Improving the U.S. Military's Response to Homeland Humanitarian Assistance Operations

The Department of Defense (DOD) has a long history of supplying Homeland Humanitarian Assistance (HHA) in support of over-tasked state and local agencies. Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina highlighted the limitations of the current ad-hoc based approach to dealing with these disasters in the United Stat...

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Main Author: O'Brien, Joseph
Other Authors: NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Military Operations
Strategy and Tactics
*MILITARY ASSISTANCE
*OPERATIONS OTHER THAN WAR
*NATURAL DISASTERS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
REACTION TIME
HURRICANES
NORTHCOM
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA463874
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA463874
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Summary:The Department of Defense (DOD) has a long history of supplying Homeland Humanitarian Assistance (HHA) in support of over-tasked state and local agencies. Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina highlighted the limitations of the current ad-hoc based approach to dealing with these disasters in the United States. Measures are required to improve speed of response and unity of effort and better prepare the Military to respond to anticipated future catastrophes. This paper provides a brief history of the regulations and participation in HHA by the military. Possible improvements examined include, training a core staff at NORTHCOM to support the mission, pre-designating and training a seasonal Joint Task Force (JTF) commander and staff for HHA, the establishment of a standing JTF-HHA, or the establishment of a standing Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) for HHA.

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