Hurricane Katrina Lessons for Army Planning and Operations

by Davis, Lynn E.; Rough, Jill; Cecchine, Gary; Schaefer, Agnes Gereben; Zeman, Laurinda L.

• ISBN13: 9780833041678
• ISBN10: 0833041673
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-25
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

The efforts undertaken by civilian and military organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina were historically unprecedented, but a number of changes would enhance future Army and National Guard disaster-response efforts, including preparing governors to call up Guard units for out-of-state emergencies and the creation of regional standing homeland security task forces.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Figures	p. vii
Tables	p. ix
Summary	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Background	p. 1
Analytical Approach	p. 7
Report Organization	p. 9
Background	p. 11
How the Nation Is Organized to Respond to Domestic Emergencies	p. 11
Active-Duty Military	p. 14
The National Guard	p. 15
How the Nation Prepared and Responded to Hurricane Katrina	p. 15
The Military Response to Hurricane Katrina	p. 19
The National Guard Response	p. 19
The Response of Active-Duty Forces	p. 28
The Command and Control System	p. 38
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina	p. 45
Implications for Army Planning and Operations	p. 47
Roles and Responsibilities of National Guard and Active Forces	p. 47
Army Transformation	p. 48
National Guard	p. 49
Department of Defense Post-Hurricance Katrina Initiatives	p. 51
Should States Do More?	p. 52
Should There Be a Regional Approach?	p. 54
Should National Guard or Active-Duty Forces in ARFORGEN Be Designated for HLS?	p. 58
Command and Control Structure	p. 60
Separate Federal and State Task Forces	p. 63
Dual-Status Command	p. 64
State Joint Force Headquarters in Lead	p. 66
NORTHCOM in Lead	p. 66
Matching the C[superscript 2] Structure to Disaster Response Characteristics	p. 67
Choosing a C[superscript 2] Structure	p. 70
Conclusions	p. 73
Situational Awareness in Hurricane Katrina	p. 77
References	p. 83
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