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Homeland Security and Defense: Concepts and Structures Post-9/11

Explore the definitions, roles, seams, and gaps in HLS and HLD, with a focus on post-9/11 conceptual foundations, structural consequences, and practical implications. Analyze the impact of Hurricane Katrina and provide recommendations for enhanced coordination and response.

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Homeland Security and Defense: Concepts and Structures Post-9/11

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  1. Homeland Security and Homeland Defense:Definitions, Roles, Seams, and Gaps Megan Alarid, SAIC INSS Research Analyst • Caveats: Not official policy/position • USAF/DOD/USG, or SAIC • Work in progress • Premise: Definitions Matter • Reflect worldview, perceptual realities • Shape structures, roles, and relationships • Real implications for decisions and actions • Particularly acute in newly focused policy arena of HLS/HLD

  2. HLS/HLD:Definitions, Roles, Seams, and Gaps • Conceptual and Structural Foundations • National Defense and National Security • Civil Defense and Emergency Management • Homeland Security & Defense after 9/11 • Definitional Divisions • Structural Consequences • Expected Implications for Performance • Implications in Practice • Hurricane Katrina Response • Findings and Recommendations • Concepts and Definitions • Structures and Roles

  3. HLS/HLD: Conceptual and Structural Foundations • National Defense and National Security • Constitutional duality “offense” and “defense” • Translated into national defense and security • Structural duality in militias and active forces • Civil Defense and Emergency Management • Civilianized, layered, pushed to states • Combined into broadened emergency management • Federal coordination structure and role • Legacies to HLS and HLD • Conceptual fragmentation: dualities and more • Structural layering, stovepiping • No streamlined, coherent concept or structure leading into 9/11

  4. HLS/HLD After 9/11:Concepts and Structures • Homeland Security post Cold War • Changing international landscape, new threats for the U.S. • ’97 QDR/National Defense Panel (NDP) • Homeland Defense on military agenda • Primary Homeland Defense challenge • Terrorism, cyber attack, WMD • National Guard-expanded mission focus • Hart/Rudman Commission-NHSA • Role of Military • After 9/11 Homeland Security • Terrorism

  5. HLS/HLD After 9/11:Concepts and Structures HLS/HLD After 9/11:Concepts and Structures • 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review • 2002 Establishment of DHS • Homeland Security Act-DHS roles, National Strategy for HLS • 2004 National Response Plan • 2005 DoD Strategy for HLD and Civil Support • HLS defined in terms of terrorism threats • HLD military missions subset to HLS • Classic “seams” and “gaps” situation • Federal government taking state roles • States redefining emergency response

  6. HLS/HLD:Definitions, Roles, Seams, and Gaps HLS/HLD After 9/11:Concepts and Structures • Hurricane Katrina • Failures: Communication to Command and Control • Response and Recovery Setbacks • Evacuation Plans- Mandatory? • Search and Rescue Operations • Emergency Response Resources

  7. HLS/HLD:Findings and Recommendation • Findings • Implementation of DHS and restructuring of emergency response not fully addressed before Hurricane Katrina • Recommendations • Implement Recommendations from Bipartisan and Federal Response Reports • Mobile Command and Control Unit • Command, Control, Unified Decision Making • Emphasize Communication • Common Language, Processes, Expectations • Ways Ahead • Continuous Review and Exercise • Revisit Katrina, Examine Hurricane Andrew

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