The Department of Homeland Security is seeking the military's assistance in developing a planning process to support short-notice, large-scale mobilizations of civil authorities in response to domestic crises, according to a senior Pentagon official. The Defense Department is suggesting the Department of Homeland Security might benefit from considering the Marine Corps's approach to planning rapid response amphibious missions, according to Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and a Marine reservist. Over the last two decades, Marine expeditionary...
