August is Army Antiterrorism Awareness Month

By NETCOM Public Affairs OfficeAugust 1, 2014

AT Awareness Month
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FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona (Aug. 1, 2014) -- The senior leaders of the U.S. Army have proclaimed August as the Army's Antiterrorism Awareness Month.

Leaders throughout the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command's global network of commands and brigades have an inherent responsibility to protect their Soldiers and civilian workforce, as well as the families at local installations, mission locations, and within local communities.

The Army's AT Program's overall intent is to instill and sustain command-wide heightened awareness and vigilance to prevent and protect the command's work force in all global locations and critical resources from acts of terrorism. Every member of the command should be leveraged as a sensor to help identify and prevent potential terrorist acts.

The key to this implementation is educating all personnel of the indicators of terrorist planning and the procedures to report these suspicious activities through local provost marshal offices. The Army AT Awareness Month will be executed with the greatest degree of latitude delegated to commanders at the lowest levels.

The following themes have been developed for Antiterrorism Awareness Month and are intended to help focus and guide commanders and managers on high pay off tasks that directly support the Army's Antiterrorism Program:

1. Recognize and report suspicious activities - including implementation of Army iWATCH and eGuardian threat reporting;

2. Anti-terrorism exercises; and

3. Anti-terrorism measures in contracting.

Antiterrorism products are available online at the Army Anti-terrorism Enterprise Portal, with links to more information and products available in the Army Stand-To! (linked above). Products include proclamation letter for Antiterrorism Awareness month, strategic talking points, AT Level I briefings, lesson learned vignettes, active shooter response information, posters, brochures, and public service announcements.

Related Links:

Stand-To! 5th Annual AT Awareness Month

Army iWatch Program

Army Antiterrorism Enterprise Portal (CAC required)

Office of the Provost Marshal General AT Portal (CAC required)