Should the United States Department of Defense Establish a Standing Joint Task Force for Foreign Disaster Relief?

Abstract

The U.S. military regularly participates in foreign disaster relief (FDR) operations, however, there is no standing joint headquarters that specializes in FDR. Currently, joint task forces are created ad hoc to support FDR efforts once the U.S. military is requested to provide assistance. The ad hoc creation of these headquarters contributes to delays in establishing full operational capability during a crisis situation. The use of a standing joint task force (JTF) eliminates the need to establish an ad hoc JTF on short notice. This study found that although the existing system of utilizing ad hoc JTFs for FDR is adequate for most FDR missions, there are improvements that should be adopted for JTF-capable headquarters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 2020
Accession Number
AD1124447

Entities

People

  • Brian V. Baggett

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Defense
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disaster Management
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Personnel
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • United States Government
  • United States Northern Command
  • United States Pacific Command
  • United States Southern Command
  • United States Transportation Command

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.