The Role of the Army Reserve in the Weapons of Mass Destruction/HomelandDefense Program

Authors: Joseph L. Smith; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS

Abstract:

Since the fall of the Berlin wall and the subsequent end of the Cold War, the United States faces a multidimensional threat never before seen within our nations' borders. Rogue nations and stateless organizations already have or are developing the capability to threaten the United States through acts of terror, information warfare, and the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction. As a nation, we are not prepared to prevent or respond to these threats. A federal infrastructure does not yet exist that can adequately prevent or react to such an attack. Given these increasing threats to the territory, population, and infrastructure of the United States, the Army Reserve should have an expanded role in providing homeland defense capabilities. The Army Reserve is well suited to homeland defense missions.

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APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE