NATIONAL PRACTICE

CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C.

November 9, 2019

BUILDING RESILIENCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PEOPLE, AND THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY LTG (Ret) Thomas P. Bostick

BUILDING RESILIENCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PEOPLE, AND THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” ~ Nelson Henderson.

Individual Resilience

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Seaside High School 1974 BG(Ret) George D. WahlOctober 15, 1895 – March 24, 1981 West Point Class of 1917

LTG (Ret) Thomas P. Bostick Chief of Engineers 2012-2016 West Point Class of 1978

Risk and Resilienc

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Engineers have long tried to design infrastructure to withstand extreme forces, but recently they have begun to address the need for urban infrastructure systems that are resilient to disasters. (NIST, 2008)

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Risk and Resilienc

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5Picture Credit: (Linkov et al., 2014)

Building Risk Mitigation

in Infrastructure

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1927 Flood Priority

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Mississippi River and Tributaries System

500+ deaths 700,000 refugees

1927 Flood

Mississippi River and Tributaries System

16.8 Million Acres Flooded

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Flooded Areas 1927 Flood vs 2011 Flood

▪ 1927: 26,000 square miles flooded

▪ 2011: 9,900 square miles flooded, per system design

▪ Over 16,000 square miles

NOT flooded in 2011

because of system

▪ New stages and flood records set in 2011 over much of lower Mississippi River Basin

FLOODED AREAS – Human Cost

1927 FLOOD

700,000 people evacuated

Over 500 people killed

2011 FLOOD

9,900 people evacuated

About 20 people killed

Building a

Resilient System

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Mississippi River & Tributaries Systems Project

Building Resilienc

e in

Soldiers

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Military Resiliency Training (MRT)

“The development of mental, physical, emotional, and behavioral toughness. Resiliency training is designed to help people cope with adversity, adapt to change, and overcome challenges.”

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Challenges and Resilience in our Soldiers

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Challenges

• Sexual Assault/Harassment

• Suicide

• Substance Abuse

• Post Traumatic Stress

Resilience

• Sexual Harassment, Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP)

• Suicide Awareness and Prevention

• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program

Systems Approach

Master Resiliency Training (MRT)

Resilience in our Soldiers

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Building Resilience Through

Biotechnology

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Arctic®

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BUTADIENE

Building Resilience in Infrastructure, People, and Through Biotechnology

Recognize and understand the risks.

Take a systems approach to developing resilience.

Accept some “give” in our Infrastructure, our people and Biotechnology.

Respond and adapt, so that infrastructure, people and biotechnology solutions return stronger.

Use a collaborative interdisciplinary problem solving approach. 18

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

~ Winston Churchill

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