“At the service debate MCCain said we need to bring private industry into situations like this. HE SAID FEDEX KNOWS MORE ABOUT GETTING GOODS TO THE PEOPLE THAN GUBMINT, And he is right.”
Have to disagree with that. FEMA should be reduced to what it was intended for - assisting in training and the deployment of special purpose teams. This would include biological, Chemical and radiological but could extend to swift water and high altitude rescue but no one can match the military in moving people and equipment over impossible terrain, maintaining supply lines and controlling high density air traffic.
I beg to differ. WE are the boots on the ground.
Gubmint serves a role and the Coasties and NG are doing a GREAT job but regular folks are the First line of defense