1st Edition
Introduction to Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) The U.S. Military’s Role to Support and Defend
Homeland Defense and Homeland Security: Distinctions and Difference; James Jay Carafano
The Heart of the Homeland
After the Towers Fell
Defense and Security—Viva la Difference
After the Storm
A Distant Call
Whither Homeland Security?
On the Border
State Play
Whither the Future?
Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities: Philosophy and Ethos, Reality and Constraints; Bert B. Tussing
Beginning with Definitions
Outside Expectations—Inside Demands
Logical Limits
Categories of Support
DOD’s Response Philosophy
Framing the Issue in Reality
Joint Action Plan
Civil–Military Partnership: Homeland Defense Enterprise; Walter Neal Anderson
What Changed as a Result of 9/11? Defense Support of Civil Authorities in Context
DOD’s Roles, Missions, and Organization for the Homeland
Legal and Policy Foundations of Defense Support of Civil Authorities
Hurricane Katrina—A Watershed
Steps Taken Since Hurricane Katrina
Unity of Effort: Interagency Coordination and Building Trusting Partnerships
Federal Interagency Coordination
The Joint Field Office
The Joint Interagency Coordination Group
DOD’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Enterprise
Recent Developments and the Future of DSCA
Homeland Security and Homeland Defense in the Maritime Domain; Captain Thomas Arminio, USN (Ret.), and Captain Thomas Hale, USCG (Ret.)
Introduction: The Strategic Environment
Legislation and Policy
Strategy
Maritime Domain Awareness
The Threats
"Operational Trust": The Operational Synergy of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard
Navy Operations
Coast Guard Operations
Likelihood versus Consequence: The Application of the Land Component in Homeland Defense; Bert B. Tussing
Reason Behind the Reticence?
The Threat, Improbable but Consequential
The Threat from Without
The Threat from Within
The Military Response to the Requirement
Active Duty Forces—NORTHCOM and ARNORTH
The National Guard
Not Just a Military Problem
The Airspace Domain in Homeland Defense; Philip Brown
The Strategy
The Changing and Evolving Threat
The Organizations
The Resources
The Process: Before and After 9/11
Homeland Security and WMD Protection Issues; 1st Sgt. Gary Mauk, Lt. Col. Matthew D. Woolums, and Dr. Robert McCreight
DOD Support of Civil Authorities and Civil Support Operations
Origins of the DOD WMD Protection and Response Mission
Civilian Leadership of Responses to CBRN Incidents in the Homeland
Duty Status of National Guard and Federal Military Forces
Domestic Laws and Regulation Applicability to U.S. Military Forces during DSCA Missions
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Threats and Hazards
Understanding the Nature and Scope of CBRN Attacks and the Overall WMD Threat
Department of Defense CBRN Response Enterprise (CRE)
Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs)
CBRN-Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP)
Homeland Response Force (HRF)
Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF)
Command and Control CBRN Response Element A/B
The Future Integration of Military Capabilities into a Domestic CBRN Incident
Homeland Defense— Emerging Challenges; Bert B. Tussing
The Arctic
The Military and Cyber Security in the Homeland
Preparation for and Response to Catastrophe Beyond Disaster
Biography
Professor Bert B. Tussing is Director of Homeland Defense and Security Issues at the U.S. Army War College, where he has served since retiring from the Marine Corps in 2000. He holds master's degrees in Strategic Studies from the Army War College, and National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He has served on special advisory groups for both the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. In 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Northwestern State University for his work in homeland security, homeland defense, and defense support of civil authorities.
Robert McCreight, PhD, served the United States government at the State Department and in other federal agencies over the span of a 35-year career, before retiring in 2004 and serving as a consultant for major homeland security and national defense contractors. His professional career includes work as an intelligence analyst, treaty negotiator, arms control delegate to the United Nations, counterterrorism advisor, political–military affairs analyst, and Deputy Director of Global Scientific Exchanges at the State Department. He completed his doctoral degree in public administration in 1989 and remains active in graduate education programs in emergency and crisis management as well as in security studies and terrorism analysis.
