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National Defense
June 2010
Stew Magnuson |
As They Train For War, Civilians Experience Two Cultures: Afghanistan and U.S. Military A group of civilians preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to carry out President Obama's vision to involve the entire federal government in the war gathered in a circle for an after action review at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.   |
National Defense
July 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Emergency Responders Hone Skills Amid the Rubble One of the first skills firefighters and other first responders learn at the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center is how to hoist a slab of concrete off a rubble pile using only their muscles. |
National Defense
December 2006
Harold Kennedy |
State Units Test Portable Combat Training Program The National Guard -- under pressure to keep supplying thousands of troops for Iraq and Afghanistan -- is pioneering what it says is a more efficient, less expensive way to train those soldiers for combat. |
National Defense
September 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Mountain Tunnel Prepares Responders to Save Lives The Center for National Response is the showpiece of the West Virginia National Guard's emerging network of military and homeland-security training facilities. |
Fast Company
June 2002
Charles Fishman |
Boomtown, U.S.A. Far from the front lines of combat, there is a place where people do the unlikeliest work imaginable. Here is the story of the men and women of McAlester, Oklahoma, who run the factory that makes virtually every non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal... |
National Defense
August 2010
Stew Magnuson |
National Guard Boosting Numbers With New Academy Recruiters in the 54 states and territories with Guard units have been working with schools to identify dropouts who would like to finish their education and join the service. |
Fast Company
E.B. Boyd |
Getting Out Of Afghanistan Leaving Afghanistan has become one of the most difficult operations the U.S. military has ever undertaken. |
Parameters
Winter 2003/2004
Tulak, Kraft, & Silbaugh |
State Defense Forces and Homeland Security State Defense Forces represent a valuable additional component for homeland security and homeland defense contingency planning and operations. They can provide key technological and procedural bridges to link US Northern Command to local first-responders and state and federal agencies during operations. |
National Defense
September 2005
Grace Jean |
Guard Balancing Emerging Roles in Homeland Defense The National Guard continues to expand its missions in support of homeland defense, even as it contends with frequent overseas deployments, equipment shortages and low recruiting levels. |
National Defense
January 2006
Abshire & Czerwinski |
With an Overstretched Military, U.S. Should Create `Home Guard' The U.S. presence in Iraq has in many ways made near-term gains in the war on terror more difficult and thrown America's homeland security into question. But a creative solution with roots reaching far back into American history may be the answer. |
National Defense
December 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Military Researchers Seek Ways to `Interrogate' Buildings Buildings may hide weapon caches, bomb-making factories, enemy combatants or command and control centers -- and more often than not -- innocent civilians who may have nothing to do with these nefarious activities. |
National Defense
June 2004
Harold Kennedy |
U.S. Northern Command Actively Enlisting Partners The U.S. Northern Command--established in 2002 to prevent a repeat of 9/11--is seeking assistance from a wide range of organizations to help it protect the United States, its territories and interests, said Army Col. Stover James, the organization's director of interagency coordination. |
Chemistry World
April 18, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Deadly blast destroys US fertilizer plant A devastating fire and explosion have destroyed a US fertilizer plant, killing several people and injuring many more. |
National Defense
December 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Guardsmen Shift Roles to Align More with Air Force The Air National Guard is reorganizing -- shedding some traditional missions and taking on new ones -- in order to play a larger national-security role as its active-duty partner, the Air Force, shrinks in size. |
National Defense
September 2004
Stephen Willingham |
National Guard Modernization Pegged to Emerging Missions A $12 billion budget represents significant business opportunities to contractors seeking to supply equipment and services to National Guard units in the United States. Here are some cues to getting a contract. |
National Defense
January 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Coast Guard Boosting Cooperation with Military Last summer, as Russian forces lay siege to the nation of Georgia, the Coast Guard cutter Dallas, along with two Navy ships, sailed to the Black Sea to provide relief. |
National Defense
September 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Overextended National Guard Undergoing Sweeping Changes National Guard leaders are planning a fundamental re-structuring aimed at making the force more versatile and relevant. These efforts come as the Guard faces dilemmas and stresses which experts say are the result of overuse as an operational force in deployments. |
