Underfunded, Unprotected and Misused: The Case for Restructuring the Air National Guard Under The Department of Homeland Security

Abstract

Placing ANG in DHS will protect the integrity of ANG's wartime responsibilities, secure better funding, protect ANG resources and develop a crisis management expertise throughout the ANG culture ultimately providing a cost effective homeland force available for defending and responding to the US homeland. If DOD continues to neglect the readiness posture of the Air National Guard, the homeland security objectives acknowledged in the National Military Strategy, the Homeland Security Strategy and Quadrennial Defense Review cannot be fully achieved and will be detrimental to future capabilities. Placing the Guard into DHS will devise a successful program for using Guard assets for homeland security while still maintaining its wartime capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 2012
Accession Number
ADA600450

Entities

People

  • Robert C. Damon Iii

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air National Guard
  • Base Closures
  • Coast Guard
  • Crisis Management
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Emergency Response
  • Governments
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Strategic Security Studies