April 24, 2008

NORAD, USNORTHCOM host Reserve Forces Policy Board

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Integrating Reserve component and active-duty personnel in the staffs of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command is a critical component in the commands’ success, said the chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board during a visit to the commands’ headquarters last week.The Reserve Forces

April 15, 2008

Space-based capabilities ‘critical’ to NORAD, USNORTHCOM missions

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Whether tracking wildfires in California or missile launches in North Korea, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command count on space-based technologies to conduct their missions, said Gen. Gene Renuart at last week’s 24th National Space Symposium.“Whether it’s things like search and rescue or

April 14, 2008

Canada’s Minister of Defence visits NORAD, USNORTHCOM

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Canada's Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, visited North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command headquarters here April 11 and acknowledged the critical role NORAD plays in preserving the relationship

April 14, 2008

USNORTHCOM contributes pandemic flu contingency planning expertise to trilateral workshop

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Rules, regulations and red tape can make traveling from one country to another tedious and time-consuming for people. Diseases, on the other hand, can cross borders without passports, visas or even reservations.That ease of movement, combined with modern transportation that can move people from one hemisphere to

April 10, 2008

USNORTHCOM, DHS refine relationship

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Northern Command plan to refine their existing intelligence relationship, said the top DHS intelligence official during a recent visit to USNORTHCOM headquarters.“We have a number of areas where we’ve already agreed that we will begin new initiatives together, where we

March 28, 2008

JTF North mission helps secure southwest border

A group of Soldiers in Texas recently helped secure the United States-Mexico border and train for deployment to Iraq at the same time, thanks to a mission coordinated by Joint Task Force North.The Soldiers of the Fort Hood, Texas-based 3rd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, volunteered to perform an aerial reconnaissance support operation along the

March 21, 2008

USNORTHCOM hosts Hurricane Preparation Conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Heavy snow may have been falling outside, but the men and women gathered inside a conference room here in mid-March had another kind of severe weather on their minds."Hurricanes are predictable; we know they're going to come," said the adjutant general of North Carolina, Army Maj. Gen. William Ingram. "We don't know

March 12, 2008

USNORTHCOM to host Hurricane Preparation Conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command will host more than 50 representatives from military and civilian agencies during the third annual Hurricane Preparation Conference March 13-14 at Peterson Air Force Base.USNORTHCOM is charged with coordinating Department of Defense disaster relief efforts and is working with other agencies to

March 12, 2008

USNORTHCOM works toward greater jointness in civil support operations

Jointness is the way of the future for civil support operations, said the four-star commander in charge of homeland defense and civil support in the continental United States.Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of U.S. Northern Command, spoke about the way ahead for civil support operations on March 4 while addressing more than 600 attendees of

March 11, 2008

NEADS, AWACS link up for integration training

ROME, N.Y. - An E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft from the 552nd Air Control Wing based at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., landed at the Oneida County Airport in Rome, N.Y., for integration training with controllers at the Northeast Air Defense Sector Monday.During the weeklong visit, the aircrew toured the Sector

March 11, 2008

NORAD, USNORTHCOM host Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- We live in a real time of change, said the four-star chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during a March 10 visit to the headquarters of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command."I don't think there's a command in the United States of America that is more representative of that than

Feb. 26, 2008

NORAD and USNORTHCOM roles in satellite shoot-down

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Personnel stationed at North American Aerospace Defense Command here were an integral part of the network of land-, air-, sea- and spaced-based sensors used to monitor and confirm the U.S. military intercept of a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbit before entering

Feb. 14, 2008

NORAD, USNORTHCOM host senior enlisted military leaders

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command hosted a visit this week from several dozen servicemembers enrolled in the Keystone command senior enlisted leader course.All of the Keystone fellows either currently hold or will soon hold positions in joint assignments."As time has progressed

Feb. 14, 2008

U.S. Northern Command, Canada Command establish new bilateral Civil Assistance Plan

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Canadian Air Force Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, commander of Canada Command, have signed a Civil Assistance Plan that allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil

Feb. 1, 2008

USNORTHCOM’s official response to Commission on National Guard and Reserves Final Report

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- U.S. Northern Command’s primary mission is Homeland Defense, and the command stands ready to respond to any homeland defense or civil support mission requirement.“The U.S. military absolutely has the capacity to respond to potential threats within our nation today. It will get better in this coming year and