Fort Hood stands out as a champion in lowering waste and making certain compliance, whereas balancing environmental stewardship and mission readiness. The set up’s successes have been acknowledged by the state and Division of Protection and function a mannequin environmental program for others to emulate.
When the U.S. Central Command was approached by the Kuwait Weapons of Mass Destruction Protection Command for help with structuring its Environmental Directorate, USCENTCOM acknowledged Army Environmental Command and Fort Hood as mirroring the wants of the Kuwait WMDDC.
“The U.S. performs a powerful position and instance for worldwide companions,” Chad Harreld, program supervisor for Kuwait and Lebanon, USCENTCOM J5-C, mentioned. “By displaying that instance of what we understand proper to appear to be, it provides them an optic instance to go by. It’s arduous to clarify, however seeing it and dwelling it’s the place it’s at.”
Brigadier Common Zeyad AlHajri, commander, Kuwait WMDDC, Brigadier Common Ali AlFadhli, faculty commander, Kuwait WMDDC and a bunch of Kuwaiti officers kickstarted their go to to U.S. Army Environmental Command in San Antonio, Dec. 2. Col. Matthew F. Kelly, commander, USAEC, Command Sgt. Maj. Tremayne Robbins, USAEC command sergeant main and USAEC division chiefs shared the Army’s environmental mission, processes and explanations of regulatory necessities.
The delegation from Kuwait WMDDC and representatives from USAEC and USCENTCOM then travelled to Fort Hood, Dec. 5, and had been welcomed by Col. Chad R. Foster, commander, U.S. Army Garrison – Fort Hood and Timi Dutchuk, chief of Environmental Applications.
“Welcome everybody to Fort Hood – America’s greatest army set up in our nation,” Foster mentioned. “We are going to present you a lot issues and hopefully it’ll all be one thing useful, as you determine your program in Kuwait.”
The newly developed Kuwait WMDDC Environmental Directorate will oversee the environmental monitoring of all Kuwaiti and U.S. army services in Kuwait, advise the Kuwait Ministry of Protection on environmental issues and coordinate with civil businesses for remediation.
“We now have an extended relationship between the US and Kuwait Army. We proceed to construct and maintain that relationship in all fields,” AlHajri mentioned. “As a brand new unit engaged on environmental efforts, we needed to have a look at the consultants right here to attempt to implement it in our system.”
Offering an outline the set up’s environmental packages, Dutchuk highlighted areas of pure and cultural assets, vitality, recycle and compliance.
“Essentially in DPW, we’re the consultants for the set up,” Dutchuk mentioned. “Key to that’s the environmental compliance evaluation crew, who goes out into the models to see what is correct and unsuitable.”
Foster emphasised the significance of ECAT and their important position in assessing each motor pool on the set up, figuring out successes or areas for enchancment and holding commanders accountable for his or her unit’s environmental program.
“We now have about 40,000 Troopers on Fort Hood with many various models,” he mentioned. “If our army models don’t do issues the proper means, it may well trigger severe issues from gas spills to improperly dealing with hazardous supplies.”
Touring to Fort Hood Recycle, the forty eighth Chemical Brigade motor pool, the Classification Unit and Air pollution Prevention Providers, the inclusive tour offered perception to single-stream recycling; motor pool operations; administration of hazardous, non-hazardous and common waste; aboveground storage tanks; and companies for used oil, used gas and elements washers.
Dutchuk added how the DPW Environmental Division works with commanders and Troopers to cut back environmental dangers and promote environmental excellence to make sure compliance.
“The important thing to the whole lot we do is air pollution prevention, which addresses the potential concern earlier than it turns into air pollution. Our elementary objective is clear air to breathe and clear water to drink,” Dutchuk mentioned. “With 40,000 Troopers, preserving them educated and engaged is main so outreach and schooling is important to our success.”
Foster thanked the Kuwait WMDDC for his or her curiosity and offered the Troopers with Maintain Texas Stunning cash.
“This coin is symbolic of what Fort Hood and the environmental crew does to make sure that our land and pure assets in Texas are preserved and guarded,” he mentioned. “I prolong an invite to return again as soon as your program is established as a result of we may be taught out of your experiences as effectively. The friendship between the US and Kuwait is robust and beneficial. No matter we will do to assist you, we’re very anxious to do.”
The go to concluded with AlHajri presenting Dutchuk with a plaque for internet hosting the tour, sharing assets and offering perception to a longtime environmental program.
“Fort Hood’s environmental operation is a giant step for us to succeed in the extent that you’re at,” AlHajri mentioned. “We’re a only a newbie, crawling, however hopefully, quickly, our environmental program can catch as much as you.”
