The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem
Domestic Consequence Management has been marginalized in recent national strategy guidance. Agencies, forces, and command structures designated to respond and recover from a terrorist attack are not prepared for a large weapon of mass destruction (WMD) scenario. Radiological, explosive, and chemical...
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ftdtic:ADA494415 2023-05-15T17:40:45+02:00 The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem DeBuse, Robert NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT 2008-10-31 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA494415 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA494415 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA494415 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC Government and Political Science Military Forces and Organizations Civil Defense Chemical Biological and Radiological Warfare *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES) *MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS *HOMELAND SECURITY *INTERAGENCY COORDINATION *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS *CRISIS MANAGEMENT *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESPONSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOGISTICS RAILROAD CARS SOUTH CAROLINA RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION TERRORISM TEXAS CHLORINE BRAZIL TRAINING CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION AMMONIUM NITRATE STATE GOVERNMENT RECOVERY CASE STUDIES *DOMESTIC CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT *NORTHCOM(US NORTHERN COMMAND) *CBRNE(CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL NUCLEAR HIGH-YIELD EXPLOSIVES) NIMS(NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) GOIANIA(BRAZIL) SS GRANDCAMP TEXAS CITY(TEXAS) GRANITEVILLE(SOUTH CAROLINA) NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD Text 2008 ftdtic 2016-02-22T18:39:41Z Domestic Consequence Management has been marginalized in recent national strategy guidance. Agencies, forces, and command structures designated to respond and recover from a terrorist attack are not prepared for a large weapon of mass destruction (WMD) scenario. Radiological, explosive, and chemical WMDs represent the most likely terrorist threats to the homeland. An analysis of three case studies, each designed to model the most likely threats, yields deficiencies in command and control, logistics, and training. With a new command and control construct for homeland response and recovery, improved emphasis on the Department of Defense (DoD) roles in catastrophic consequence management, and clarified legal constraints for DoD operations in the homeland, the Commander, U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) could provide a comprehensive and workable federal domestic consequence management plan. The original document contains color images. Text NORTHCOM Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Pillar ENVELOPE(166.217,166.217,-77.583,-77.583) |
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Government and Political Science Military Forces and Organizations Civil Defense Chemical Biological and Radiological Warfare *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES) *MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS *HOMELAND SECURITY *INTERAGENCY COORDINATION *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS *CRISIS MANAGEMENT *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESPONSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOGISTICS RAILROAD CARS SOUTH CAROLINA RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION TERRORISM TEXAS CHLORINE BRAZIL TRAINING CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION AMMONIUM NITRATE STATE GOVERNMENT RECOVERY CASE STUDIES *DOMESTIC CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT *NORTHCOM(US NORTHERN COMMAND) *CBRNE(CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL NUCLEAR HIGH-YIELD EXPLOSIVES) NIMS(NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) GOIANIA(BRAZIL) SS GRANDCAMP TEXAS CITY(TEXAS) GRANITEVILLE(SOUTH CAROLINA) NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD |
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Government and Political Science Military Forces and Organizations Civil Defense Chemical Biological and Radiological Warfare *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES) *MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS *HOMELAND SECURITY *INTERAGENCY COORDINATION *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS *CRISIS MANAGEMENT *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESPONSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOGISTICS RAILROAD CARS SOUTH CAROLINA RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION TERRORISM TEXAS CHLORINE BRAZIL TRAINING CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION AMMONIUM NITRATE STATE GOVERNMENT RECOVERY CASE STUDIES *DOMESTIC CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT *NORTHCOM(US NORTHERN COMMAND) *CBRNE(CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL NUCLEAR HIGH-YIELD EXPLOSIVES) NIMS(NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) GOIANIA(BRAZIL) SS GRANDCAMP TEXAS CITY(TEXAS) GRANITEVILLE(SOUTH CAROLINA) NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD DeBuse, Robert The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem |
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Government and Political Science Military Forces and Organizations Civil Defense Chemical Biological and Radiological Warfare *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES) *MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS *HOMELAND SECURITY *INTERAGENCY COORDINATION *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS *CRISIS MANAGEMENT *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIONS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESPONSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOGISTICS RAILROAD CARS SOUTH CAROLINA RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION TERRORISM TEXAS CHLORINE BRAZIL TRAINING CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION AMMONIUM NITRATE STATE GOVERNMENT RECOVERY CASE STUDIES *DOMESTIC CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT *NORTHCOM(US NORTHERN COMMAND) *CBRNE(CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL NUCLEAR HIGH-YIELD EXPLOSIVES) NIMS(NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) GOIANIA(BRAZIL) SS GRANDCAMP TEXAS CITY(TEXAS) GRANITEVILLE(SOUTH CAROLINA) NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD |
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Domestic Consequence Management has been marginalized in recent national strategy guidance. Agencies, forces, and command structures designated to respond and recover from a terrorist attack are not prepared for a large weapon of mass destruction (WMD) scenario. Radiological, explosive, and chemical WMDs represent the most likely terrorist threats to the homeland. An analysis of three case studies, each designed to model the most likely threats, yields deficiencies in command and control, logistics, and training. With a new command and control construct for homeland response and recovery, improved emphasis on the Department of Defense (DoD) roles in catastrophic consequence management, and clarified legal constraints for DoD operations in the homeland, the Commander, U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) could provide a comprehensive and workable federal domestic consequence management plan. The original document contains color images. |
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The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem |
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The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem |
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The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem |
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The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem |
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The Weakest Pillar: U.S. Northern Command's Role in Solving the Federal Government's Domestic Consequence Management Problem |
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weakest pillar: u.s. northern command's role in solving the federal government's domestic consequence management problem |
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