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News | March 4, 2011

NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander visits JTF North

By Armando Carrasco

FORT BLISS, Texas - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, visited Joint Task Force North, the USNORTHCOM element tasked with providing Department of Defense counter-transnational threat support to the nation’s federal law enforcement agencies, March 3.

While at Fort Bliss, Texas, the Winnefeld also met with officials at the El Paso Intelligence Center. JTF North supports the local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies that conduct operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration facility.