HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

21 JANUARY 2025

HDIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

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JOINT CIVIL & DOD CBRN SYMPOSIUM | MARCH 11-12, 2025

The 13th Annual Joint Civil & U.S. Department of Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Symposium will explore efforts and strategies to address and mitigate current and emerging CBRN threats and challenges. The event is designed to
foster collaboration and innovation in CBRN defense, bringing together experts, innovators, and leaders from government, military, academia, and industry to share insights, strategies, and best practices in CBRN defense, preparedness, and response.

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FEATURED ARTICLE

10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets prepare for a class on how to shoot while wearing skis during cold weather training at Montana on Feb. 9, 2023. Being familiar with new equipment helps Soldiers be more confident in performing their tasks. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kimberly Gonzalez)

USARIEM Is Updating Guidance on Cold-Weather Injuries

FORT DETRICK, Md. — As geopolitical competition in the Arctic region continues to accelerate, senior leaders need to be confident that the Warfighters under their command will be able to operate at peak effectiveness for long periods in extreme cold. That’s why experts in nutrition, physical performance, and extreme environments from the U.S. Army Research…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Nefarious Uses of Biological/Biochemical Additive Manufacturing (AM)

This technical inquiry is related to the HDIAC webinar “Printing Destruction: AM, WMD, and the Emerging Challenges to Security” presented by Gregory Nichols and in support of the presentation “Illicit Weapons Production:  Assessing Gaps in Additive Manufacturing Security” at the 2023 International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing.  The research and publications supplied to the inquirer can be summarized with potential nefarious utilizations of AM on weapons…

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FUTURE WEBINARS

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

A Navy Hospital Corpsman sits beside a simulated patient on the back of a vehicle.

Autonomous Platforms for Casualty Evacuation: State of the Art and Future Directions

The United States faces the return of large-scale combat operations against peer and near-peer competitors—an environment not seen in over 70 years. This creates multiple challenges like managing overwhelming numbers of casualties and providing medical care with limited resources. Fighting more technologically advanced and prepared adversaries also creates tactical and operational issues like medical mobilization…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference

Join NDIA and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the 2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference. This event promises to deliver a platform for collaboration, innovation, and exploration of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)…

Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference

The AFCEA Atlanta Chapter presents the next Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. AFCEA provides the a meeting place for government, academia, and industry working in all disciplines in industry, service, government,…

2025 AMSUS Annual Meeting

AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals, serves as a communication platform for the advancement of health professionals in all federal health agencies, as well as other nations. Key speakers include: Dr. Shereef Elnahal, Under…

The 17th Annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit

The Nuclear Deterrence Summit is an event that goes beyond bringing together leaders, experts, and industry executives in the field of nuclear deterrence. It is an opportunity for professionals in the nuclear deterrence and nonproliferation…

Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience North America

There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security,…

Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium

The 9th Annual Joint Civil & Department of Defense (DoD) CBRN Symposium will provide a forum for members of the DoD, federal government, state and local government, private industry, academia, and other relevant CBRN stakeholders…

Voice From the Community

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Bo Liu, Ph.D.

Chemist, United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (USACID)

Dr. Liu is currently working as a chemist for USACID. She has an extensive background in research project management and forensic chemistry analysis supporting a wide variety of military operations and has experience in developing high-performance
polymers and composites and formulating specialty additives. Her specialties include explosives and related precursors, energetic materials, controlled substance, and petroleum-based chemicals.

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