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Reaction Comment Lorrie Thomas,
The first day of class was so informative and I experienced emotions from surprise, interest, fear, humor, sadness, etc., as explained in this reaction comment. One point of discussion, which surprised me, was how much I was unaware of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) mission. I have said for the past 2 years that I would like to work for DHS. It was not until my reading of Chapter 1, and the class discussion, that I put the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under DHS. I had never heard of FEMA until Hurricane Katrina, and what was reflected in the news led me to believe the agency needed some assistance in management, especially in reaction time. But as we know, there is a reason for delayed reactions in regards to assistance, i.e., chair-of-command, from the local, to the State, to the Federal Government level when it comes to emergency disasters. Another mission of the HSA includes cybersecurity. This is a topic of interest for …show more content…
He hates the malls but will “shop until he drops” online. Not with my credit card after last Wednesday’s discussion. The topic of identity theft scares--puts the fear in me. The class is so interesting, especially the different personalities, to include the instructor’s. I can tell that this is going to be a wonderful semester. One additional reaction from me was humor. I really need to carefully decide my words of choice, as it may age me (smile). I do believe that if there was one agency like DHS and not “many Chiefs” during 911, the United States would have been ahead of tracking the terrorist, by jointly collaborating with all security agencies, i.e. CIA, NSA, FBI, etc. United States’ security agencies not communicating really exposed our country’s vulnerability to the World. After the class discussion, I was sadden to think of those who perished because of terroristic acts of which we, as a Nation, had numerous, yet
Reaction Comment Lorrie Thomas,
The first day of class was so informative and I experienced emotions from surprise, interest, fear, humor, sadness, etc., as explained in this reaction comment. One point of discussion, which surprised me, was how much I was unaware of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) mission. I have said for the past 2 years that I would like to work for DHS. It was not until my reading of Chapter 1, and the class discussion, that I put the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under DHS. I had never heard of FEMA until Hurricane Katrina, and what was reflected in the news led me to believe the agency needed some assistance in management, especially in reaction time. But as we know, there is a reason for delayed reactions in regards to assistance, i.e., chair-of-command, from the local, to the State, to the Federal Government level when it comes to emergency disasters. Another mission of the HSA includes cybersecurity. This is a topic of interest for …show more content…
He hates the malls but will “shop until he drops” online. Not with my credit card after last Wednesday’s discussion. The topic of identity theft scares--puts the fear in me. The class is so interesting, especially the different personalities, to include the instructor’s. I can tell that this is going to be a wonderful semester. One additional reaction from me was humor. I really need to carefully decide my words of choice, as it may age me (smile). I do believe that if there was one agency like DHS and not “many Chiefs” during 911, the United States would have been ahead of tracking the terrorist, by jointly collaborating with all security agencies, i.e. CIA, NSA, FBI, etc. United States’ security agencies not communicating really exposed our country’s vulnerability to the World. After the class discussion, I was sadden to think of those who perished because of terroristic acts of which we, as a Nation, had numerous, yet