“Coordination between military units and civilian organizations, and the channeling of civilian requests for military assistance are undoubtedly two of the major problems in military-civilian relations during natural disaster. These problems, along with the problem of authority…have to be resolved, however, if effective military assistance is to be accomplished. There are a number of factors that are responsible for such problems. Among the main ones are: (1) the failure of civilian officials to understand and appreciate military structure and operations, and similarly (2) the less frequent failure of military authorities to comprehend and to accept the manner in which civilian organizations are structured and how they operate, and (3) the absence in many cases of any viable civilian means for coordinating and integrating the activities of the numerous groups and organizations -- both civilian and military -- that assume emergency tasks”. (Anderson, Military-Civilian Relations in Disaster Operations, 1968, p. 31) (4) “Local community officials often find it particularly upsetting and frustrating when they find they have to move through a state hierarchy first, and then through a federal organization before they can acquire military disaster assistance”. (Anderson, Military-Civilian Relations, 1968, 33) (5) “Sometimes community officials do not know what resources are available at the local level… Thus, valuable time and effort may be lost because civilians request and receive military assistance which could have been acquired more easily from local sources. This problem is particularly prone to occur in communities with poor disaster planning”. (Anderson, 1968, 36) (6) “The issuance of vague requests for assistance by civilian officials may hinder a rapid response by the military”. (Anderson, Military-Civilian Relations, 1968, 36) (7) “It can be said as a general rule that in a community-wide disaster, when official executive authority is not exercised -- either as a result of abdication, physical incapacitation, or absence of the legitimate incumbent of the positions having executive authority -- considerable pressure is generated for other officials to assume authority. When this void occurs in the civilian sphere, the pressure goes over to the military "to do something."…. The absence of an effective community organization and authority structure through which military units can work and give support poses a serious problem for them”. (Anderson, Military-Civilian Relations, 1968, 41-42)