U.S. military forces are authorized under certain conditions to provide assistance to U.S. civil authorities for disasters, catastrophes, infrastructure protection, and other emergencies. This assistance is known as _____ within the defense community because the assistance will always be in support of a lead Federal agency.

Respuesta :

Answer: civil support

Explanation:

The United States military may be petitioned by a federal agency, although they are called only to provide support, not to be the lead. 

The process is called Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), and it allows military assets and staff to be assigned to tasks of civil authorities, such as law enforcement assistance, and natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.