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National Defense October 2011 Grace V. Jean	National Guard Bracing for Budget Cuts Like many in the Pentagon, Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard, is worried about future funding cuts.
National Defense September 2004 Stephen Willingham	National Guard Modernization Pegged to Emerging Missions A $12 billion budget represents significant business opportunities to contractors seeking to supply equipment and services to National Guard units in the United States. Here are some cues to getting a contract.
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Overextended National Guard Undergoing Sweeping Changes National Guard leaders are planning a fundamental re-structuring aimed at making the force more versatile and relevant. These efforts come as the Guard faces dilemmas and stresses which experts say are the result of overuse as an operational force in deployments.
National Defense September 2005 Grace Jean	Guard Balancing Emerging Roles in Homeland Defense The National Guard continues to expand its missions in support of homeland defense, even as it contends with frequent overseas deployments, equipment shortages and low recruiting levels.
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy	At Special Ops Forum, Experts Weigh Prospect of WMD Attacks As military leaders devote increasing attention to neutralizing roadside bombs in Iraq, specialists caution that it would be a mistake to dismiss the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction.
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National Defense March 2005 Harold Kennedy	Homeland Defense The Defense Department's agency in charge of developing chemical and biological defense technologies is shifting its focus from large-scale incidents on the battlefield to small-scale terrorist attacks against civilians.
InternetNews September 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Net Guard to Finally March? Senators say communications failures during hurricanes underscores need to put already authorized volunteer teams in the field.
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Coast Guard Reorganizes in Anticipation of Future Threats The Coast Guard is standing up a new disaster response command and is using lessons learned from 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina for guidance.
National Defense July 2009 Matthew Rusling	Specialized Chem-Bio Unit to Fully Stand Up in 2011 The Defense Department is beefing up the nations response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive attacks.
National Defense August 2010 Stew Magnuson	Utility of Coast Guard's Elite Boarding Teams Questioned The Obama administration's 2011 budget proposal calls for five of these units to be closed down and their duties consolidated into the seven remaining teams.
National Defense December 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Guard Makes Play for Leadership Role in National Security Events These high-profile operations provided the National Guard many opportunities to showcase its new capabilities and fill needed leadership roles, according to Guard officials.
National Defense April 2004 Harold Kennedy	Guard Reshuffles Force To Offset Deployment Stress To continue to meet growing deployment requirements around the world, the U.S. National Guard is changing its force mix.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2007 Courtney E. Howard	American Systems develops emergency communications system for homeland security Red Cell, intended to help homeland security authorities make informed decisions and respond to emergencies such as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive events, also is a public safety service for natural disasters.
National Defense September 2010 Grace V. Jean	National Guard Chief: 'Our Weaknesses Are Here At Home' Congressional supporters have argued that Guard strength should be maintained or even expanded, so it can handle homeland security missions that have been under-resourced because of war commitments.
National Defense September 2005 Harold Kennedy	Reaction Force Grounded? BRAC Said to Threaten Protection for U.S. Capital West Virginia National Guard and political leaders are fighting a Defense Department plan to transfer the state's eight C-130 transport aircraft to Pope Air Force Base, N.C., making it difficult to protect the capital region.
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Guard Equipment Bill Surpasses $100 Billion A commitment by the Army to pour $21 billion into the National Guard's procurement accounts is reassuring, but still not enough to fill equipment shortages.
National Defense August 2007 Mackenzie M. Eaglen	National Guard, Reserves Get Help, But Need More The equipment shortfalls in the Guard and Reserves have gone from bad to worse during the last six years.
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean	Pentagon Chem-Bio Program Expands to Homeland Missions The Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are seeking to homogenize the equipment that military units and local first responders employ to detect and neutralize toxic agents.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Disaster Response Agencies Fight to Maintain Preparedness as Sequestration Continues The triad of budget cuts, continuing resolutions and the government shutdown may be leaving the federal bureaucracy less prepared to respond to catastrophic man-made or natural disasters, government representatives said.
National Defense May 2006 Perry & Flournoy	The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force.
National Defense November 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Blum: Guard Transformation Would Survive Future Cutbacks The National Guard is adopting historic new roles in national defense and plans on making the changes permanent, according to the Guard's chief.
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Readiness: Candid Assessments Long Overdue Alarm bells have gotten progressively louder and more jarring in recent weeks on the issue of military readiness on the home front.
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BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Bruce Nussbaum	The Next Big One Where America is most vulnerable to the next big disaster and how the nation can better manage the risks ahead.
National Defense February 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	U.S. Has Strategy for Homeland Security, But Are We Ready? In October, the White House issued an updated "National Strategy for Homeland Security," which is intended to guide, organize and unify the nation's homeland security efforts.
National Defense November 2011 Eric Beidel	Coast Guard Cyberdefense Office: Small but Mighty Like the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, the Coast Guard suffers thousands of attacks on its networks each month.
National Defense December 2009 Stew Magnuson	National Guard Sends Agriculture Teams to Afghanistan National Guard members with agriculture and civil engineering degrees, or with practical skills are setting up demonstration farms, and helping Afghans go from subsistence farming to where they can earn extra money for their crops.
National Defense September 2004 Frank Colucci	Army Depends Heavily on National Guard Aviators If predictions that Army National Guard aviation units are not likely to see mass resignations prove to be accurate, it would be good news for the Army, which is struggling to meet growing demands for rotary pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan.
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean	Air Guard Chief Braces for Dramatic Change For a proud organization such as the Air National Guard, it has been a tough year. As if losing dozens of bases across the country weren't enough, it is also giving up flying missions and taking on new, unfamiliar roles.
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Guard Rediscovers Diplomatic Role The state partnership program, started in the early aftermath of the Cold War as an outreach to former Soviet Union satellites, now is taking a prominent position in the effort to combat international terrorism.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Coast Guard San Francisco Investigates Communications Systems for Crisis Events The U.S. Coast Guard Sector in San Francisco and other military agencies are investigating technologies to build ad-hoc emergency communications systems quickly in the wake of disasters like Hurricane Katrina that bring down commercial telephone, radio, and computer networks.
National Defense November 2006 Stew Magnuson	Feds lagging in most disaster scenarios, McHale says The federal government has identified 15 homeland disaster scenarios for which it must prepare. But does making lists equate to preparedness?
National Defense January 2009 Matthew Rusling	Coast Guard Boosting Cooperation with Military Last summer, as Russian forces lay siege to the nation of Georgia, the Coast Guard cutter Dallas, along with two Navy ships, sailed to the Black Sea to provide relief.
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Coast Guard Regaining Focus on WMD The Coast Guard is trying to regain its Cold War proficiency in dealing with weapons of mass destruction attacks and outfitting crews to be better prepared for possible toxic exposure while conducting security missions.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	U.S. Northern Command Actively Enlisting Partners The U.S. Northern Command--established in 2002 to prevent a repeat of 9/11--is seeking assistance from a wide range of organizations to help it protect the United States, its territories and interests, said Army Col. Stover James, the organization's director of interagency coordination.
National Defense July 2008 Stew Magnuson	Emergency Responders Hone Skills Amid the Rubble One of the first skills firefighters and other first responders learn at the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center is how to hoist a slab of concrete off a rubble pile using only their muscles.
National Defense November 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell	Preparation Is Key to Disaster Response Amidst the outrage and finger-pointing that followed Katrina, several lawmakers and homeland security experts called for the federal government to make the Defense Department the lead agency for disaster response.
National Defense November 2011 Stew Magnuson	Who Is in Charge of What During Major Catastrophes Still Unanswered The answer is all of them and none of them, former Commandant of the Coast Guard retired Adm. Thad Allen suggested recently.
National Defense April 2007 Stew Magnuson	Defense, Law-Enforcement Agencies Seek Advanced Surveillance Tools Suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices and the threats of chemical or biological weapons are creating increased demand for cutting edge technologies that can detect or survey potential hazards from stand-off distances.
National Defense December 2006 Harold Kennedy	Guardsmen Shift Roles to Align More with Air Force The Air National Guard is reorganizing -- shedding some traditional missions and taking on new ones -- in order to play a larger national-security role as its active-duty partner, the Air Force, shrinks in size.
National Defense June 2009 Erwin & Magnuson	7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror.
National Defense January 2006 Abshire & Czerwinski	With an Overstretched Military, U.S. Should Create `Home Guard' The U.S. presence in Iraq has in many ways made near-term gains in the war on terror more difficult and thrown America's homeland security into question. But a creative solution with roots reaching far back into American history may be the answer.
National Defense August 2007 Jessica Pearce	Documentary Aims to Boost Coast Guard's Public Image As the Coast Guard reels from criticism of its mishandling of the Deepwater acquisitions program, one filmmaker hopes to counteract that negative publicity and bring some positive exposure back to the service.
National Defense August 2010 Stew Magnuson	National Guard Boosting Numbers With New Academy Recruiters in the 54 states and territories with Guard units have been working with schools to identify dropouts who would like to finish their education and join the service.
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National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy	Military Officials Warn Al Qaeda Determined To Attack With WMD Most attacks probably would be small-scale, incorporating improvised delivery systems and easily produced chemicals, toxins or radiological substances.