The Domestic Military Assistance Task is a matter of complex relations among Slovenian public opinion, Slovenian Army, defence actors in rescue and protection, and official state policy. The participation of Slovenian military in rescue and protection operations at home is one of its most important sources of social legitimacy and public support for this task is longstanding. Operational problems regarding the more effective use of the military in such operations are caused by the exclusivist approach to such missions during the early years of the modern Slovenian Army, and by competition with other actors that participate in rescue and protection units and operations on more professional basis.