstanding that sometimes occurs when discussing military installations and resilience is the distinction between the Department of Defenses (DOD
2、s) general responsibilities to ensure military installations are resilient and its statutory responsibility to provide “military installation resilience.” This latter term is defined under 10 U.S.C. 101(e)(8) as the capability of a military installation to avoid, prepare for, minimize the effect of,
3、 adapt to, and recover from extreme weather events, or from anticipated or unanticipated changes in environmental conditions, that do, or have the potential to, adversely affect the military installation or essential transportation, logistical, or other necessary resources outside of the military in
4、stallation that are necessary in order to maintain, improve, or rapidly reestablish installation mission assurance and mission-essential functions. (Emphasis added) The statutory definition focuses exclusively on those environmental threats that can impact military installations. At the same time, D