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April 12, 2021

4th Infantry Division Soldiers Round Off Vaccination Support at historic first DOD-supported vaccine site

The 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, deployed approximately 220 Soldiers to Los Angeles to assist the state of California and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in administering COVID-19 vaccinations to members of the Los Angeles community from Feb. 16 to April 11, at the California State University Los Angeles Community Vaccination Center. The site was the first vaccination site to receive support from active-duty service members.

April 9, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA at four new locations

At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 560 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota and Oklahoma to support federal vaccination efforts in partnership with the states.

April 6, 2021

U.S. Northern Command executes the second in a series of Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE)

The second in a series of Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE) took place March 22-23, 2021, and was designed to enable cross-combatant command collaboration to generate globally integrated effects using artificial intelligence enabled information. 

April 2, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA at three new locations

At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 420 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Maryland, Tennessee and Wisconsin to support state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers.

April 1, 2021

Exercise Reveals Advantages Artificial Intelligence Gives in All-Domain Ops

A global information dominance exercise showed the tremendous advantages the Defense Department would realize by applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to all-domain information, Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said.

April 1, 2021

Deter in Competition, Deescalate in Crisis, and Defeat in Conflict

As the world’s security environment has evolved over time, our legacy systems have become increasingly challenged, even as our attention drifted away from the possibility of major conflict, especially the possibility of conflict in North America.

March 30, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA at five new locations

At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 860 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel deployed to Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia, and will deploy to Indiana and Missouri, to support state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers.

March 29, 2021

Peterson Airmen support Florida community members

U.S. Air Force Captain Stephanie McIlwraith promised herself she would never return to Florida after her mother’s funeral in August of 2020. Earlier that year, just as the nation began to implement COVID-19 restrictions, McIlwraith’s mother was diagnosed with cancer.

March 25, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA in Washington

At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 100 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Washington to support a state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Center.

March 17, 2021

64th AEG provides vaccination support to FEMA in Michigan

At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 220 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Michigan to support a state-run, federally supported community vaccination center.

March 16, 2021

USNORTHCOM-USSOUTHCOM Commander's Joint Press Briefing Remarks

Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, U.S. Northern Command commander, and Navy Adm. Craig S. Faller, U.S. Southern Command commander, briefed the news media at the Pentagon, March 16, 2021.

March 16, 2021

99th Medical Group deploys in response to COVID-19

Members of the 99th Medical Group were deployed to California at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of California in response to a surge of COVID-19 patients, Jan. 7 to Feb. 13, 2021.

March 16, 2021

NORAD-USNORTHCOM Commander's Senate Armed Services Committee Statement

Statement of General Glen VanHerck, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, before the Senate Armed Services Committee, March 16, 2021.

March 15, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA in Michigan

At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 220 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Michigan to support a state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Center.

March 15, 2021

COMMANDER NORAD and USNORTHCOM releases Strategic Vision

Today, General Glen VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command (NORAD and USNORTHCOM) released his strategic vision for the future and his priorities for ensuring the defense of the United States and Canada.