This is the proceedings of a workshop sponsored and funded by DTRA. The purpose of this workshop was to identify ideas that could significantly improve the defensive capabilities and facilitate military forces' survival, operation, and sustainment in a BW environment. The results included 56 ideas, divided across five tiers based on their relative importance and potential impact.

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Introduction / Materials and methods / Results / Discussion and recommendations. Tier 1 bio-defense recommendations: educate senior-level DoD personnel, develop decision tools for commanders, develop C-BW CONOPS -- Tier 2 bio-defense recommendations: education COCOMs, train and exercise DoD personnel, education all other DoD personnel, develop installation medical surveillance information, prepare public information packages and media relations, develop BW FPCON/RAM measures, vaccinate all military -- Tier 3 bio-defense recommendations: provide weekly commander's stand-up briefings, develop quick-reference education handouts, research new prophylaxis and vaccines, institute the 922 concept, investigate new detection methods, modify ventilation systems, develop DoD integrated information collection, re-prioritize BW threat agents, expand joint BW ACTD funding / Conclusion.