Caribbean Mass Migration Operations: MOOTW with the US Coast Guard in the Lead

Abstract

When our nations security is threatened by uncontrolled migrations of large numbers of people into the U.S. via the sea, the Coast Guard is the agency principally charged with countering the threat and receives assistance from Navy and other DoD resources when the need arises. Joint and Navy Doctrine do not provide adequate guidance to planners by failing to address Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations (AMIO) as a Military Operation Other Than War (MOOTW) and by neglecting the U.S. Coast Guard's de facto role as a full fledged player in the MOOTW joint arena. Until the doctrine is updated and revised, staffs charged with planning for a Caribbean mass migration need to pay special attention to the Coast Guard's lead role and to the details of the Coast Guard - Navy interface at the operational and tactical level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 1998
Accession Number
ADA351958

Entities

People

  • Ivan T. Luke

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Interdiction
  • Law Enforcement
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States Southern Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.