Fiscal Year	2008
Division	Research & Sponsored Programs
Department	Center for Asymmetric Warfare
Investigator(s)	Banks, David D.
Sponsor	Office of the Secretary of Defense (DoD)
Summary	The CAW's East Coast Initiative 2008 is designed to enhance the state of Maine's and Virginia's coordination and response capabilities to a WMD event through a complex, scenario-based exercise, utilizing the experience and unique capabilities of the U.S. Navy's Center for Asymmetric Warfare (CAW). The East Coast Initiative 2008 leverages off of the work that the U.S. Navy CAW provided for Maine and Virginia in 2007 under this congressional initiative. As in 2007, CAW executed exercises for 2008 have been designed to enhance Maine and Virginia's response capabilities, including those of the USCG, Maine National Guard, Virginia National Guard, these states' civil support teams, Maine Marine Patrol, Maine Emergency Management Agency, Virginia's Office of National Commonwealth Preparedness, law enforcement, first responders and other entities.
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