National Guard of the United States

MEMORANDUM As per reference (a) I am hereby designated as a leader in the Coast Guard. I will familiarize myself with my responsibilities as outlined by the Coast Guard Office of Leadership (CG-12C). If it was only that easy, attend a leadership course, finish some practical factors and receive a memo designating you as a leader in the United States Coast Guard. Being in the Army had a great influence on my leadership style. I saw the very best and the worst leaders all before 09:00 AM. But…

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a federal agency designed to protect the United States against threats. Its wide-ranging duties include aviation security, border control, emergency response and cybersecurity. Furthermore, the 2002 National Homeland Security Strategy had three objectives which were to prevent terrorism, reduce vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize damage and recover if a terrorist attack occurs. however, in 2007 the goals of DHS became prevent and…

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…

PAY AND PERSONNEL INFORMATION BULLETIN (PPIB) 17/06. The Command Pay and Personnel Administrator (CPPA) course has been updated on Navy e-Learning. The updated course identifier is PERS2-PAYPERS-CPPA-CPPATRAINING-V1.0. These updates were specifically designed for a better alignment with the new CPPA role and the NEC 95AD initiative and requirements. The updated course is one component of the mandatory training requirements for all CPPAs in MILPERSMAN 1000-021 Paragraph 4.a.(1). The…

asked him to look into the conditions of our three command vans. I had been told our MEOC - Mobile Emergency Operation Center, had been at the shop for over three months, and the other command vans were downed for various reasons. He investigated the state of the command vans and discovered the following, mechanical issues, computers were not updated and operating, radios were inoperable, and the interior condition of the vehicles was a mess. The various issues with the command vans was…

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…

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…

All of the United States Government agencies are now implementing some sort 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…

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…