Donald Schaefer 52 days ago

Countries must consider changing and/or adding laws on how to best make use of their regular military in times of natural disasters.

Please consider adding “The Use of the Regular Militaries for Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change and the Increasing Need for Changes to the Laws in the United States, China, Japan, the Philippines, and Other Countries” http://sdlp.mystrikingly.com/ to your web site. Here is part of the Introduction:

Today’s environment has been changing, with ever-more hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones becoming stronger and causing increasing damage to lives, communities, and countries as a whole. For the most part, the response time has been slow due to bureaucratic missteps and other topdown governance. Regular militaries have often been brought in haphazardly, and in many cases toward the end of the event. Militaries around the world should find ways to allow more effective use in assisting natural disaster efforts. Currently, politicians call in the military more as an afterthought when things start to get catastrophic, but by that time it is often too late. Instead, countries should have a plan in place for a single call from the president, prime minister, or other national leader to his or her military leader(s) to mobilize military forces when an event such as a category 5 typhoon or hurricane is approaching. Many nations will need to change their laws, revise their plans, and provide ongoing training for both military leaders and personnel.