This week’s readings covered the concepts of homeland security and homeland defense in relationship to the establishment of national security. Applying the information you gathered from those readings, and your personal/professional experiences, please respond to the following, using the readings to support your response as needed.

• Describe the concept of homeland security and its relationship to homeland defense and national security.

Articles for this week’s assignment:

Department of Homeland Security. National Preparedness Task Force. (2006). Civil defense and homeland security: A short history of national preparedness efforts. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. http://www.iaem.com/documents/DHSCivilDefense-HSShortHistory.pdf

“Who’s in Charge?” New Challenges in Homeland Defense and Homeland Security http://www.hsaj.org/articles/173

U.S. President. (2001). Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2001-10-10/pdf/01-25677.pdf

Reese. S. (2013). Defining Homeland Security: Analysis and Congressional Considerations.Congressional Research Service. Washington, DC: Office of Congressional Information and Publishing https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42462.pdf

Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 350 words.

Please respond to at least 2 other students. Responses should be a minimum of 150 words to each student and include direct questions.

Forum posts are graded on timeliness, relevance, knowledge of the weekly readings, and the quality of original ideas. Sources utilized to support answers are to be cited in accordance with the APA writing style by providing a general parenthetical citation (reference the author, year and page number) within your post. Refer to grading rubric for additional details concerning grading criteria.

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