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File photo: The boundaries between traditional cyber threats and traditional electronic warfare threats have blurred. The Integrated Cyber and Electronic Warfare program at the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center looks to leverage cyber and electronic warfare capabilities as an integrated system to increase situational awareness of commanders. Army illustration

Aug. 11, 2016

DoD Releases Update of Manual Governing Defense Intelligence Activities

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has released an update of procedures, first published in 1982, that govern the conduct of DoD intelligence activities.

A communications radar unit operated by the 264th Combat Communications Squadron stands ready during Exercise Northern Strike at the Combat Training Readiness Center in Alpena, Mich., on Aug. 9, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan.

Aug. 11, 2016

Air Guard units provide critical communications link for Northern Strike exercise

GRAYLING, Mich. - Squadrons of Airmen from Illinois and Utah are providing the communications backbone for Northern Strike 2016. The 264th Combat Communications Squadron from Peoria, Illinois, is providing the communications hardware and infrastructure support for the exercise, operating from three locations at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center and the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in northern Michigan.

NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, Gen. Lori Robinson and the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, pause in front of the 9/11 Memorial at the headquarters prior to the Minister receiving briefings on the commands’ missions during his visit to Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 8, 2016.

Aug. 9, 2016

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs visits NORAD, NORTHCOM

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, Gen. Lori Robinson and the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, pause in front of the 9/11 Memorial in front of the headquarters, prior to the Minister receiving briefings on the commands’ missions during his visit here in Colorado Springs, Colo., August 8, 2016.

Aug. 5, 2016

SBIRS GEO Flight 3 Arrives in Florida, Prepares for October Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla — The U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems program completed a major program milestone on Aug. 2, successfully delivering a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite Flight 3 to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Gen. Lori Robinson (left), Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, meets with members of the Customs and Border Protection with Joint Task Force - West in Tucson, Arizona, July 21, 2016. Gen. Robinson was briefed on the mission and challenges on the U.S. border. She also toured the U.S. southern border via helicopter. NORTHCOM is a mission partner with the CBP. Joint Task Force – West (JTF-W) is part of the Department of Homeland Security's Southern Border and Approaches Campaign Plan. This joint task force structure focuses cross-departmental and integrated counter-network operations on strategic objectives across four geographical corridors. Area networks within the JTF-W Joint Operating Area include supporting components, Department of Defense Commands, International, State, Local, and Tribal entities. JTF-W efforts are designed to extend the border and institutionalize an asymmetric operational agility, effectiveness, and impact against targeted Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO) networks.

Aug. 5, 2016

Southern Border Visit

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson, commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, travelled the Southern U.S. Border visiting NORTHCOM mission partners and units July 19-21, 2016. She received mission briefs and aerial tours in Texas and Arizona.

U.S. Strategic Command

Aug. 5, 2016

U.S., South Korea, Japan Discuss Recent North Korean Missile Launches

WASHINGTON — Representatives of the United States, South Korea and Japan conducted a senior-level videoconference to share information regarding two recent North Korean missile launches.

U.S. Strategic Command

Aug. 5, 2016

U.S., South Korea, Japan Discuss Recent North Korean Missile Launches

WASHINGTON — Representatives of the United States, South Korea and Japan conducted a senior-level videoconference to share information regarding two recent North Korean missile launches.

Maj. Gen. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, provides an overview of 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Inf. Div., capabilities to the Fifth Army Inter-American Relations Program delegation July 21 at Fort Riley. “FIARP is an annual Headquarters, Department of the Army-funded weeklong program established after World War II. The goal of the program is to enhance Army-to-army relations, increase interoperability and exchange ideas.

Aug. 5, 2016

Inter-American relations program benefit Mexico, U.S. militaries

Lt. Gen. Perry L. Wiggins, commanding general of U.S. Army North and Fifth Army, hosted a U.S. Military and Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional delegation in Kansas City, Kansas, as part of the 70th Fifth Army Inter-American Relations Program July 18 to 22. The visit included a stop at Fort Riley to meet with 1st Infantry Division Soldiers.

Buckley Fire Department members demonstrate the process and importance of responding to hazardous material incidents Aug. 2, 2016 on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. The Emergency Operations Center Director Course students were briefed on how damaging different hazardous materials can become if not addressed safely and appropriately. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Holden S. Faul/ Released)

Aug. 4, 2016

EOC Director Course comes to Buckley

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Buckley Air Force Base is hosting the Emergency Operations Center Director Course from August 2-5. Individuals attending the course are stationed at various locations throughout the Air Force, ranging from civilian to colonel.

Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Thompson, with the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing, stands in front of a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., which is equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, July 26, 2016. DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

Aug. 4, 2016

Reserve Airmen Stand Ready to Help Fight Wildfires

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Thompson describes being at the controls of an aircraft carrying the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, during a firefighting operation.

Soldiers with the 2nd Infantry Division rest on military cots during their deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in June 2010. DLA Troop Support's Construction and Equipment supply chain provides military cots for warfighters and for disaster relief operations, and sent 400 to Alaska for use during a training exercise this summer.

Aug. 4, 2016

C&E provides cots for Alaska exercise, maintains stock for humanitarian relief

PHILADELPHIA — Unshouldering a heavy pack and stretching onto a military cot can be a small but welcome comfort for warfighters after traveling by air for hours. Hundreds of soldiers had that modest amenity available to them as they arrived for the Arctic Anvil exercise in Alaska this summer, thanks to Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support.

Federal employees need to be aware of legal restrictions on their political activity.

Aug. 4, 2016

Hatch Act outlines restrictions on political activity by federal employees

With the 2016 election season in full swing, people are getting involved in political activities and supporting their favorite party or candidate. However, federal employees need to be aware of legal restrictions on their political activity set forth in the Hatch Act.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter administers the oath of office to incoming National Guard Bureau chief Air National Guard Gen. Joseph Lengyel, Aug. 3, 2016, at the National Guard Bureau change of responsiblity ceremony at the Pentagon.

Aug. 3, 2016

Lengyel becomes 28th chief of National Guard Bureau

Citizen-warriors and the entire National Guard family are vital to the security of the United States, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at the National Guard Bureau change-of-responsibility ceremony at the Pentagon today.

NORAD Deputy Commander, Lt.-Gen Pierre St-Amand, speaks at the U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium panel July 27, 2016, in Omaha, NE. The symposium drew from academic, government, military and international experts to explore a broad range of deterrence issues and thinking during a single event.

Aug. 3, 2016

Deterrence Symposium

Peterson AFB, Colo. — NORAD Deputy Commander, Lt.-Gen Pierre St-Amand, speaks at the U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium panel July 27, 2016, in Omaha, NE.

A 302nd Airlift Wing Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130H departs Peterson Air Force Base early Aug. 3, 2016 enroute Boise Tanker Base, Idaho. MAFFS was activated to assist with U.S. Forest Service fire fighting efforts in the Western states. (U.S. Air Force photo/Daniel Butterfield)

Aug. 3, 2016

MAFFS C-130s to assist firefighting efforts

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Military C-130s equipped with a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System departed to support ongoing aerial fire fighting efforts in the Western U.S.