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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations

by Anna M. Doro-on
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
14h 2m
English
CRC Press
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310Risk Assessment and Security
sections present the main components and regulations of military support for
homeland and critical infrastructure security.
7.10 Requirement of Military Support for Critical
Infrastructure and Homeland Security
For over a century the United States military has focused on expeditionary warfare
overseas and, with the heightened concern about large-scale terrorism, has put in
eorts to involve the DoD more closely with federal, state, and local agencies in
their homeland security activities (Bowman 2003). In response to the increased
focus on homeland security, on October 1, 2002, the DoD activated a new combat-
ant command, the Northern Command (NORTHCOM) (Bowman 2003). e
DoD makes a distinction between “hom ...
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ISBN: 9781466569324