The U.S. Navy's Role in Joint Task Force (JTF) Counternarcotics Operations: 'Mission Impossible' or 'A Recipe for Success'

Abstract

Title XI of the National Defense Authorization Act for 1989 assigned the Department of Defense responsibility to coordinate the detection and monitoring tenants of U.S. counternarcotics operations. After 18 months of joint detection, monitoring , and interdiction, coordinated through DoD's Joint Task Force (JTF), the results have been dispiriting at best. The U.S. Navy as the principle maritime/air detection and monitoring tenant has experienced problems with interoperability (technical equipment and operational methodology), intelligence hoarding, training, and parochialism amongst the various counternarcotics agencies. This paper highlights DoD's initial concerns about counternarcotics missions, limitations imposed by the Posse Comitatus Act, and discusses the U.S. Navy's role in JTF detection and monitoring operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 11, 1991
Accession Number
ADA236725

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Hagy Ii

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

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  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Coast Guard
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drug Interdiction
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Radar
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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