Military Response to National Emergencies and Natural Disasters
Marine Corps University Press publishes JAMS on topics of concern to the Marine
Corps and the Department of Defense through the lens of various disciplines,
including international relations, political science, security studies, and political
economics.
Our Spring 2022 issue will have a broadly construed theme:
Military Response to National Emergencies and Natural Disasters
The editors are seeking articles on topics related to the military’s role in responding
to national emergencies and natural disasters. Articles can cover these topics from
along the broad spectrum of contemporary and historical examples, including both
foreign and domestic uses of the military in disaster-response scenarios and
deployment during national or international crises and emergencies.
Articles may focus on any branch of the military as well as any civil-military
partnerships or comparisons of national responses by other countries’ militaries.
Examples from particular disasters or national emergencies are welcome, including
analyses of the responses and their short- and long-term impacts. Recent examples
include the global response to the Ebola virus in Africa; the national response to
hurricanes, wildfires, and tornadoes; local and national responses to demonstrations; the use of the military in funding and developing a vaccine for SARSCoV-2 (COVID-19); and the use of the National Guard to help states in their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.