Mission

The mission of the Joint Engineering Contingency Operations Committee is to facilitate discussion among the military services and industry on current joint engineer operations and the issues that need to be addressed for future joint engineer operations.

Include combatant command engineers, field commanders, training center commanders and supporting contractors.
Facilitate discussion among the Engineer Officer training centers at AFIT, AES, CECOS and the Marine Corps Center of Excellence on training and education of engineer forces to support the combatant commanders.

The desired end state is the increased relevancy of SAME within the Joint Force and Component Engineer Communities while supporting Contingency Operations.

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Current Committee Chair

Col. William Haight III, P.E., USA (Ret.)
whaight@louisberger.com
(202) 303-2711 office
(202) 754-0633 mobile

Incoming Committee Chair

Col. Bryan TruesdelI, P.E., F.SAME, USA (Ret.)
b ryan.p.truesdell@usace.army.mil
719-556-8611 office
808-227-3524 mobile

Upcoming Events & Exercises

Webinar: Task Force Essayons - Wednesday, 28 November, 1300 EST (1300 - 1315: JECO Committee Business) Click here for agenda.

COL Corey M. Spencer, USA, will focus on the establishment of Task Force Essayons and the services they provided as they teamed with the Regional Contracting Command for ARCENT and the Combined Joint Task Force. Click here for his bio. Call-in information is the same for all meetings (see meetings section above).

SAME Joint Engineer Training Conference (JETC) - JECO TTEx 7-9 May in Tampa, FL: supports FEMA and NORTHCOM exercises as well as several other inter-agency and state level exercises. The focus for this exercise will be private sector engagement and support from the Architectural, Engineering and Construction communities represented in SAME for the Business Emergency Operations Centers at National and the FEMA Regions / States impacted by New Madrid.

Click here to see exercise dates, overview, participants and linked exercises.

Organization Structure

Joint Engineer Doctrine and Policy: RADM Chuck Kubic, CEC, USN (Ret), Kubic Engineer Group

Engineer Schools: Dwayne Boeres, Director, Joint Engineer Operations Course

JOEB Representation: COL Tim O’Rourke, USA (Ret), Engineer Capability Analyst, ACJCS J4, Joint Staff

Meetings

SAME JECO Committee Bi-Monthly Calls

When: 26 SEP 18, 28 NOV 18, 23 JAN 19, 27 MAR 19, 7-9 MAY 19 - JETC, 24 JUL 19 (AAR)

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern Time

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/677178533

You can also dial in using your phone.

United States: (571) 317-3129

Access Code: 677-178-533

Joint Engineer Operations Course (JEOC)

The JEOC teaches students to understand sister service engineer capabilities and considerations for joint engineer staff and prepares engineers for future joint deployments, staff assignments, and homeland operations. It also prepares engineers from all military services for assignment to a Joint Task Force. The course focuses on joint engineer doctrine, service engineer capabilities, and how to use service engineer capabilities in support of global engineering requirements. Industry members provide the contractor perspective from the private side through a session "Contractors on the Battlefield." To learn more about the opportunity to sponsor this program, contact Kathy Off, koff@same.org.

For more information and a schedule of courses for FY19, click here.