Appendix A - Key Legal, Strategy, and Policy Documents and International Protocols: (1) Legal, National Strategy and National Policy Guidance: (b) Key DOD Guidance: The following discussion identifies a number of key documents to make commanders and planners more aware of material that may assist in the planning and execution of the CBRN mission areas. (1) Unified Command Plan: The UCP provides basic guidance to all unified CCDRs; establishes their missions and responsibilities; delineates the general geographical AORs for GCCs; and specifies functional responsibilities for functional CCDRs. (2) National Defense Strategy: NDS establishes and directs how to accomplish broad strategic objectives. Provides HD implementation guidelines. (3) The National Military Strategy (NMS) to Combat WMD: describes WMD consequence management as one of the eight military mission areas to combat WMD; it illustrates and explains how WMD consequence management contributes to the success of the military strategic objective. (4) National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism: This National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism constitutes the comprehensive military plan to prosecute the global war on terrorism for the Armed Forces of the United States. It is the plan that guides the contributions of the combatant commands, the Military Departments, combat support agencies and field support activities of the United States to protect and defend the homeland, attack terrorists and their capacity to operate effectively at home and abroad, and support mainstream efforts to reject violent extremism. (5) DODD 2000.12, DOD Antiterrorism Program: This directive updates policies and assigns responsibilities for implementing the procedures for the DOD AT program. It establishes CJCS as the principal advisor and focal point responsible to SecDef for DOD AT issues. It also defines the AT responsibilities of the Military Departments, commanders of combatant commands, DOD agencies, and DOD field activities. Its guidelines are applicable for the physical security of all DOD activities both overseas and in the homeland. (6) DODD 2000.15, Support to Special Events: DODD 2000.15, Support to Special Events, provides definitions for a special event and support and outlines policy guidelines and responsibilities for DOD support of special events. It allows for the DOD component to designate a special events coordinator who is charged with providing timely information and technical support to the ASD (HD&ASA). (7) DODD 2060.2, Department of Defense (DOD) Combating WMD Policy: This directive recognizes the need for Services to be prepared to support CWMD operations and directs Services to organize, train, and equip their forces to support them. (8) The DODD 3025 series of directives, instructions, and manuals: provides policy on and responsibilities for CS activities. As a result of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, the USG changed how it supports state, local, and tribal authorities in responding to incidents and events. In conjunction with the changes to the federal response DOD modified how it supports the federal response. (9) DODD 3025.18, Defense Support of Civil Authorities: DODD 3025.18, Defense Support of Civil Authorities, provides guidance for the execution and oversight of DSCA when requested by civil authorities approved by the appropriate DOD official or as directed by the President. It authorizes immediate response authority for providing DSCA when requested and authorizes emergency authority for the use of military force under dire situations. (10) DODD 3025.12, Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances: DODD 3025.12 Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances, provides guidance on CS activities for civil disturbances and civil disturbance operations, including response to terrorist incidents, and covers the policy and procedures whereby the President is authorized by the Constitution and laws of the US to employ the Armed Forces to suppress insurrections, rebellions, and domestic violence under various conditions and circumstances. Planning and preparedness by the USG and the DOD for civil disturbances are important due to the potential severity of the consequences of such incidents for the nation and the population. (11) DODD 3150.08, DOD Response to Nuclear and Radiological Incidents: This directive promulgates policy and assigns responsibilities for DOD CBRM CM response to US nuclear weapon incidents and other nuclear or radiological incidents involving materials in DOD custody IAW the guidance in NSPD-28, US Nuclear Weapons Command and Control, Safety, and Security, the NRF, and the NIMS. (12) DODD 5100.46, Foreign Disaster Relief: details DOD policy for conducting DR operations which covers the scenarios of FCM and DOD-led CBRN CM on foreign soil. (13) DODD 5200.27, Acquisition of Information Concerning Persons and Organizations not Affiliated with the Department of Defense: This directive establishes the Defense Investigative Program general policy, limitations, procedures, and operational guidance pertaining to the collecting, processing, storing, and disseminating of information concerning persons and organizations not affiliated with DOD. (14) DODD 5240.01, DOD Intelligence Activities: This directive is the primary authority used as guidance by DOD intelligence personnel and those performing an intelligence or counterintelligence function to collect, process, retain, or disseminate information concerning US persons. (15) DOD 5240.1-R, Activities of DOD Intelligence Components That Affect United States Persons: This regulation sets forth procedures governing the activities of DOD intelligence components that affect US persons, to include the collection, retention, processing, and dissemination of US persons information