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Hurricane Katrina : lessons for army planning and operations / Lynn E. Davis ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military planning--United States.
- Military planning.
- Armed Forces--Civic action.
- Armed Forces.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
- Disaster relief--Gulf States.
- Disaster relief.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (107 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The efforts undertaken by civilian and military organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina were historically unprecedented, but problems did arise in the military response that contributed to delays in accomplishing evacuations and relief operations across the storm-ravaged areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, particularly New Orleans. A number of steps can be taken to enhance future military disaster-response efforts: give the National Guard the federal mission to conduct homeland security activities; make each National Guard unit capable of rapid deployment; prepare governors to call up G
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Background; Analytical Approach; Report Organization; Chapter Two - Background; How the Nation Is Organized to Respond to DomesticEmergencies; How the Nation Prepared and Responded to HurricaneKatrina; Chapter Three - The Military Response to Hurricane Katrina; The National Guard Response; The Response of Active-Duty Forces; The Command and Control System; Lessons from Hurricane Katrina; Chapter Four - Implications for Army Planning and Operations
- Roles and Responsibilities of National Guard and ActiveForcesShould States Do More?; Should There Be a Regional Approach?; Should National Guard or Active-Duty Forces inARFORGEN Be Designated for HLS?; Command and Control Structure; Chapter Five - Conclusions; Appendix; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-87).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-18114-5
- 9786611181147
- 0-8330-4274-2
- OCLC:
- 476120029
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