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North Korea remains an out-
From BMGR, Page 3 works with the tribes is through of hours monitoring sites on law state that has developed
collaborative field trips. 130,000 public-access acres atomic weapons and is building
advertent damage to cultural on the range. Activities in- missiles capable of reaching the
resources. The initiative saves “The RMO has field trips clude repeat photography, United States.
more than $100,000 annually in with tribes to visit archaeolog- recording and mapping of
survey and flagging costs. ical sites, identify traditional disturbances, updating moni- China a Question Mark
cultural places, sacred sites, toring notebooks, cataloging China is in a different class, but
While technological advanc- and natural resources such as site photos and site forms and could be a threat to the United
es have helped the team protect water, rocks, flora and fauna assisting archaeologists in in- States, according to the strategy.
these resources, face-to-face that are important to them,” tensive site recording. It is a rising great power and the
collaboration with local tribes Rankin said. “The Tohono strategy encourages China “to be-
and other stakeholders remains O’odham recently completed a Education also plays an im- come a partner for greater interna-
crucial to the program’s suc- report on O’odham use of the portant role, Rankin added. tional security.”
cess. BMGR E: Title: In the Foot- Quarterly briefings by the Still, Chinese actions in the
steps of my ancestors.” O’odham Nation are incorpo- South China Sea are worrisome.
“Collaboration means the rated into F-16 pilot training It is a complex strategic envi-
Air Force engages tribes earlier In addition to tribal partner- to enable pilots to understand ronment and the U.S. military
and encourages tribal input. It ships, cultural resource managers how military training over trib- cannot focus on one threat to the
means base leaders and desig- also partner with schools, univer- al lands impacts their people. exclusion of all others, according
nated cultural liaison officers sities and local government. to the strategy.
reach out for more than just Enabling the military train- “[The U.S. military] must pro-
business-related issues,” said Community partnerships ing mission is of chief impor- vide a full range of military op-
James Wilde, the Air Force cul- also play an important role at tance to the multi-disciplinary tions for addressing both revision-
tural resources subject matter BMGR East, Rankin said. RMO, and the cultural re- ist states and [violent extremist
expert at the Air Force Civil source program is integral in organizations],” the strategy says.
Engineer Center, which over- The BMGR Site Steward supporting the busiest prima- “Failure to do so will result in
sees the Air Force’s compliance Program is a volunteer site- ry training range in the DOD, greater risk to our nation and the
with environmental and histor- monitoring program that Rankin said. international order.”
ic preservation laws. comprises more than 100 citi-
zens who volunteer thousands
One of the ways the RMO
