Installation Resilience

The Installation Resilience Program is a needs-based program that is codified under 10 USC § 2391.

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation’s Installation Resilience program enables states and communities to partner with their local installations and the Military Departments to respond, as one community, to either the encroachment of a civilian community or threats to installation resilience that are likely to impair the continued operational utility of the military installation. 

Many factors impacting an installation's resiliency may also impact the local defense industrial base, so these program efforts can have far reaching benefits for the local mission. 

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Click here to view and download the Fact Sheet for the Installation Resilience program.

Eligible entities for the Installation Resilience Program can include states, counties, municipalities, other political subdivisions of a state; special purpose units of a state or local government; other instrumentalities of a state or local government; and tribal nations. 

Based on conversations with perspective grantees, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will determine if there is a threat to military installation resilience or encroachment of a civilian origin on the local military mission that involves, or may be significantly impacted by, resources or activities outside of the military installation, and that this threat is likely to impair the installation’s ability to maintain, improve, or rapidly reestablish installation mission assurance and mission-essential functions.

There are two ways a community can participate in Installation Resilience program activities:

• Service Nomination Process. The Military Services may nominate installation(s) for assistance through annual requests or may also nominate installations out of cycle. 
• Community Nomination Process. State and local governments may self-nominate.

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will evaluate existing or potential resilience and encroachment issues to determine if a project is reasonable and beneficial to supporting the military mission.  

The relevant Assistance Listing numbers are:

• 12.003 Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation.
• 12.610  Community and Economic Adjustment Assistance for Compatible Use and Joint Land Use Studies

Program activities establish or reinforce an ongoing collaboration between civilian (public and private) and military equities that thrives beyond the term of any project.  

Projects may include the following:

• a comprehensive review of natural and man-made threats and vulnerabilities;
• targeted studies or plans concerning, but not limited to, transportation, land use/encroachment, utility services, housing, stormwater management, sewer, and communications; and,
• table-top exercises with local military and civilian (public and private) leadership to review capacities of hard infrastructure and public services to respond to natural and/or man-made disruptions.

Studies under this program can provide an opportunity for a community to comprehensively understand the concerns of a neighboring military installation around encroachment, opportunities for civilian growth, and to develop actions that work in concert with the installation’s mission.

The program allows project managers to work with potential grantees in determining what program activity is most appropriate for a community, and then to provide guidance during the application process.

Funds for this program should not be used to substitute or undertake any activity that would otherwise be undertaken by the Military Departments with military funding.

Examples of factors impacting Installation Resilience: 

Installation Resilience grantees may find themselves working with other Department of Defense agencies, Military Services, and Federal agencies in addition to the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. These may include: 

Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse, 
Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration, 
Economic Adjustment Committee (EAC), 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and 
United States Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Development.

Partner Resources:

• Hazard Mitigation Planning | FEMA.gov
  • State Mitigation Plan Review Guide Fact Sheet (2021)
  • Hazard Mitigation Planning for Local Communities (fema.gov) (2021)
  • FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan Status (arcgis.com) -
• Risk Management | FEMA.gov
• Coastal Flood Risk | FEMA.gov
• Resilience Planning Program | CISA - Main web page for DHS resources related to resilience planning, and the Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework.

USAF Academy/Peterson AFB/Schriever AFB/Fort Carson Joint Land Use Study Implementation

• The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments is carrying out high-priority Compatible Use Study implementation strategies to continue partnerships with the Air Force Academy, Fort Carson, and the Peterson-Schriever Garrison (Peterson AFB, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, and Schriever AFB) to ensure land uses are compatible with military operations. Deliverables include sub-area development planning, maps to aid in siting decisions for energy projects, identification of parcels suitable to buffer the military sites, standardized real estate disclosure language for nearby residents, and outreach to inform the public about mission related impacts. These tools and ongoing collaboration will help prevent radar and signal interference and protect military flight operations.

MacDill Air Force Base Installation Resilience Review

• The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council is partnering with the City of Tampa to conduct a resilience study analyzing energy, water, and wastewater vulnerabilities; transportation limitations; as well as the impact on associated critical infrastructure and services with the goal of creating an action plan that supports the continued mission readiness of MacDill AFB.

San Diego Region Installation Resilience Implementation

• After an initial Installation Resilience Review identified storm surge, sea-level rise, and traffic congestion as threats to three targeted access corridors to Naval Bases Point Loma, San Diego and Coronado, the San Diego Association of Governments is developing the necessary conceptual designs, cost estimates, and policies needed for transportation infrastructure improvements to ensure military readiness.