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Utilization of PTSD Screening in a Primary Care Setting Background Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, nearly 14 years ago, there have been over 2 million military personnel deployed in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT), with more than 45% of this number having deployed more than once (Castro, 2014). Combat operations in both the Afghanistan and Iraqi theater have created a population of combat veterans in America who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (Fulton…

1934. Prior to this date, the NRF was a system evolved from several different contributing of the Communications Act of 1934 and Executive Order 12472. With the insurgent of The Homeland Security Act of 2002, the NRF became intertwined through the Department of Homeland Security. The Emergency Support Function #2 is comprised primarily of…

Olivia Davis English 1 Mrs. Toews 5 Oct. 2015 War Dogs V.S Veterans Have you ever come into contact with a veteran? Well I have and I still contact him to this day. This soldier's name is Chad Allen Davis and he is my father. After he came home from war he was worn out, and beaten up. If that is how a soldier looks after war I wonder how a war dog would look. War dogs work hard to overcome many obstacles that could easily harm them. Sometimes those obstacles could kill them. So why do military…

When signing up for the military you're not only fighting the battle overseas, you are fighting an even bigger battle when you get home. Such as medical and psychological injury. The United States government has to make taking caring of the military a priority by providing services for the veterans’ medical and psychological needs, their education so they can secure a job after the service, and additional medical help for the families of the veterans. Veterans have been developed with many…

the term, prevention cannot happen without prior knowledge. When combating the terrorist threat, a government’s greatest asset is a deep understanding and knowledge of the threat. While there are many ways knowledge is obtained, three places the Department of Homeland Security can look at to improve the intelligence network of the nation overall through better intelligence interpretation are within cyber risk, border response, and internal management restructuring overall. Cyber Risk…

Current situation: The initiation of Operation Enduring Freedom has been the beginning of an exceptionally long period of war. In total, 2.7 million service members have been to the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, and over half of them have deployed more than once. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University (2015). Furthermore, research also shows that with each additional time that a Soldier is deployed to a combat zone, that the likelihood they are to…

This arrest of Raul Gutierrez is a successful example of intelligence sharing among different countries. In this case Colombia, Spain, and the United States worked together to combat a terrorist threat. Terrorism and cybercrimes are worldwide threats that affect many nations and businesses. Intelligence sharing between government and even businesses can have huge benefits in combating against sector threats and allowing for demolishment of these threats. If communities share openly in their…

Security Administration, 9 Dec. 2016). From then till now, not once have they caught a terrorist. That is their sole job and main purpose is to find and eliminate terrorists to keep the United states citizens and occupants safe from any harm and yet they have no caught or detained one single terrorist. While the TSA states that their “random checks” are completely random and do not correlate with racial discrimination their busts, The TSA “randomly check” people but if that random check is…

Do you think the evolution of airport security since 9/11 has made a positive or negative impact on the U.S. I think it has impacted the safety of U.S citizens positively because, before 9/11 you didn’t even have to take off your shoes, or any of your electronics out of your bag and you didn’t have to have a passport to go to and from Canada. We are a lot safer now that security is being taken seriously. 54% of people say that they would give up their privacy and freedoms to be protected from…

attacks of September 11, 2001, most of the law enforcement agencies in United States made significance changes in their infrastructure by implementing policies and procedures to understand and monitor the networks of terrorist operatives in local communities. This approach has helped agencies develop a richer picture of the operational environment and likely has played a significant role in preventing another attack in the United States. The strengths of local law enforcement agencies are drawn…