Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3537-1004236572-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:37:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 12775 invoked by uid 510); 28 Oct 2001 02:35:33 -0000 Received: from n34.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.84) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 28 Oct 2001 02:35:33 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3537-1004236572-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.224] by n34.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Oct 2001 02:36:12 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 28 Oct 2001 02:36:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 14020 invoked from network); 28 Oct 2001 02:36:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.224 with QMQP; 28 Oct 2001 02:36:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 28 Oct 2001 02:36:12 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9S2aQH08413 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:36:26 -0700 Message-Id: <200110280236.f9S2aQH08413@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Military.wants.to.phase.out.of.homeland.security.role] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Military wants to phase out of homeland security role By DALE EISMAN, The Virginian-Pilot Joint Forces Command already has tapped groups of active-duty Army and Marine forces around the United States as ``rapid reaction forces'' and assigned them to be ready to move almost immediately into stricken areas. © October 27, 2001 WASHINGTON -- The armed forces will play a long-term role in defending the U.S. mainland against terrorist attacks but should largely ``work ourselves out of a job'' as police and other civilian agencies build up their ability to meet the threat, the civilian director of the military's homeland security effort said Friday. Army Secretary Thomas E. White said the National Guardsmen now patrolling U.S. airports should gradually be supplanted by specially trained airport police. And though reserve and active-duty troops may be called on periodically to provide security at government buildings or civilian installations like nuclear power plants, White said those jobs should not be part of the military's permanent mission. But while its domestic role will be limited, White said the intensity of the military's involvement may be increased in some areas. The Norfolk-based U.S. Joint Forces Command, for example, is getting permanent responsibility for security at port facilities, and the North American Aerospace Defense Command has taken charge of tracking and, if necessary, attacking hostile aircraft. Since the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, Joint Forces Command has worked with the Navy to supplement Coast Guard patrols and inspections of commercial ships arriving in Hampton Roads and other ports. The Navy and the Coast Guard also are believed to be near agreement on a plan to provide 13 coastal patrol gunboats for Coast Guard use. The speedy, 170-foot patrol boats are highly maneuverable. They're presently assigned to the U.S. Special Operations Command, which uses them to intercept suspected shipments of illegal drugs. Army Gen. William F. Kernan, head of the Joint Forces Command, told senators Thursday he's created a 90-person ``Homeland Security Directorate'' to organize the command's efforts to train and deploy forces around ports and to provide emergency aid to police, fire and rescue agencies dealing with chemical, biological and even nuclear attacks. Joint Forces Command already has tapped groups of active-duty Army and Marine forces around the United States as ``rapid reaction forces'' and assigned them to be ready to move almost immediately into stricken areas. Kernan is considered a likely candidate to head a new ``homeland security command'' the Pentagon may create to give its domestic defense role a higher profile and more clout in competing for appropriations. But White cautioned Friday that decisions about creating such a command, or simply continuing to divide homeland responsibilities between other four-star commanders, remain to be made. Reach Dale Eisman at (703) 913-9872 or <a href="mailto:icemandc@msn.com?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20Military%20wants%20to%20phase%20out%20of%20homeland%20security%20role%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;151.3211a29.290c96b7@aol.com">icemandc@msn.com</a> ------------------------ Yahoo! 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