DOD Will Now “Push” Assistance to Civil Authorities
April 20th, 2013Via: HongPong:
The strategy, released in February, looks at the lessons learned from past experiences — from Hurricane Katrina through Hurricane Sandy.
They also looked at changes including the growth of communications networks, dependence on private-sector capabilities and “the rising expectations from the president and from the secretary, and certainly from the American people, that we will be prepared to provide support to civil authorities within a 24- to 48-hour window,” Rosenblum said.
This is an incredibly short period of time, he said, and it forces a change in the relationship between DOD and other agencies. The old paradigm was to have civil partners “pull assistance” from DOD, while now DOD will actually push assistance where it is needed.
Research Credit: HongPong
