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The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense from 1961–64. It replaced the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization . The organization was renamed the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency on May 5, 1972, and was abolished on July 20, 1979, pursuant to Executive Order 12148. [ 1 ]
Fiorello La Guardia was the first head of the office, succeeded in 1942 by James M. Landis, followed in 1944 by General William N. Haskell. While the agency only had a paid staff of 75, it supervised and coordinated the efforts of civilian volunteers estimated to have topped 11 million.
Thus, the civil defense of World War II began very much as a continuation of that of World War I. Very soon, however, the idea of local and state councils bearing a significant burden became viewed as untenable and more responsibility was vested at the federal level with the creation of the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD) within the Office of ...
The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...
Office of Civil Defense Drinking Water Container. Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA), Office for Emergency Management (OEM), Executive Office of the President (EOP, 1950–1951) FCDA (1951–1958) Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization (ODCM), EOP (1958) Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), EOP (1958–1961)
Police departments traditionally dislike civilian scrutiny of their actions, siding with Glass that citizens don’t know what it’s like to be law enforcement officers. It’s a bit of an ...
The only exception to this is the USMC Civilian Police, whom are not officially under the auspices of the DoD police. The Civilian Police scheme is managed by the USMC Law Enforcement Program and is answerable directly to the USMC Commandant; however, USMC Civilian Police personnel are eligible for the same DoD POST Commission certification ...
Model family fallout shelter at an Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization fair exhibit, 1960. The Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, created in 1958 originally as Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization, was an office of the Executive Office of the President of the United States which consolidated the functions of the existing Office of Defense Mobilization and the Federal Civil ...