Homeland Security and the Reserves : Threat, Mission, And Force Structure Issues

By Goldich, Robert L.

Book Id: WPLBN0000152958
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Title:	Homeland Security and the Reserves : Threat, Mission, And Force Structure Issues
Author:	Goldich, Robert L.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Introduction: Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many have asserted that “homeland defense” and/or “homeland security” are natural, ideal, or logical missions for the reserve components of the armed forces (including the National Guard),1 and that reserve missions and resources should be substantially reoriented so as to emphasize homeland security. Several rationales for this assumption have been advanced, including the following...

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Territory: Another Worldwide Mission for the U.S. Armed Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 New Missions on Top of Old? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The War on Terrorism and Active/Reserve Mission Differentiation . . . . . . . . . . 6 Reserve Support for the Active Forces in Peacetime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Homeland Defense Mission and Guard and Reserve Recruiting and Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Reserves, Homeland Security, and Civil-Military Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 How Much Reserve Homeland Defense Force Structure is Enough? . . . . . . . . . . 9 Concluding Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10