As a military issues-focused advocacy group, the DSI interfaces at local, state, and Federal levels on topics of local and national interest.
As applicable, background information and position papers on specific items are developed and shared with Congressional members and professional staff, Pentagon leaders and staff, and State of Florida leadership. Collaborative initiatives are engaged through partnerships with entities such as the Florida Defense Alliance and the Florida Defense Support Commission.
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Position Papers
DSI Military Priorities Point-Paper 2023
Protecting infrastructure vital to training to ensure our nation’s security against adversaries; today and tomorrow.
DSI Federal Legislative Point-Paper 2022
DoD’s effectiveness and survivability in near-real-world combat conditions is dependent on military readiness capabilities, capacity and support infrastructure vital to complex training and execution situations ensuring our nation’s security against adversaries; today and tomorrow.
DSI Letter to the President of the United States 2022
Our national defense depends upon the Gulf Test and Training Range for vital military testing, training, and experimentation purposes. The threat posed by offshore drilling and related activities in this region puts our military readiness and national security at risk.
2021 MML Position Paper
The EGTTR, the largest test and training range in the continental United States, is identified by Department of Defense Directive as a national asset that cannot be replicated anywhere in the U.S.
DSI Offshore Drilling Letter to the Editor 2018
Letter to the Editor of the Northwest Florida Daily News on Eastern Gulf Drilling Threatening National Security.
Gulf Range Enhancement Position Paper
Range Solutions for Next Generation Air Armament Test and Training in The Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range.
Southeast Range Complex Concept 2016
The DSI fully supports the concept of a Southeast Range Complex Cooperative to provide a strategic plan for increased mission coordination and synchronization among military services. Increased coordination and synchronized efforts are required to enable long-range test and training and joint-service collaboration
NWFL Gulf of Mexico Oil Drilling Regional Position Package 2010
This packet provides 12 resolutions and proclamations from the Northwest Florida region supporting these protective policies and opposing activity in the Gulf of Mexico that would adversely affect the military missions and economic health of the region.
Brochures
DSI 2024 Priorities Brochure
The U.S. military's task is to ensure American military superiority to protect Americans against challenges to our National security. The DSI supports that mission.
DSI 2023 Priorities Brochure
DoD’s effectiveness and survivability in near-real-world combat conditions is dependent on military readiness capabilities, capacity and support infrastructure vital to complex training and execution situations ensuring our nation’s security against adversaries; today and tomorrow.
DSI 2022 Priorities Brochure
The Defense Support Initiatives Committee focuses on supporting and maintaining required infrastructure in support of new and existing missions.
2021 EGTTR Military Mission Line Brochure
The GTTR provides unique capabilities to test, train with, and evaluate high-altitude supersonic air combat training, air-to-air missile testing, drone targeting, hypersonic weapons testing, space launches/landings, and other activities.
DSI Gulf Range Enhancement Brochure
Range Solutions for Next Generation Air Armament Test and Training: The Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range
Military Readiness
Weapons Technology Integration Center
Weapons enterprise-focused capability with state-of-the-art collaborative labs and secure space for next-gen weapons.
Preserving Military Readiness in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
The eastern Gulf of Mexico (EGO MEX) is an irreplaceable national asset used by the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop and maintain the readiness of our combat forces and is critical to achieving the objectives contained in the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
Eastern Gulf Military Readiness Oceana 2019
Protecting Florida’s Gulf Coast from offshore drilling preserves military readiness.