Reexamining the Role of the Guard and Reserves in Support to Civilian Authorities: Assessing the Evolving Relationship of the National Guard Bureau with Other Department of Defense Organizations in Responding to Crises (CSL Issue Paper, Volume 7-08, July 2008)

摘要

On 28 & 29 May 2008, the United States Army War College conducted the 7th annual Reserve Component Symposium at the Center for Strategic Leadership at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Among other issues, symposium workshop participants were charged with assessing the evolving relationship of the National Guard Bureau (NGB) with other Department of Defense (DoD) organizations that have domestic crisis response requirements. For the sake of this discussion, DoD organizations that share a crisis response with the NGB were limited to the States' National Guard, USNORTHCOM, the Joint Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. While each organization will be addressed in turn in this workshop summary, there are several recurring discussion themes associated with all four.