The Defense Department has developed new guidance for service programs that provide each state emergency preparedness liaison officers who help coordinate military input to disaster relief and cleanup operations. "The new program guidance reinforces the department's heightened commitment to support civil authorities in their response to catastrophic disasters and standardizes the qualifications for Reserve component military officers serving as liaisons with military and civilian emergency responders," DOD said in a statement released today. Through the Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer program,...
