Joint Force Quarterly
Abstract
With the noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) in Afghanistan almost 3 years past and a NEO in South Korea an ever-present possibility, it is time to reevaluate the framework that governs the roles and responsibilities of Federal agencies in these life-and-death operations. What the Afghanistan NEO demonstrated—and what conflict on the Korean Peninsula bodes—is that the present framework buckles, if not collapses, under pressure. The United States must rethink the way it conducts NEOs if it is to properly protect noncombatant U.S. persons and allies in the increasingly unstable geopolitical terrain. This article argues that it is time for a new executive order that designates the Department of Defense (DOD) instead of the Department of State (State Department or State) as the lead agency in what could be called extraordinary NEO events.
Recommended Citation
E.R. "Elle" Klein, "After Afghanistan: The Need for a New Noncombatant Evacuation Operation," Joint Force Quarterly 114 (3rd Quarter 2024), 68-77, https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/joint-force-quarterly/vol114/iss2/13.
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