Initially, this research addresses the Department of Defense's doctrine that separates the Homeland Security mission into two distinct but interrelated mission areas, Homeland Defense and Defense Support for Civil Authorities. Subsequently, it...
This action plan is the implementing document for initiatives to enhance reserve component (RC) training. This action plan identifies training and training-related issues which affect the conduct of realistic and quality training in the RC. It...
The National Guard has been in a nearly constant state of change, in one form or another, since its inception. The events that have transpired since the attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 demonstrated the need for the next major...
The purpose of the study is to determine whether a regional headquarters concept would improve the National Guard’s ability to accomplish Homeland Defense and Civil Support with greater efficiency and effectiveness. In order to make that...
As the ability of organizations to process information accelerates, and technological advances facilitate ever more rapid decision-making, organizational leaders sacrifice the time once available for careful reflection on the nature of problems and...
This monograph answers the question, Is the National Guard (NG) Counterdrug (CD) Support Program a suitable model to design an NG Homeland Security (HLS) force also capable of fulfilling the National Guard’s role as a first military responder and...
This regulation establishes the Forces Command (FORSCOM) Mobilization Exercise Program (FCMEP) and prescribes FORSCOM and National Guard Bureau (NGB) policy, defines responsibilities, and establishes procedures for programming, budgeting,planning...
This study gives a perspective on training National Guard units to the level organized by evaluating several factors affecting the Guard's ability to do so. The problem is not new but has taken on new relevance as the US military undergoes the...
The Department of Defense is also in the process of reevaluating its contribution to homeland security in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Of particular concern is the DoD plan for assisting civilian authorities in consequence management...
Regulation prescribes policies, operating tasks, and steps governing the Official Military Personnel File; the Military Personnel Records Jacket; the Career Management Individual File; Army Personnel Qualifications Records and Military Personnel...
Reserve Component (RC) soldiers often attend reclassification training. Reclassification training is required any time a soldier is assigned to a position for which he does not posses the correct Military Occupational Specialty Qualification...
This study explores the continued use of the National Guard in support of drug law enforcement agencies (DLEAs) and community based organizations (CBOs) in counterdrug operations. The National Guard, or milita, has been involved since its founding...
Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) is the Army’s transformational model for manning, equipping, training, and deploying both Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) forces. Under this modular force concept, the Army National Guard (ARNG)...
The commission formed after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 identified a need for a better domestic intelligence capability, and policy decisions since then have directed increased information sharing between the intelligence community...
This personal experience has a different approach. The Missouri Army National Guard (MOARNG) and the Noncommissioned Officer Corps history is documented not only to substantiate one soldiers experience from early years, but also to document events...
Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES) are conducted by military medical units in a field environment, where US military personnel conduct medical evaluation, treatment, and health education for persons who are not health care...
Late in August 2005 the Deputy Commander Officer 261st Signal Brigade received a verbal mission to provide a specialized team of communicators to provide direct support of the Joint Force Headquarters Louisiana National Guard J6 (JFHQ-LA-J6). The...
Overcoming information operations legal limitations in support of domestic operations is a stumbling block to applying information effectively in this environment. Current US Title 10 restrictions limit the use of certain assets (e.g. Psychological...
After 9/11 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established and has responsibility for natural disasters and first response to acts on domestic soil. A primary tool available to both DHS and the Department of Defense is the National Guard...