Photo by Tech Sgt. Joe Laws
Acting SECDEF visits NORAD and USNORTHCOM
U.S. Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan discuss a Homeland Defense exercise at the command’s headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 9, 2019. During his visit, Secretary Shanahan held discussions with Command leadership concerning Homeland Defense and the unique bi-national relationship between the U.S. and Canada.
National strategic relationships on the table at recent local Colorado Springs engagement
U.S. Air Force Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy, Commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, and Royal Canadian Air Force LGen Christopher Coates, Deputy Commander of NORAD, (seated closest to podium) discuss national strategic relationships with local and state government as well as community leaders during the U.S. and Canada Defense Partnership dinner Jan. 29. The dinner was hosted by the Consul General of Canada, in cooperation with the Governor of Colorado, the Mayor of Colorado Springs, El Pomar Foundation, The Colorado Thirty Group and the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab. (U.S. Air Force photo/MSgt John Gordinier)
Various missions encompass USNORTHCOM's support to CBP
Military Police units have conducted more than 10,000 man-hours of unit training, real world operations and combined rehearsals with their U.S. and Customs and Border Protection counterparts at ports of entry in California, Arizona and Texas since the beginning of U.S. Northern Command's support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection began Oct. 31, 2018.
USNORTHCOM support to CBP along the Southwest Border continues
A Soldier with the 297th Inland Cargo Transfer Company directs a forklift operator to line up containers to block lanes at the Mariposa Point at Nogales, Ariz., recently. The Soldiers performed the training after the POE was closed to avoid holding up traffic. U.S. Northern Command is tasked with providing military forces to support the mission of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southwest border of the United States. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf, 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element)
USNORTHCOM Comander talks importance of homeland defense with Colorado Community leaders
Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, delivers the keynote speech at the Colorado Thirty Group community luncheon Jan. 10, 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colo. O’Shaughnessy outlined homeland defense initiatives taking place across the nation, and explained how defending the homeland is USNORTHCOM’s Number One priority.
Security Cooperation an important ARNORTH mission
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, Commanding General of U.S. Army North, and members of his senior staff, met with Mexico experts Jan. 29, 2019 from the University of Texas at Austin for a roundtable discussion hosted by The LBJ School of Public Affairs. ARNORTH is the Army component of U.S. Northern Command, the combatant command established Oct. 1, 2002 to provide command and control of Department of Defense homeland defense efforts and to coordinate defense support of civil authorities. Located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, ARNORTH’s mission is to conduct homeland defense, civil support operations and theater security cooperation activities.