Delayed - The Federal DoD Response to Hurricane Helene

Civilian entities, justly and appropriatly, lead responses to our Nation’s disasters. For the Federal Government, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the executive agent. At the state level, the National Guard is an initial military capability designed to operate under State Governors to respond to emergencies and disasters. Each state National Guard, with both Army and Air Force components, in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, possess immediate response capabilities. In severe instances, the Department of Defense possesses a broad range of capabilities that can augment the National Guard and FEMA. Our divided media, which reflects the body politic, either paints the Federal response to Hurricane Helene as wholly inept or a raging success. The truth lies in between. Asking fair questions about the Federal response and the pace of integrating Active-Duty DoD capabilities is not ‘misinformation’ or ‘Anti-American.’