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National Guard Takes Center Stage in HD/DO Op Orders
Jonathan Dodson
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Despite its heavy commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. National Guard has been quietly but steadily building up its homeland-defense and domestic-operations capabilities as well - at minimum cost to U.S. taxpayers. read
CERFPs: The Essential Elements
Col. Jonathan Dodson, USA (Ret.)
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Quietly and without much fanfare, the National Guard's multi-mission CERFPs have become key units in federal as well as state plans to deal with mass-casualty incidents on the U.S. homeland. read
The First Scenario - A Nuclear Attack!
Col Jonathan Dodson, USA (Ret.)
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
The U.S. National Guard, already heavily committed in Iraq, faces an even more daunting challenge: protection of the U.S. homeland. DPJ's managing editor discusses the Vigilant Guard exercise series with senior National Guard officials. read
The WMD-CST Program: A National Success Story
Jon Dodson
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Special Report on the successful implementation of an innovative plan to provide federal support - National Guard & Air National Guard personnel and resources, primarily - to states and cities coping with mass casualties and/or widespread destruction. read
Army National Guard Assets and Homeland Security
Brent Bankus
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
The militia tradition continues in the Brave New World of the 21st century, with the Army and Air National Guard playing the lead roles--but all of the nation's armed services are assuming new missions and responsibilities in the field of homeland defense read
CERFPs: A New Resource for Emergency Response
Christopher Schnaubelt
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
The National Guard creates new units to deal with mass disasters. After the first responders come the WMD-CST teams, and behind them, providing a second protective shield for the American people, come the twelve CEFRP units, stationed in FEMA regions thro read
A Long Tradition of Voluntary National Service
Brent Bankus
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
The recent spate of articles and commentaries about the "Minuteman" group that, without invitation, helped the U.S. Border Patrol apprehend over 300 illegal migrants is a timely reminder that other citizen groups have provided significant homeland-defense read
State Defense Forces: An Untapped Resource
Brent Bankus
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
With a high percentage of the U.S. active-duty forces, and Reserve and National Guard units as well, now deployed overseas, the nation's governors may be hard-pressed to cope with in-state disasters. The SDFs provide a quick-response, low-cost, experience read
Military Plays Unique Role in Consequence Management
Peter Menk
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Lessons learned from post-Cold War missions are being leveraged to enhance the military's domestic-operations capabilities read
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