Challenges of Deploying From a Contested Homeland
What are the challenges of deploying from a contested homeland, and how can the United States address those issues from a "whole-of-nation" resiliency approach?
Cultural Studies
Cultural and sociological analysis – research into the ideology, political, and economic nature of a culture to better understand its people and government for national security purposes.
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Articles
Public Health in a Displaced Persons Camp Training
HDIAC is proud to host the 2025 Public Health in a Migrant Crisis Tabletop Exercise during the week of May 5, 2025. This year’s exercise will focus on operations in camps designed for refugees, internally…
DoD Hosts International Exchange on Shaping Cybersecurity Workforce
A senior U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) official hosted government officials, academics, and entrepreneurs from Indonesia for a discussion on how the Pentagon is aligning its cyber workforce strategy to meet the demands of a…
Sandia Researcher Recognized for Electrification Work With Tribal Communities
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories senior scientist Stan Atcitty has been honored with the A.P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his leadership and innovation…
Webinars
Human Movement and Rhythmical Reasoning: An Unconventional Approach to Researching Resilience
This presentation discusses findings from our ethnographic study titled “The Impact of Catastrophic Injury Exposure on Resilience in Special Operations Surgical Teams (SOST)” to explore our new definition of unconventional resilience. Our bottom-up approach to…
Managing Public Health During a Migration Crisis
In February 2024, the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) led a Tabletop Exercise (TTX) in support of military physicians in a residency program. During this program, students obtained their master’s in public…
Podcast: The Effects of Multilingualism and Socio-culturalism on the Brain
Part 1 This discussion will address the comparative similarities and differences of the multilingual brain with the socio-cultural brain. While the multilingual brain functions unconsciously to create new meanings, new sensitivities, and new cross-cultural information…
Events
2025 Public Health in a Displaced Persons Camp
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON, COLLABORATIVE EVENT. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR ATTENDANCE, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED! This training will include scenarios and presentations on novel concepts and research supporting public health and migration crises….
2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference
Join NDIA and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the 2025 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference. This event promises to deliver a platform for collaboration, innovation, and exploration of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)…
13th Annual SOF & Irregular Warfare Symposium
The 13th Annual SOF and Irregular Warfare Symposium will focus on the dynamic challenges of modern unconventional warfare. As state and nonstate actors continue to evolve their strategies, this year’s event will gather senior leaders…