HLS 6050: Strategies for Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authority

2013/2005 Strategies for Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authority
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2013/2005 Strategies for Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authority
Both strategies for homeland defense and defense support of civil authority are rich documents that provide insights into the thinking of the United States government; especially, regarding its security (Winslow, 2013). They reveal the roadmap to the success of homeland security in defending the U.S. Inconsistent with the earlier strategy (the 2005 strategy), the 2013 approach shows a sigh of progress in some themes. For instance, it confirms the peculiarity between homeland defense as principal task and security support for authorities as a subsidiary undertaking (Panetta, 2013). The other area in which the guide demonstrates progress is in the scheme for employing the nation’s military resources for roles within the country. Additionally, the 2013 strategy accentuates the use of ‘dual-status commanders’-federal officers or state national guardsmen who are given the power to command both federal militaries and national guards in the time of crisis. The new strategy also prioritizes the military support to home CBRNE(Goss, 2016).
Lastly, the procedures are similar in one way or the other, for instance, they both point out timely and effective...