MILITARY ARCHIVES
Critical-Infrastructure Update: The Essential Components of Domestic Preparedness
James D. Hessman
November 16, 2005
A timely update on the steps already taken to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, and additional actions in the planning stage. Summary: Some gains, but too many hesitations, and still a long way to go.
Providing Defense Support to Civil Authorities
Robert Fitton
November 2, 2005
An incisive and comprehensive primer on how the U.S. military can be and is being used to better defend the nation’s homeland against terrorist attacks and, at the same time, help civil authorities at all levels of government cope with hurricanes, floods,
Army National Guard Assets and Homeland Security
Brent Bankus
November 2, 2005
The militia tradition continues in the Brave New World of the 21st century, with the Army and Air National Guard playing the lead roles–but all of the nation’s armed services are assuming new missions and responsibilities in the field of homeland defense
A Note From the Editor
James D. Hessman
November 2, 2005
The constitutional mandate to “Provide for the Common Defense” takes on new meaning in the Age of Terrorism and requires an updated strategy that includes protection of the U.S. homeland as a major mission of the nation’s armed services.
R. James Woolsey, Vice President, Global Resilience, Booz Allen Hamilton
R. James Woolsey and John F. Morton
November 2, 2005
A world-class statesman and patriot provides new insights on the most significant organizational and policy changes likely to be implemented to improve U.S. intelligence and information-sharing capabilities both in the near future and in the long term.
Dr. James Jay Carafano, Homeland Security, The Heritage Foundation
John F. Morton
October 19, 2005
DomPrep’s John Morton met with Dr. James Jay Carafano, Senior Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation. Dr. Carafano discusses in-depth his take on the key lesson learned from the Hurricane Katrina response: the need for a 0-to-96-hour
Pandemic Influenza: A Catastrophe in Waiting?
Jerry Mothershead
October 19, 2005
Special Report on the threat to human life from a global avian influenza pandemic, and a long list of policies and programs that might be implemented to reduce the death toll.
Roger Cressey, President, Good Harbor Consulting
John F. Morton
October 5, 2005
The former White House advisor discusses the hurricane recovery and response operations, the implications for a DHS reorganization–and for the possible use of the military to cope with future disasters–and the role of the private sector.
The Use of Naval Militias in Homeland Defense
Brent Bankus
September 21, 2005
Only four states – Alaska, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio – now have active naval militias. But two more states, California and Wisconsin, are now considering reorganization initiatives, and many other states may want to consider the low-cost/high-value
After the Storm: A Flood of Compassion Healing the Wounded, in the City That Care Forgot
Michael J. Sohmer
September 21, 2005
How a disaster medical-assistance team from San Diego deployed immediately to Baton Rouge, then to New Orleans, to provide help to the helpless citizens of the Crescent City in their time of maximum peril.
The Other Gulf War
Martin D. Masiuk
September 21, 2005
DomPrep’s publisher discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina, several changes and upgrades in the IMR Goup’ domestic-preparedness publications, and the company’s roadmap to an even more productive future.
Public Health at the End of the World
Joseph Cahill
September 7, 2005
The nation’s public-health professionals played a major support role during and immediately after Katrina hit land – and will continue to do so long after most other first responders have gone home.
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