Accession Number:

ADA419971

Title:

DoD Roles and Missions in Homeland Security. Volume 1

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept.

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Pilling, Don
• Latham, Don

Report Date:

2003-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

129.0

Abstract:

The United States faces stealthy adversaries who have demonstrated both motives and means to inflict grave damage on the U.S. homeland. The nations strategy in response to this type of adversary is clear engage the threat as far as possible from the U.S. homeland, on its turf. This approach requires a multi-agency government effort, with the Department of Defense DoD playing a major role. A capability to protect the homeland is a necessary complement to the capability of strategic reach against these asymmetric threats. However, the challenges of homeland protection are complex. There are so many assets to protect, so many modes of attack available to adversaries, and so many organizations federal, state, local, and private involved that, understandably, both the conceptual thinking and the capabilities required are still immature.

Descriptors:

• *HOMELAND SECURITY
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• MILITARY STRATEGY
• THREATS
• ATTACK
• HOMELAND DEFENSE

Subject Categories:

• Civil Defense
• Military Intelligence

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE