United States Department of Defense

Intelligence Intelligence gathering and dissemination is the key to homeland security and homeland defense. The gathering of intelligence is a dynamic process that requires the cooperation of a myriad of federal, state, and local agencies. Throughout the process there are several capabilities and limitations that could become support or hinder the protection of the nation. Prior to the attacks on 9/11 the intelligence community struggled to collect and analyze information in regards to…

The Department of Defense is one of our fifteen cabinet departments that is part of the executive branch. The function of this department is to run military affairs and operations. It does this from their headquarters which is the Pentagon. Though the president is over the whole department, it continues to break down and smaller leadership roles that the president appoints people too. For example, the department has a Secretary of the Department of Defense, Deputy Director of Administration and…

up every Civil Support Team with a total of 14 different military occupational specialties. Although each team is funded by the federal government, to include training, equipment and sustainment, Civil Support Teams operate under state control and can be employed as a state asset…

I’ve been a Marine Judge Advocate for over 17 years. I say that not to admit guilt but state pride in my duties and profession. Despite the well-worn clichés and easy cynicism about lawyers, I am an unrepentant leader of Marines who questions the Marine Corps approach to character development in our Corps and the oft mere reliance on the “Judge” to teach “ethics” to our Marines. We, as leaders, need to do more to make sure the character that takes command in moments of crucial choices is…

courage, and a noble life filled with the prosperity that their hard work entails. While this may be what every American wants to assume about the lives of veterans, it is not nearly close to what is really going on with many veterans in the United States today. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects around 10-12 percent of veterans, and if left untreated or ignored, it can wreak havoc on a life (Veterans, 5). The negative effects of PTSD range anywhere from sleep loss, anxiety, and…

The Yucca Mountain Project Nuclear waste is a problem that plagues the United States due to dilemmas surrounding its handling. A scientific consensus shows that the best way to get rid of nuclear waste is through geological disposal, however, this method creates several barriers. Geological disposal includes storing nuclear waste in an underground repository site in hopes of it being contained without the need of surveillance for thousands of years. Due to the fact that nuclear waste contains…

The United States transportation industry is one of the largest consumer markets. The market domains within the transportation industry are major contribution to the continual expansion of the industry. The transportation business is massive, incorporating everything from metropolitan transport, train systems and buses that people use to commute back and forth to work and school, from the rail and trucking systems that transport products nationwide and ships that move products from port to port…

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 conflicts, and why we desperately need…

personnel. Uniform Crime Reports were last collected in 2009. Followed by the UCR, are National Crime Victimization Surveys, formerly called National Crime Surveys. NCVS have been conducted annually since 1972 by the Bureau of the Census for the U.S Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics. The data is collected by asking respondents to the survey if they have been victims of any…

The Department of Defense(DOD) for the United States, founded in 1947, is the largest national employer. The department employing 1.3 million service members and seven hundred forty-two thousand civilian employees (USDoD). Currently in charge of the department is Secretory James Mettis. Their mission statement is located on the website, “Provide military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of the country.” (USDoD). They work to fulfill their mission statement with nearly six…