Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief Operations Planning, Tactical memorandum

 ????PURPOSE
To assist Navy strike group staffs, squadron staffs and ships tasked with providing humanitarian assistance support in disaster relief operations.
SCOPE
The intent of this tactical memorandum (TACMEMO) is to guide a commander and staff in the thought process, planning, and course of action development needed to prepare for and conduct foreign disaster relief operations. Each disaster and associated response operation will be unique due to differences in scale, environmental factors, geography, host country (nation) relationships, etc. The basic planning considerations and thought processes, however, remain the same. While some considerations and resources discussed reflect a “worst case scenario” response to a major regional catastrophe, they should be considered for “scaled down” applicability in other cases. Similarly, many of the considerations in this TACMEMO may be applicable in domestic disaster relief operations.