March 11, 2010

Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM testifies before Senate Armed Service Committee

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command gave a "state of the commands" testimony March 11 in Washington, D.C. to the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gen. Gene Renuart outlined the missions of both NORAD and USNORTHCOM, and stated in his written testimony, “Every day,

March 3, 2010

NORAD and USNORTHCOM Public Affairs Workshop kicks off

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – More than 50 public affairs specialists from the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command componenets and subordinates as well as partner nations, met for the 2010 NORAD and USNORTHCOM Public Affairs Workshop here March 2.The three-day workshop brought together public affairs

Feb. 18, 2010

AFRCC assists in search for downed helicopter in West Virginia

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. –The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here coordinated efforts to locate a Navy helicopter from Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va., which crashed in a heavily wooded area near Lewisburg, W. Va., earlier this afternoon.At approximately 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time today, controllers at AFRCC received a signal from a beacon

Feb. 17, 2010

ARNORTH tests homeland defense unit

LAS VEGAS — U.S. Army North's Team B, West Division, Civil Support Training Activity, evaluated the Soldiers and Airmen of the Nevada National Guard’s 92nd Civil Support Team during a certification exercise Feb. 10 at the National Guard Readiness Center in Las Vegas.CSTs, such as the 92nd CST, are designed to assess hazards, advise civil

Feb. 16, 2010

AFRCC dispatches helos to missing hiker on Mount St. Helens

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here is working with officials from Washington State to locate a missing hiker who fell an estimated 1,500 feet while climbing the 8,364-foot mountain Monday.At approximately 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time Monday, the Washington State Emergency Management Department contacted

Feb. 8, 2010

USNORTHCOM, Air Force help Mexican army bring field kitchen to Haiti

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command coordinated with the Mexican Army and Air Force to load a Mexican Army field kitchen on board a U.S. Air Force C-5 at Santa Lucia Air Base, Mex., Feb. 6.  The field kitchen is bound for humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the area Jan. 12. The

Feb. 4, 2010

NORAD and USNORTHCOM support space shuttle launch

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command provide support to NASA and the shuttle program’s mission with distinctly different but important missions.NORAD—the bi-national command responsible for air defense of the North American air space—is ensuring airspace safety and security for

Feb. 4, 2010

U.S. NORTHCOM members continue to support humanitarian efforts in Haiti

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –Members of U.S. Northern Command continue to deploy in support of Operation Unified Response, the ongoing humanitarian relief effort in Haiti.U.S. military personnel were deployed to assist Haiti after the Caribbean island nation was all but destroyed by a 7.0 earthquake Jan. 12.“About 190 of our people are

Feb. 1, 2010

U.S. NORTHCOM augmentee works to restore hope in Haiti

Thursday was just another Colorado morning commute for David Eyre, on his way to his job as a mobilized engineer officer for the U.S. Northern Command Standing Joint Forces Headquarters Civil Engineer, instead of as the regional engineer for the Veterans Health Administration in Glendale, where he is employed as a federal civil service

Jan. 28, 2010

NGB, NORTHCOM discuss disaster response during hurricane workshop

TAMPA — The National Guard Bureau and U.S. Northern Command conducted their annual hurricane workshop Jan. 19-22 in downtown Tampa.Top Department of Defense, federal and state officials gathered together to discuss federal and state hurricane response plans. The gathering also provided them an avenue to make recommendations for any necessary

Jan. 28, 2010

JCG presents awards, shares vision during town hall meeting

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Lt. Gen. Guy Swan III, U.S. Army North commanding general, met with the Soldiers and Civilians of ARNORTH Jan. 25 during the quarterly Army North Town Hall Meeting at the Fort Sam Houston Golf Club.The town hall meeting was Swan’s first since he took command Dec. 15; during the gathering, he provided the Army North

Jan. 22, 2010

Sixth Annual Hurricane Conference attracts senior leaders

TAMPA, Fla. — Nearly 50 senior federal and military officials joined more than 300 attendees, today, at the 2010 National Guard Bureau and US Northern Command States Hurricane Workshop. The four-day workshop culminated with a public panel discussion by US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) commander, General Gene Renuart, Chief of the National

Jan. 21, 2010

Ensuring cyberspace safety, security no easy task; NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander discusses challenges

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. —The commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command spoke to cyberspace industry and government leaders about the safety and security of the cyberspace domain Jan. 14.U.S. Air Force Gen. Victor Renuart, Jr., told the crowd at the Defending America, CYBERSPACE 2010 Symposium in

Jan. 21, 2010

NORAD and USNORTHCOM train in Novel Strain

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command put their skills into practice during a pandemic exercise, which ran Jan. 11-14. Exercise NOVEL STRAIN is a USNORTHCOM Commander directed Tier 1 command post exercise focused on operations in a Pandemic Influenza environment. PI is a relatively

Jan. 19, 2010

Army North helps Haiti effort

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The U.S. Army North headquarters based here is supporting the U.S. Southern Command-led effort to bring relief to the people of Haiti. Army North is the Joint Force Land Component Command for U.S. Northern Command in the continental United States. “So far we have positioned Defense Coordinating Officials and their