The United States' post-9/11 global strategy demonstrates an interest in Africa that contrasts with decades of relative indifference. The 2006 National Security Strategy has stated the United States' commitment to promote security, stability,...
Is United States cybersecurity strategy, policy, and organization postured to cope with the post-9/11 security environment? Through an exhaustive review of recurring and stand-alone strategic cybersecurity strategy and policy documents and a...
Like the post-9/11 Bush administration, the Obama administration must confront numerous security threats to U.S. national interests at home and abroad. The Obama administration, however, has the added challenge of a severe domestic economic...
In this interview with Major Lisa Gniady, she discusses her post-9/11 service as a communications officer in the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade, which provides the US Army's military support to the National Security Agency. She talks about her...
In command of Alpha Company, 1-64 Armor - part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - during both Operation Desert Spring in Kuwait (March to September 2002) and then Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 until he relinquished command in...
A veteran of two post-9/11 deployments to Iraq, Major Victor Delacruz commanded Bravo Battery, 6-27 Field Artillery, operating out of Balad (LSA Anaconda), from April to November 2003. Then, from November 2004 to March 2005, he returned with 75th...
A career conventional officer with extensive post-9/11 experience working with the special operations community, Major James Bogart served as the logistics officer (S4) for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group from July 2002 through July 2003,...
Immediately after 9/11, said Major Matthew Boal, then Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander with 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Division, at Fort Riley, there was a "very rapid requirement to provide a standing quick reaction force" to, if...
In this first of two interviews regarding his Global War on Terrorism experiences, Major John Athey discusses his post-9/11 service as a theater collection manager at Pacific Command (PACOM), during which he was initially chief of the measurement...
Major Craig Bukowski is a Medical Service Corps officer with prior enlisted experience as a combat engineer and truck driver in the Army Reserve, the Army National Guard and the Regular Army. On September 11, 2001, he was serving as commander of a...
In this interview, Mrs. Catherine Payne shares her experiences as the wife of a US Army officer, Major Matthew Payne, who has been on two separate overseas deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism: one to Kuwait and then Iraq from...
Homeland security was restored as America’s number one goal of national security strategy following 9/11. The evolution of American national security strategy, from the Cold War years into the post-9/11 years, demonstrated a historical reliance...
Historically a distinct cultural and operational rift has evolved between Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Conventional Forces (CF) that devalued the need for SOF-CF integration and for developing common operating procedures and doctrine. This...
The post-9/11 security environment is extremely dynamic and complex. There has been much discussion regarding the threat, the nature of the conflict and the national strategies to address this environment. It is the hypothesis of this monograph...
The FBI has a long history and established culture as the pre-eminent law enforcement agency in the world. Beginning in the late 1930s, the FBI assumed responsibility for espionage and domestic intelligence investigations. Abuses of domestic...
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Bush administration chose to pursue a broad, offensive, and preemptive campaign against terrorists and their purported state sponsors, versus executing a focused response against Osama bin...
This monograph explores the role of Coast Guard law enforcement detachments (LEDETs) abroad in the post-Cold War, post-9/11 strategic security environment. Drawing on the work of National Defense University and Thomas Barnett, the author finds that...