National Defense

National Defense
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2013-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781289005825

The Department of Defense (DOD) operates about 90 commercial and industrial military support activities, excluding shipyards. To determine the need for and the cost of a military presence, GAO made a case study at the Naval Weapons Support Center, Crame, Indiana. Only 23 or about one-third of the 68 military personnel were doing center-related work or were working for other military activities. The remaining 45, plus 10 civilians, were providing support services for the military complement, such as food and housekeeping, recreation, commissary and exchange stores, and health care. The Navy could not explain how the requirements for the center's military personnel were established and the number of military personnel generally exceeded authorized levels. DOD policy for staffing support activities has not been fully implemented at the center. The need for and assignment of military personnel to Crane were questioned since extensive welfare and recreation costs have been generated which would not otherwise have occurred. Because the center's functions are primarily industrial, managing them does not require military personnel. The required skilled people can be found in either the public or private sector.

Poisoning the Pacific

Poisoning the Pacific
Author: Jon Mitchell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2020-10-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1538130343

In this devastating exposé, investigative journalist Jon Mitchell reveals the shocking toxic contamination of the Pacific Ocean and millions of victims by the US military. For decades, US military operations have been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances, including plutonium, dioxin, and VX nerve agent. Hundreds of thousands of service members, their families, and residents have been exposed—but the United States has hidden the damage and refused to help victims. After World War II, the United States granted immunity to Japanese military scientists in exchange for their data on biological weapons tests conducted in China; in the following years, nuclear detonations in the Pacific obliterated entire islands and exposed Americans, Marshallese, Chamorros, and Japanese fishing crews to radioactive fallout. At the same time, the United States experimented with biological weapons on Okinawa and stockpiled the island with nuclear and chemical munitions, causing numerous accidents. Meanwhile, the CIA orchestrated a campaign to introduce nuclear power to Japan—the folly of which became horrifyingly clear in the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture. Caught in a geopolitical grey zone, US territories have been among the worst affected by military contamination, including Guam, Saipan, and Johnston Island, the final disposal site of apocalyptic volumes of chemical weapons and Agent Orange. Accompanying this damage, US authorities have waged a campaign of cover-ups, lies, and attacks on the media, which the author has experienced firsthand in the form of military surveillance and attempts by the State Department to impede his work. Now, for the first time, this explosive book reveals the horrific extent of contamination in the Pacific and the lengths the Pentagon will go to conceal it.

Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces

Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces
Author: Michael J. Lostumbo
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0833079174

This independent assessment is a comprehensive study of the strategic benefits, risks, and costs of U.S. military presence overseas. The report provides policymakers a way to evaluate the range of strategic benefits and costs that follow from revising the U.S. overseas military presence by characterizing how this presence contributes to assurance, deterrence, responsiveness, and security cooperation goals.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Civil Preparedness Review

Civil Preparedness Review
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Defense Production
Publisher:
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1977
Genre: Civil defense
ISBN:

Gravel Roads

Gravel Roads
Author: Ken Skorseth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2000
Genre: Gravel roads
ISBN:

The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.