The Role of the Maritime Defense Zone in the 21st Century

Abstract

Commander maritime Defense Zone Atlantic (MDZLANT) and Commander maritime Defense Zone Pacific (MDZPAC) asked CNA to study the evolving role of their commands in the 21st century. In particular, we were asked to look into the 'new' mission of homeland defense and its relationship to the overseas missions that the Maritime Defense Zone (MDZ) is also involved with. This annotated briefing introduces the MDZ, naval coastal warfare (NCW), and the issues that prompted this study, and traces the history of the MDZ to understand how it got where it is today. Based on the background information, we analyze the characteristics and roles of MDZ and of NCW. The relationship between these two communities is central to our analysis. The new issue of homeland defense and the relationship between MDZ and the Coast Guard in that mission are explained, and some alternative directions for the future of MDZ are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA391872

Entities

People

  • Karen D. Smith
  • Nancy F. Nugent

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Protection
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Port Security
  • Second World War
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.