310 ◾ Risk Assessment and Security
sections present the main components and regulations of military support for
homeland and critical infrastructure security.
7.10 Requirement of Military Support for Critical
Infrastructure and Homeland Security
For over a century the United States military has focused on expeditionary warfare
overseas and, with the heightened concern about large-scale terrorism, has put in
eorts to involve the DoD more closely with federal, state, and local agencies in
their homeland security activities (Bowman 2003). In response to the increased
focus on homeland security, on October 1, 2002, the DoD activated a new combat-
ant command, the Northern Command (NORTHCOM) (Bowman 2003). e
DoD makes a distinction between “hom ...