Enhancing Domestic Catastrophic Incident Sealift

Abstract

Catastrophic events such as pandemics, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, and nuclear incidents will threaten the safety of American citizens at home; now, and in the future. The United States Government is capable of transporting citizens by air and land but lacks plans to evacuate large numbers of citizens by sea. Federal agencies and the U.S. military have the authority and capability to execute such a mission, but no formal direction to do so. When state, local ,tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments are overwhelmed, the federal government will be called upon to respond. Now is the time to enhance whole-of-government contributions to domestic catastrophic incident sealift to better prepare the nation for future disasters. Include in this paper are recommendations to achieve domestic catastrophic incident sealift capability using existing resources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 2020
Accession Number
AD1104519

Entities

People

  • David Ostwind

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Local Governments
  • Maritime Industry
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.