3-26. Security sector reform is a comprehensive set of programs and activities undertaken by a host nation to improve the way it provides safety, security, and justice (JP 3-07). Security sector reform (SSR) is an umbrella term that addresses beneficial security reforms for a host nation. A host-nation government undertakes SSR to improve rule of law, security, and stability. SSR includes whole-of-government programs to cultivate the following reform programs: disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration; defense and other security forces ministerial-level advising; rule of law (for example, constitutional reform); civilian management and oversight; justice, police, corrections, border management; intelligence reform; strategic defense planning system; and establishment of security and stability as needed. In SSR, Army forces primarily support reforming, restructuring, or reestablishing the armed forces and the defense sector across the range of military operations. The establishment of border police, coast guard, and customs officials is integral to SSR. Border control seeks to prevent illicit activities, such as the arms trade, human trafficking, smuggling, and insurgent transit. SSR recognizes the interdependence of the security sector with institutional reform and rule of law. (See JP 3-07 and FM 3-07 for more detailed discussions of security sector reform.)