Homeland Defense: What Is the Air National Guard's Role?

Abstract

Homeland Security has risen in prominence in the last year as one of the paramount issues facing our nation today. Since September 11, 2001, the national focus has centered on the importance of protecting our citizens and other national interests both at home and abroad. President Bush responded to the threat of terrorism directed at U.S. interests by outlining his vision on our nation's homeland defense in his September 2002 National Security Strategy. Of the many questions to be resolved is the question of how the United States will employ it's military forces in support of a homeland defense strategy, and specifically what will be the role of each service component? The answers to these questions are still not clear. This paper examines the role that the Air National Guard (ANG) will play in homeland defense by examining what the ANG's role was prior to September 11th, since September 11th, and then proposes a plan to integrate the ANG into the homeland defense strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2003
Accession Number
ADA414145

Entities

People

  • Mary K. Mercier-easton

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Distance Learning
  • First Responders
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • United States Northern Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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  • Economics
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security