Homeland Security: The Military's Confusing Role

• Main Author: Hershkowitz, Martin
• Other Authors: STATE DEFENSE FORCE GERMANTOWN MD
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Military Forces and Organizations; Civil Defense; Command; Control and Communications Systems; *NATIONAL GUARD; *HOMELAND SECURITY; *ORGANIZATIONAL REALIGNMENT; *PARAMILITARY FORCES; *MISSIONS; *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; *AIR FORCE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES; QUALIFICATIONS; STATE GOVERNMENT; AIR DEFENSE; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT; POLICE; REPRINTS; FIRST RESPONDERS; EMERGENCIES; *STATE DEFENSE FORCES; *NORTHCOM(US NORTHERN COMMAND); *AIR NATIONAL GUARD; SDF(STATE DEFENSE FORCES); AEF(AIR EXPEDITIONARY FORCE); INTEGRATED FIGHTER UNITS; NORAD(NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND); COALITION FORCES; ONE(OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE); NOBLE EAGLE OPERATION; STATE GUARDS; STATE MILITARY RESERVES; HOME GUARDS; CIVIL SUPPORT OPERATIONS; Conway; NORTHCOM
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA504903; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA504903

This article is in the form of an editorial based upon three United States Air Force Air University (AU) "CADRE Quick-Look" articles or "dialogs" by Colonel John L. Conway III (USAF-Retired). Colonel Conway is a military defense analyst assigned to the Air University. "CADRE...