Threading the Needle: How the United States Northern Command Can Create Effective Interagency Relationships

• Main Author: Morris, Michael F.
• Other Authors: NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Military Operations; Strategy and Tactics; *MILITARY OPERATIONS; *HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; UNITED STATES; MISSIONS; BUDGETS; MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS; CULTURE; NORTHCOM(UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND); The Needle; NORTHCOM
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA405642; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA405642

This paper addresses the significant operational political and organizational risks inherent in the implementation of United States Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, and how the command can mitigate those risks by carefully managing their relationships with the homeland security interagency players. Af...