The Role of the Corps of Engineers in Homeland Security

Abstract

The Army today is moving forward with its Transformation objectives at an increasingly accelerated pace. The Corps of Engineers must not just keep pace with this transformation but get 'mentally' ahead of the process so that the Engineer community is poised to be an integral and important component of the Objective force. One of the vital missions of the objective force is Home Land Security. Army Engineers are uniquely configured to support Home Land Security missions, especially considering that 76% of all engineer assets reside in the Reserve Components This SRP will examine the optimum engineer stationing and distribution (AC/RC) in support of various Homeland Security, natural and security threats. This SRP will determine what type of engineers and where they need to be stationed in the US to provide the necessary response to the various types of national emergencies. Al three components of the Corps (Active, Reserve and Guard) will be examined to determine the optimum configuration and stationing to meet state and federal missions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA400961

Entities

People

  • Michael S. Flanagan

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disasters
  • Electronic Mail
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Infrastructure
  • National Security
  • Natural Disasters
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Strategic Security Studies
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