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A book to young adults about making the correct choices in life.
The National Guard Bureau, following the publication of the Defense
Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996, and the 1998
Department of Defense Plan for Integrating National Guard and
Reserve Component Support for Response to Attacks Using Weapons of
Mass Destruction, created the Military Support Detachment-Rapid
Assessment and Initial Detection (MSD-RAID) team to assist in the
consequence management of incidents involving weapons of mass
destruction. The mission of the MSD-RAID, recently renamed the
Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD-CST), is to
assess a suspected nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological
event in support of a local incident commander; advise civilian
responders regarding appropriate action; and facilitate requests
for assistance to expedite the arrival of additional state and
federal assets to help save lives, prevent human suffering, and
mitigate great property damage. The National Guard has fielded
twenty-seven of these teams and eventually plans to establish one
in every state and territory. The fact that the WMD-CST program is
still in its infancy presents the Department of Defense with a
tremendous opportunity to modify the structure or mission of these
teams, if necessary, before they are fully fielded to every state
and territory. It is appropriate to evaluate whether or not these
teams, initially fielded in 1998, satisfy a strategic necessity.
They must be assessed as to whether or not they accomplish the
objectives outlined in the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici legislation. Their
structure, mission, and capabilities must be analyzed to determine
if they are able to successfully mitigate the consequences of a WMD
incident. More important, however, is whether or not the
contemporary threat environment warrants their existence. While the
WMD-CST does enhance the National Guard's response capability, its
mission and structure do not completely satisfy the strategic need
that prompted its creation. The team's four-hour respo
Ginger has a feeling that something is coming, something that will
change her life and those of the herd forever. Ginger discovers
what that is and the true meaning of friendship, love and courage
on her quest to find a new home!
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