MILITARY ARCHIVES
CBRNE: Beyond the Coast Guard Strike Teams
Christopher Doane and Joseph DiRenzo III
November 15, 2006
The Coast Guard men and women on the scene 24/7 throughout the U.S. maritime domain are the service’s true front-line forces in the prevention of CBRNE attacks. They need more and better equipment, though, and a lot more training. Starting yesterday.
CBRNE Incidents – The Role of the Firefighter
Theodore Jarboe
November 1, 2006
From Nero’s time to the present, the firefighter’s primary mission has been to put out the fire. When weapons of mass destruction are added to the matrix, that mission becomes much more difficult and, not incidentally, much more lethal as well.
CBRNE Weapons – What’s in a Name?
Joseph Cahill
November 1, 2006
A primer for the everyday citizen: The vocabulary of terror grows in both size and scope as modern technology makes weapons of mass destruction cheaper, deadlier, and more universally available.
The Need for a National Port Readiness Standard
Gavin O'Hare
October 25, 2006
A terrorist attack on a U.S. seaport could be much more costly, in lives as well as dollars, than the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon and the WTC Towers. The DOD Readiness Reporting System could be a good model for a DHS maritime-security variant.
Vayl Oxford, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), Department of Homeland Security
Vayl S. Oxford
October 25, 2006
Oxford’s views on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs, the DNDO partnerships with state and local agencies, and a broad spectrum of forward-looking R&D programs and initiatives.
Forensics and Disaster Recovery – A Delicate Balance
J. Michael Barrett
October 18, 2006
Establishment, at the national level, of a new ICS (Incident Command System) protocol gives first responders the opportunity not to change their crime-scene priorities, but to keep them in better balance.
ARNG/USCG Interoperability – A Joint Ops Success Story
Christopher Doane and Joseph DiRenzo III
October 18, 2006
When the nation’s armed services and law-enforcement agencies pool their resources and personnel the result is almost always more missions accomplished, more effectively, and at lower cost to U.S. taxpayers.
All-Hazards Domestic Preparedness Professionals
Martin D. Masiuk
October 18, 2006
Last week’s Mid-Atlantic All Hazards Forum in Baltimore was a major and productive event. It also was the likely harbinger of numerous similar conferences, involving all preparedness communities, in many other areas of the country.
Detection Plus Inspection Equals Protection
Martin D. Masiuk and Domestic Preparedness
October 18, 2006
The race is not always to the swiftest, but in the field of WMD weapons it usually is on the side of nations willing to invest their time and talents to detect, deter, and eventually defeat WMD attacks launched by other nations.
DHS Funding. How Much Is Enough?
James D. Hessman
October 11, 2006
The Appropriations Bill signed into law last week was a major step forward. But it could be another case of too little and too late.
HLSPC: A Course of Mandatory Excellence
Joseph DiRenzo III and Christopher Doane
September 27, 2006
A relatively new and still evolving JFSC course in homeland defense planning receives a well deserved endorsement from the Pentagon’s E-Ring, and attracts a long line of applicants for future classes.
Colonel George W. Korch Jr., USA, Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of InfectiousDiseases
George W. Korch Jr. and John F. Morton
September 27, 2006
Korch discusses not only USAMRIID’s own missions but also the close and increasingly important working relationship between the Institute and the nation’s public-health and first-responder communities.
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