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The South has a long and rich history. Without the south, the United States wouldn’t be the super power that it is today. The ideology of the “old” south was bound to clash with the ideology of the “new” south. The idea of change is difficult for anyone, let alone anyone who is successful. With change comes ideas and industries never thought possible. The entrepreneurship that Henry Grady, Henry Flagler, and William Chipley brought made industrialization in the south possible. These are just a…

integrated into 22 federal departments and agencies throughout the United States. Homeland Security integrated with Paragon systems in the year 1993 with the State of Alabama being one of their contracted divisions. Other federal departments include the Coast Guard, FEMA, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Citizenship Services and the Transportation Security Agencies. Paragon mission goal is to serve support and protect the United States. Over the years Paragon has become one of…

Terrorism Regional Action Plan Paper My current job assignment is the Captain of Homeland Security. In the brief time I have worked in this assignment these are some of the areas I identified in which my department could improve to be better prepared to fight terrorism: training for front-line Officers and Supervisors, revising the Terror Liaison Program, education and awareness programs for the community, increasing the assignment time of Captain and Lieutenants, and renewing the partnership…

The DHS is the parent agency for several administrations, components and advisory groups dedicated to the security of the homeland. These include the Coast Guard, Secret Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Customs and Border Protection, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Department of Homeland Security…

department. The department is made up of multiple agencies within, such as, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, US Customs and Border Protection, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast Guard, United States Secret Service, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. On August 5, 2002 President Bush signed the Homeland Security act, stating that “The Homeland Security Act of 2002 takes the next critical steps in defending…

The Strategy Hierarchy and Homeland Security The concept of homeland security can be described as a collective interaction and marshalling of resources involving a various agencies at the federal, state, and local levels to protect U.S. borders and the mainland from threats posed by state actors, non-state actors, and other malicious entities. Additional threats homeland security must contend with include those that are biological origin such as highly pathogenic viruses as well as natural…

Introduction Today is a day like no other that we live in. There are constant threats to our country, our way of life and to our allies. When faced with the threats today, most people automatically think of Al Qaeda and or ISIS/ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/Islamic State of Iraq and Levant). This is who we are fighting on the bigger scale today. There are other threats as well and they are Lone Wolf Terrorist acting in the name of Islam here in our country, concerned attacks that could…

The shift in the Supreme Court's view of substantive due process between Lochner v. New York (1905) and West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937) reflected changes in society, economic conditions, and philosophies. Lochner v. New York occurred during a more "hands off" time regarding economic regulation. Lochner v. New York was a result of an appeal to a New York law that limited bakery employees' hours to 60 a week, the appeal argument was based on the belief that the Fourteenth Amendment should have…

I have a strong desire to become an officer in the United States Navy. To achieve this goal I wish to be accepted into Officer Candidate School where I will later graduate with a commission as an Ensign. I believe myself to be of both strong mind and body, and I accredit this to my commitment to my school, my work, and my training. I graduated top ten percent of my class in High School and Magna Cum Laude in college and I continually try to increase the diversity of my knowledge so to become a…

I have to agree with you that waterway ports are the busiest at the same time I do not believe that are the hardest to secure. Living here in Jacksonville, FL I have several ports around me. There is Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) that controls three cargo terminals, a cruise terminal and an intermodal rail terminal. Blount Island (controlled by the Marines) is one terminal that I am familiar with because of the military. This facility has some of the tightest security even more than…