Department of Defense "Active, Layered Defense" for the Homeland, Civil Support
Department of Defense "Active, Layered Defense" for the Homeland, Civil Support : "The Department of Defense's approach to homeland defense and civil support is guided by the concept of an "active, layered defense". The strategy focuses on four strata: the forward regions, the approaches, the global commons, and the homeland. DOD's objective in the forward regions-foreign lands, airspace, and waters-consists of deterring and preventing attacks. Its objective for the approaches-the means of access from the forward regions to the homeland, including Canadian and Mexican territory and those waters and airspace contiguous to the homeland-consists of detecting, deterring, and defeating threats en route to the United States. For the global commons-international waters and airspace, space beyond Earth's atmosphere, and cyberspace-DOD's objective is to continue to be able to operate effectively within it. Finally, in the homeland DOD focuses on deterring and defeating direct attacks on the United States, supporting civilian law enforcement and counterterrorism activities, and supporting civil authorities by providing critical chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) consequence management capabilities". 14 (Commission on the National Guard and Reserves, Transitioning, 2008, p. B-5 (390 of 448))
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