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Contents
Letter
Results in Brief
Background
Current Risk Management Approach Creates Uncertainties about
the Security Environment at Strategic Seaports
Weaknesses in DOD Force Protection Process Increase Risks for
Deployments through Domestic Seaports
Conclusions
Recommendations for Executive Action
Agency Comments and Our ReviewAppendix I Scope and Methodology 24
Appendix II Comments from the Department of Defense 26
Appendix III GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments 29
Related GAO Products 30
Tables
Table 1: Ownership and Crew for Commercial Ships Used in
Deployments GAO Reviewed from Three Installations in
2001 18
Table 2: Examples of Equipment Carried on Foreign-Owned and
Foreign-Crewed Ships 18
Figures
Figure 1: Reserve Sealift Ships Berthed at a Commercial Seaport 5
Figure 2: A Commercial Container Vessel and Related
Infrastructure at a Seaport 7GAO-03-15 Combating Terrorism
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United States. General Accounting Office. Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Improve Force Protection for DOD Deployments through Domestic Seaports, report, October 22, 2002; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc293632/m1/2/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.