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Homeland security: restoring civic virtue.
The September 11 terrorist attacks did more than bring a tragic end to over 3,000 American lives. They also helped shatter two long-cherished illusions. The first, that we live in a secure homeland, was shared by most Americans. Blessed by geography, twentieth-century Americans came to think of wars as unpleasant events that happened "over there." With the exception of those who witnessed Pearl Harbor, no living American can remember a time when civilians were under enemy attack on American soil. No more. September 11 was a searing indicator that warfare in the twenty-first century will be brutal, indiscriminate, and over here.
The second shattered illusion, that ...
- State defense forces and homeland security.
- Magazine article from: Parameters Tulak, Arthur N. Kraft, Robert W. Silbaugh, Don December 22, 2003 700+ words
...forces the National Guard may provide, State Defense Forces (1...additional State Defense Forces (SDFs...territorial National Guard, are under...status National Guard forces...State Defense Forces, controlled...
- Reaction force grounded? BRAC said to threaten protection for U.S....
- Magazine article from: National Defense Kennedy, Harold September 1, 2005 700+ words
West Virginia National Guard and political leaders are...eliminate the West Virginia National Guard's ability to move its homeland defense forces quickly in response to...states, has reorganized its National Guard units to include three...
- -U.S. DOD: National Guard to celebrate 362nd birthday at Capitol Hill ceremony.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire December 2, 1998 700+ words
...December 1998-U.S. DOD: National Guard to celebrate 362nd birthday...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:011298 The National Guard celebrates its 362nd birthday...of the state-organized defense forces known as the National Guard, now a part of the Department...
- Not Ready?(Iraqi National Guard and Army troops)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report February 14, 2005 700+ words
Of the Iraqi National Guard and Army troops, only 5...Protection) 22,180 MINISTRY OF DEFENSE FORCES: 53,675 Iraq National Guard 36,827 Army 15,454 Other (Air Force and Coastal Defense Forces) 1,394 Source: MNSTC...
- GOVT TO FORM NATIONAL GUARD TO COPE WITH NATURAL DISASTERS.
- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) March 31, 2005 700+ words
...establishment of the national guard would become part...by a force like a National Guard which is ready any...Indonesian National Defense Forces) would then be involved...The existence of a National Guard would make it no longer...
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- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) April 21, 2002 700+ words
...deputies per shift had been stationed there since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, costing the county $800,000. A force of National Guard soldiers in Humvees remains, but they, too, are not needed, Burtch said. Nonetheless, the soldiers will remain until...
- Corrections About Cyprus
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post February 21, 1995 700+ words
...misrepresented the quote from the U.N. secretary general's report. The report never refers to the National Guard -- the defense forces of the Republic of Cyprus -- as "illegal Greek Cypriot armed forces." Second, the reference to the...
- The General's secrets. (Manuel Noriega) (Beat the Devil) (column)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Cockburn, Alexander January 29, 1990 700+ words
...Israel do their "dirty work" in the region. The National Guard of Panama (named after the U.S. National Guard) became the Panamanian Defense Forces (afther the Israeli Defense Forces). Noriega visited Israel in 1986 and expressed great...
