March 28, 2012

Inaugural Trilateral Meeting of North American Defence Ministers

OTTAWA - The inaugural Trilateral Meeting of North American Defence Ministers was held March 27 in Ottawa. The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, hosted the Honourable Leon E. Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense, General Guillermo Galván Galván, Mexican Secretary of National Defence, and Admiral Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza,

March 14, 2012

NORAD, USNORTHCOM hold CBRN Summit

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are holding their annual Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Summit this week at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.The purpose of this year’s summit is to bring together Canadian and U.S. CBRN personnel from local, state, national and

March 6, 2012

Army North prepares for hurricane season

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - U.S. Army North is gearing up for hurricane season by preparing for a large-scale hurricane exercise at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.Military and federal exercise planners gathered here for a final planning conference to put the finishing touches on a hurricane scenario scheduled to take place May 2-9 as one

Feb. 24, 2012

USNORTHCOM, National Guard leaders: Partnerships key to domestic response

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Sharing a stage Wednesday at a domestic preparedness workshop that emphasizes partnerships, the chief of the National Guard Bureau and the combatant commander of U.S. Northern Command emphasized a whole-of-government, whole-of-community approach to responding to natural or manmade disasters."No one person or agency can do

Feb. 10, 2012

DHS Director of Operations to USNORTHCOM: We’re with you

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The Department of Homeland Security’s Director of the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning, Richard Chávez, toured U.S. Northern Command headquarters Feb. 7 and had a message to the men and women of USNORTHCOM.“We’re with you,” he said. “And you’re with us” in regards to our joint efforts to provide for

Jan. 24, 2012

NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander endorses bilateral agreements

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, Jr., commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, joined Lt.-Gen. Walter Semianiw, Canada Command commander, in Ottawa today to sign three key bilateral documents that further develop the combined defense and security of Canada and the U.S. Both commanders were in Ottawa to attend the

Jan. 17, 2012

Caldwell takes command of Army North, Fort Sam Houston

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV assumed command of U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and Fort Sam Houston before a gathering of fellow senior leaders, state and local government officials, family, service members and civilian partners Jan. 12 at Fort Sam Houston’s historic Quadrangle.Caldwell carries on a family legacy that

Jan. 12, 2012

Soldiers to construct new roads for Border Patrol

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. - Alaska-based engineers completed the first airborne operation into Fort Huachuca in more than a decade Jan. 6 in order to build a strip of roadway along the Mexican border.The 30 combat engineers deployed from Alaska to construct 0.7 miles of border road and lookout roadways, along with the required road drainage systems, in

Jan. 9, 2012

Florida governor, adjutant general visit 101st AOG

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The governor of Florida is to Florida Air National Guardsmen what the president of the United States is to active duty military: commander in chief. The Air National Guardsmen of the 101st Air and Space Operations Group, which provides the manning for the 601st Air and Space Operations Center, got to spend time with

Oct. 31, 2011

NORAD, USNORTHCOM to hold homeland defense, security exercise

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command annual Homeland Defense exercise is scheduled for Nov. 1-10. VIGILANT SHIELD 12 is a joint exercise supported by the Joint Coalition Warfare Center and conducted as a command post exercise with a supporting field training exercise in Key West.

Oct. 20, 2011

First combatant command academic chair established at National Defense University

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, with the National Defense University, recently established the first-ever combatant command academic chair at NDU. The NORAD and USNORTHCOM Academic Chair will provide guidance in the development of new courses, studies, workshops, research,

Oct. 13, 2011

National Capital Region Exercise Tests Urban Search and Rescue Response

FORT LESLEY J. MCNAIR, D.C. - More than 70 federal and non-federal agencies will participate in Joint Force Headquarters – National Capital Region’s Exercise Capital Shield 12, an annual joint training exercise October 18 and 19 at the former Lorton Youth Detention Center in Lorton, Va. These scenarios will be taking place in the air and on the

Sept. 15, 2011

CSM Winzenried assumes top enlisted post at NORAD, USNORTHCOM

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Army Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Winzenried assumed the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command’s top enlisted post today in a ceremony at the commands’ headquarters Sept. 15.Winzenried succeeds Command Chief Master Sgt. Allen Usry, who retired after 29 years of service in the same

Sept. 15, 2011

USNORTHCOM continues support to wildfire suppression efforts

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Six Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting in the efforts to control fires in both Texas and the Northwest United States at the request of the National

Sept. 14, 2011

Jacoby: Guard most important partner to NORAD, NORTHCOM missions

MILWAUKEE - Teaming with the National Guard is at the core of his new duty position, said Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, Jr. here last month.The newest commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command said he is a full-spectrum supporter of the National Guard at the 133rd General Conference of the National