Army Social Science Lessons for Homeland Defense Planning and Operations
I was the first anthropologist on a Human Terrain Team (HTT) to arrive in Iraq and contribute to an understanding…
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Advances in Explosive Trace Detection Technology
July 2014 saw the widespread reporting of new explosives developed by radical extremist groups to target commercial aviation. Most significantly,…
Ebola
Ebola Hemmorhagic Fever (Ebola HF) or Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe and often fatal viral hemorrhagic fever disease…
A Primer on the Defense Industrial Base
This is the third in a series of articles for the Homeland Defense and Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) describing the…
Applications of Biometrics for Immigration Management and Enforcement
Immigration control remains a challenge for the United States and many other nations around the world. While some of the…
U.S. Homeland CBRN Emergency Preparedness Enterprise – A Retrospective Review
Much can be learned from past history. Therefore, this article will study the elements comprising the U.S. Homeland CBRN emergency…
Countering WMD (CWMD) Threats – Critical Step in Emergency Preparedness Against WMD
In order to minimize or circumvent the effects of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), as related to the loss of…
The Electric Microgrid— An Economically-Viable Architecture for Energy Surety and Renewable Integration
The U.S. electric infrastructure has essentially remained unchanged in its architecture for the past century. From an engineering perspective, this…