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Rack SD – Defense Support to Civil Authorities
Aisle S – Special Enterprises
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)
Special Enterprises (S): Cyber (SC) — Defense Support to Civil Authorities (SD) — Special Operations (SF) — Intelligence (SI) — Law & Military Justice (SL) — Military Medicine (SM) — Nuclear Forces (SN) — Security Force Assistance (SP) — Reserve Components (SR) — Space (SS) — Chaplaincy (SY)
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This rack is focused on DSCA-related laws, instructions, and doctrine that define the enterprise, the resources that come with it, and the responsibilities of commanders. This shelf differs from EI – Interagency Operations that focuses more on policies and structures at Cabinet level oriented on warfighting.
This shelf contains general resources on theory and practice in defense support to civil authorities. This shelf is a stub — please contribute!
Faculty Publications:
- None.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- DoD Directive 3025.18, Defense Support of Civil Authorities, Change 2 (2018).
- DoD Directive 3025.14, Evacuation of Citizens from Threatened Areas, Change 1 (2013).
- DoD Instruction 3025.21, Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies, Change 1 (2019).
- DoD Instruction 3025.22, The Use of the National Guard for Defense Support of Civil Authorities, Change 1 (2017).
- Joint Pub 3-28, Civil Support, September 2007.
Strategies and Reports:
- Lepore, Brian, HOMELAND DEFENSE: DoD Needs to Address Gaps in Homeland Defense and Civil Support Guidance, Report #GAO-13-128 (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2013).
- Reese, Shawn, Defining Homeland Security: Analysis and Congressional Considerations, Report #R42462 (Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2013).
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- None.
This shelf is focused on enterprise actions related to response to any form of civil strife, such as supplementing law enforcement for terrorist attacks, riots and demonstrations, or mass civil disobedience such as in times of natural or man-made crisis (e.g., power grid outages). Will include case studies. This shelf is a stub — please contribute!
Faculty Publications:
- Case Study on the Los Angeles City Riots of 1992:
- “The Los Angeles City Riots 1992” (faculty paper, Carlisle, PA: Department of Command, Leadership, and Management, 2007).
- Schnaubelt, Christopher M., “Lessons in Command and Control from the Los Angeles Riots,” Parameters 27, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 88-109.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- None.
Strategies and Reports:
- None.
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- None.
This shelf is focused on enterprise actions related to response to needs for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, man-made or natural. May include case studies. This is a stub — please help!
Faculty Publications:
- None.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- None.
Strategies and Reports:
- None.
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- Conway III, John L., “Exchanging Business Cards: The Impact of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 on Domestic Disaster Response,” Air & Space Power Journal (July-August 2012): 124-128.
- Case Study: Response to Hurricane Katrine, 2005
- The White House, The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned (Washington, DC: The White House, February 2006).
- Also available is the accompanying fact sheet memo for the media.
- Walker, David M. HURRICANE KATRINA: GAO’s Preliminary Observations Regarding Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, Report #GAO-06-442T (Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, March 2006).
- The White House, The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned (Washington, DC: The White House, February 2006).
This shelf is a stub for further expansion, probably to break up these two ideas. Homeland defense concerns DoD actions to counter enemy incursions into the homeland, whereas homeland security is within the purview of this rack and covers activities where DoD is a partner in providing civil support to the populace. Also contains a number of Department of Homeland Security resources and case studies.
Faculty Publications:
- None.
Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):
- The White House, National Strategy for Homeland Security, October 2007.
- Department of Homeland Security. National Incident Management System, 2004.
- Department of Homeland Security. Notice of Change to the National Response Plan, version 5.0, May 2006).
- Quick Reference Guide to the National Response Plan of May 2006 is also available.
- Department of Homeland Security. National Response Framework, Draft, September 2007.
- Fact sheet on the National Response Framework is also available.
- Department of Defense, Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support, June 2005.
- Joint Publication 3-26, Homeland Security, August 2005.
- Joint Publication 3-27, Homeland Defense, July 2007.
Strategies and Reports:
- Department of Homeland Security, Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report: A Strategic Framework for a Secure Homeland, February 2010.
- Department of Homeland Security, Preparing Makes Sense. Get Ready Now (Washington, DC: Department of Homeland Security, n.d.).
Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):
- None.
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Special Enterprises (S): Cyber (SC) — Defense Support to Civil Authorities (SD) — Special Operations (SF) — Intelligence (SI) — Law & Military Justice (SL) — Military Medicine (SM) — Nuclear Forces (SN) — Security Force Assistance (SP) — Reserve Components (SR) — Space (SS) — Chaplaincy (SY)
Library: Main Page — Professional Development (A) — Defense Enterprise (E) — Force Structure (F) — Modernization (M) — Personnel (P) — Readiness (R) — Special Enterprises (S) — Resource Management (X) — References (Z)