Foot Guards

after reductions in end strength among active, national guard, and reserve forces. A globally-engaged, modern, trained, and ready Army will need to be capable of conducting a wide spectrum of operations. Globally integrated operations both enable and are premised upon global agility. The Army builds agility and flexibility with a rotational Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in Europe, prepositioned stocks and operational use of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve for logistical support.…

In the very first paragraph of the Commandant’s Human Capital Strategy, it states: “We must prepare effective leaders who are locally based, nationally deployed, and globally connected.” While this applies to the entire Coast Guard; advocates propose that locally based would apply to the reserve Senior Leaders, understanding that not every Senior Leader lives within RCD but that they live much closer than their current billet assignment. Our Core Value-Devotion to Duty, is also…

Homeland Security and the Critical Infrastructures it Protects Homeland security in itself is an over encompassing concept that includes many agencies that "prevent terrorist attacks, defend our borders, enforce immigration laws, secure cyberspace, and ensure resilience to disasters" (United States Department of Homeland Security [U.S. DHS], 2010). The missions of the DHS are critical and vast. I’m going to explain some of the basics of this organization in terms of internal and external…

pose significant risks to the Coast Guard and the National Maritime System (NMS). These operations contain cyber systems crucial…

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…

of risk management into there every day operations. A risk management can be done for a simple office party to the most dangerous raid. The Department of Homeland Security is no different with their 22 departments. In the case of ports, the Coast Guard and FEMA “cybersecurity efforts in the maritime port environment have been limited” (GAO, 2014, p.1). This includes the lack of a risk assessment that is heavily followed by DHS. This shows that the cyber threat in the ports are of minimal or no…

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…

According to the textbook, the Homeland Security Advisory System or HSAS was created to help inform United States, (U.S.) citizens from prospective terrorists attacks (Gaines & Kappeler, 2012, p. 17). The HSAS have five, color coded, divergent levels of risks for terrorist attacks against the United States. These colors consist of red, which stands for a severe risk; orange, which stands for a high risk; yellow, which stands for a significant risk; blue, which stands a general risk; and finally…

Topic 1: What are the capabilities and limitations of intelligence in supporting homeland security efforts? This paper will examine the capabilities and limitations of homeland securities intelligence community. The intelligence community (IC) consist of local law enforcement, federal organizations, and other organizations that strive to investigate and monitor activities that pose a threat towards the United States and their own communities. Local law enforcement or Intelligence-led policing…

Defining Homeland Security and National Security is a difficult task. In theory, they seem to represent protecting the people and the values of our country, but are uniquely involved in their similarities and their differences. Apparently, they both serve the government’s effort to defend our nation from threats within our borders and globally, while being responsible for the well-fare of its people (Katz, n.d.). However, when both meanings are broken down, their notable differences appear, even…