March 22, 2011

USNORTHCOM announces Operation Pacific Passage

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Operation Pacific Passage is the U.S.Northern Command led voluntary return of military family members from Japan in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11.U.S. Army North Defense Coordinating Elements, lead by a Defense Coordinating Officer, in FEMA Regions IX and X have

March 22, 2011

AFNORTH EPLOs deploy in support of voluntary evacuation from Japan

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate has deployed two emergency preparedness liaison officers in support of the voluntary authorized departure of military dependents from Japan to the U.S., and is poised to support with others if tasked. The military assisted departure of U.S.

March 22, 2011

US Army North supports voluntary return of military dependents from Japan into Travis Air Force Base

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Eligible family members, who voluntarily departed Japan, will arrive at Travis Air Force Base starting early 22 March aboard chartered military flights. The airlift to Travis Air Force Base becomes the second U.S. arrival location for these flights after Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which has had flights arriving

March 21, 2011

Military family members arrive in Seattle from Japan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - About 200 military family members arrived March 19 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Wash., after leaving Japan voluntarily, U.S. Army North officials said.The family members left Yokota, Japan, aboard a government-chartered airplane, Col. Wayne Shanks, an Army North spokesman, told American Forces Press Service in a phone

March 19, 2011

US Army North supports voluntary return of military dependents from Japan

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Approximately 200 eligible family members, who voluntarily departed Yokota, Japan, will arrive at Seattle Tacoma International Airport 19 March at approximately 10 a.m. (local) aboard a regularly scheduled chartered military flight. The families and several pets will be met by military representatives from U.S. Army –

March 10, 2011

Army North gears up for Vibrant Response 11.1

MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - Members of U. S. Army North are converging on central and southern Indiana to conduct and participate in U. S. Northern Command’s Vibrant Response 11.1 exercise March 11-19. The exercise revolves around a scenario in which an improvised radiological dispersing device, or “dirty bomb,” spreads radioactive

March 8, 2011

US, Canada join forces to rescue aircraft crash survivor

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Coordinating assets to search for missing and downed aircraft is just another day on the job for the Airmen of the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base. What isn’t so typical is when those assets have to be coordinated with Canadian forces for a cross-border search and rescue

March 7, 2011

Guard, NORTHCOM leadership concept will improve disaster responses

ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard’s relationship with U.S. Northern Command has always been of the utmost importance Navy Adm. James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr., combatant commander, said here last week.“One of the biggest goals I had coming into this job was to dramatically improve the relationship,” he told senior Guard officer and enlisted leaders

March 4, 2011

US Army North supports voluntary return of military dependents from Japan into Denver International Airport

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Eligible family members, who voluntarily departed Japan, will arrive at Denver International Airport starting today aboard chartered military flights. The airlift to Denver becomes the third U.S. arrival location for these flights after Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Travis Air Force Base which has had flights

March 4, 2011

NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander visits JTF North

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,

March 1, 2011

Senior leaders converge at Tyndall to ‘sharpen the spear’

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - When an organization has as many moving parts as Tyndall’s Component Numbered Air Force does, keeping those parts running smoothly takes a certain amount of finesse. And because most of those parts are scattered throughout the United States, smooth operation is even trickier. So to keep the parts running smoothly,

Feb. 23, 2011

NORAD, USNORTHCOM announce military and civilian reductions

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command announce today that the commands will be reducing overall U.S. manning by 40 military and 39 civilian positions. This re-shaping, the first since the stand-up of USNORTHCOM in 2002, is intended to better align personnel resources against mission

Feb. 22, 2011

NORAD, USNORTHCOM support space shuttle launch

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, through the Continental NORAD Region and Air Forces Northern, will provide support to the NASA space shuttle mission scheduled to launch Feb. 24.CONR will ensure airspace safety and security for the Space Transportation System-133 launch and

Feb. 11, 2011

Historic firsts for AFNORTH sergeants lead to distinguished honors

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - It had all the markings of a historic event – with firsts on several fronts.As well it should; it was a historic event.At a ceremony held Jan. 28, two Air Forces Northern technical sergeants were the first-ever U.S. Airmen to graduate from the Canadian Intermediate Leadership Program at the Canadian Forces College,

Feb. 11, 2011

NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander visits Bahamian school

NASSAU, The Bahamas - The commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command spoke to students at the Simpson Penn Center for Boys Feb. 9 and donated $3,000 in sports equipment to the rehabilitation center. The visit was made as part of a two-day visit to the island nation to discuss ongoing bilateral efforts to