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McConnell AFB entrance displaying THREATCON DELTA on the day of the 9/11 attacks. In United States military security parlance, the force protection condition (FPCON for short) is a counter-terrorist (otherwise known as antiterrorism (AT for short)) [1]:1 threat system employed by the United States Department of Defense.
INFOCON (short for information operations condition) is a threat level system in the United States similar to that of FPCON. It is a defense system based primarily on the status of information systems and is a method used by the military to defend against a computer network attack.
REDCON-1: Full alert; unit ready to move and fight.. WMD alarms and hot loop equipment [2] stowed; OPs pulled in. (A hot loop is a field telephone circuit between the subunits of a company.)
DEFCON levels. The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. [1] [2] For security reasons, the US military does not announce a DEFCON level to the public.
An alert state or state of alert is an indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces for military action or a state against natural disasters, terrorism or military attack.
A look at where the various court cases against President-elect Donald Trump stand, and how they may — or may not — be affected by his taking the oath of office on Jan. 20.
Two of New York City’s firefighter unions are slamming the newly implemented $9 congestion toll plan, saying Sunday that it will likely hurt response times — which “could mean a difference ...
A unified combatant command, also referred to as a combatant command (CCMD), is a joint military command of the United States Department of Defense that is composed of units from two or more service branches of the United States Armed Forces, and conducts broad and continuing missions. [1]