Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious, fatal prion disease of deer and elk that continues to emerge in new locations.
Our militaryâs highest priority is to defend the United States, says Bush's 2002 National Security Strategy. In its own words, the mission of the Department of Defense (DoD) is To provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of the United States.. Protecting us while we're sleeping at home in our bedsâand also defending our freedomsâthis is what we were taught the military does.
(a) It is the intent of Congress to provide an Army that is capable, in conjunction with the other armed forces, of . (1) preserving the peace and security, and providing for the defense, of the United States, the Territories, Commonwealths, and possessions, and any areas occupied by the United States;