This means that military training and operations continue as normal. The normal level of peacetime readiness, DEFCON 5 serves as the baseline for the military.
As of this moment our current military status is DEFCON 4. The DEFCON system prescribes graduated levels of readiness and states of alert and increases from levels of least to most severe.
The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert system used by the military United States. If you haven’t seen it check it out, its an oldie but a goodie. When I think of defcon levels I always think of the 1983 movie War Games.
