# Presentation: 508549

## National Communications System (NCS)ESF-2 Training ConferenceIndividual Mobilization AugmenteeUnit Information Briefing

**COL Mona Grupp**
**NCS IMA Unit**
**mona.grupp@dhs.gov**
** ****	****(202) 282-8392**
** ****	****28 November 2007**

## Army Objectives of IMA Program

- Facilitate rapid expansion of the Active Army structure to respond to emerging crisis
- Fill manpower requirements with qualified soldiers
- Train in peacetime to perform duties when ordered to active duty
- Report and respond without delay
- Assigned to specifically designed positions that augment Departments/agencies (i.e. NCS)
- Soldiers selected for assignment are called**:**
**Individual Mobilization Augmentees**
- or
**Drilling Individual Mobilization Augmentees**

## Objective of the NCS IMA Program

- “to provide the NCS with the ability to quickly augment the organization with qualified soldiers in the event of a crisis”

## NCS IMA Unit History

**Established in 1988**
- Affiliated with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for Military Personnel administrative support
**FY 2005: agreement between DoD and DHS authorizes Unit transfer to DHS**
**Unit Authorized manning: **
**27 officers **
- USAR Lieutenant Colonels (23) and Colonels (4)
**Current strength: **
- 5 Majors; 12 LTC’s; 4 COL

## IMA Mission	

- Augment the NCS and NCS Regional Managers with US Army Reserve officers experienced in:
-   Emergency Management (EM)
-   First Responder
-   Communication operations
-   Communication and or EM planning
-   Information Systems management
-   Operations Center management
-   Liaison Abilities
-   Management/Leadership
- Support ESF #2 activities when activated
- Assist NCS Regional Managers during Regional interagency planning/training/exercise events

## IMA Training Requirements

**Individual Duty Training (IDT): 48 paid Battle Assemblies  (“drills”) per year = 24 days**
-  Salary funded by DoD
-  Travel & per diem funded by DHS-NCS
**12-day Annual Training tour once per FY**
-  Salary, travel, per diem funded by DoD
-  May be supplemented w/ NCS-directed TDY
-  Duty to be performed in one location, preferably within IMA commuting area
**Training should be:**
-  Emergency Management focused
-  Coordinated with NCS and NCS Regional Managers

## Unit Roster

- _Major (O-4)_
- AVERY, Joseph
- COCHRAN, Shawn
- HANSEN, Marc
- SIMPSON, William
- SMITH, Cindy

- _Lieutenant Colonel (O-5) _
- COLBOURNE, Alfonso 	DUNN, Michael
- HORNICK, John 	 	LADD, Sheila
- LOBDELL, Jon 		McAFEE, Trisha
- MERCER, James 	MOORE, James
- MURRILL, Jesse 		PETERSON, Gunnar
- ROMAN, Antonio		SIEBERT, Robert

- _Colonel (O-6)_
- 		GRUPP, Mona		LAPETODA, Clifford
- 		WEMHOFF, David	WHITE, Stephen

## NCS Augmentee Residence Locations

**Federal Region X**
**Northwest/Arctic**

**Federal Region IX**
**Pacific Rim**

**Federal Region VIII**
**Rocky Mountain**

**Federal Region VII**
**Heartland**

** ****Federal Region VI**
**Greater Southwest**

**Federal Region V**
**Great Lakes**

**Federal Region IV**
**Southeast/Sunbelt**

**Federal Region III**
**Mid Atlantic**

**Federal Region II**
**NY/NJ & Caribbean**

**Federal Region I**
**New England**

** **Augmentees
- 21 Assigned

**Updated: 12 Oct 2007**

## NCS IMA Residence Locations

**Updated: 12 Oct 2007**

**Federal Region VII**
**Heartland**

**MAJ CINDY SMITH**

## IMA Unit Member Skills

- 1st Responder
- Director, PSAP
- Emergency Management experience
- Exercise development
- Industry network capabilities
- Strategic and tactical planning
- Liaison experience
- Can be quickly deployed to support ESF 2 activities in the Regions

## Procedures for Emergency Deployment

**Incident**

- FEMA
- Region

- Issues M/A with Disaster Fund Citation for ESF activation

- ESF 2
- Regional
- Rep

- Copies sent to NCC Watch & NCS IMA Unit

- NCS IMA
- Unit

- Poll IMA Unit to select officers for deployment

- Pentagon
- AOC

- Army Operations Center approves RFO

- RFO identifies officers, duty dates, destination

- US Army Human
- Resources Cmd –
- Alexandria, VA

- Issues TDY Duty Order with DoD funding and Disaster Fund citation

- NCS IMA
- Unit

- Distribute TTAD Order to travelers

- IMA schedules flight and departs

- FEMA Region responds to emergency

- DoD pays military salary
- Disaster Fund pays Travel & Per Diem

- Regional rep notifies NCS of ESF 2 activation