Operational Organization for Homeland Defense

Abstract

In response to the growing threat of terrorism with chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, the United States government has developed a national concept of operations for responding to their use. This concept of operations consists of multiple agencies at the local, state and federal levels reacting to an incident with no clear operational organization for efficient command and control and effective response. A step in the right direction to resolve this potentially critical problem is to develop an organization under a single commander with the responsibility for domestic preparedness, response, and consequence management. Only with the proper command organization and subsequent unity of effort can we ensure the most effective employment of the many forces and resources currently tasked with homeland defense against and response to weapons of mass destruction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370625

Entities

People

  • Kevin P. Karol

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emergency Response
  • First Responders
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Defense
  • National Security
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control