Flooding after Hurricane KatrinaDoD Grooms New Commanders For Disaster Response -- Army Times/AP
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The Defense Department is grooming a new type of commander to coordinate the military response to domestic disasters, hoping to save lives by avoiding some of the chaos that plagued the Hurricane Katrina rescue effort.
The officers, called dual-status commanders, would be able to lead both active-duty and National Guard troops — a power that requires special training and authority because of legal restrictions on the use of the armed forces on U.S. soil.
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My Comment: Lets hope that we are a long way off in testing how good this training is when the next disaster hits.
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