June 13, 2008

USNORTHCOM supports FEMA in Midwest flooding relief

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command, at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is deploying a Defense Coordinating Officer and a Defense Coordinating Element to FEMA Regions V and VII to assess the impact of flood conditions in the Midwest and to identify Department of Defense assets that could be used to assist

June 10, 2008

Gates addresses Air Force personnel at Peterson Air Force Base

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates addressed the men and women of Air Force Space Command here today, discussing the recent upheaval in the Air Force’s senior leadership.“By now, you all know about my decision to accept the resignations of Secretary Wynne and General Moseley,” Gates began.“I have asked the

May 20, 2008

NORAD, USNORTHCOM announce 1st quarter award winners

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command recognized their top performers for January-March 2008 during a May 16 awards ceremony at the commands' headquarters on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.Lt.-Gen. Charlie Bouchard, deputy NORAD commander, Lt. Gen. Glenn Webster, deputy USNORTHCOM

May 13, 2008

NORAD, USNORTHCOM open integrated command center

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command unveiled their new integrated command center in a ceremony today attended by dignitaries from both Canada and the United States.The command center opening coincided with NORAD’s 50-year anniversary of the partnership between Canada and the United

May 9, 2008

NORAD, USNORTHCOM wrap up participation in NLE 2-08

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Personnel at the North American Aerospace Command and U.S. Northern Command wrapped up their participation in National Level Exercise 2-08 Thursday.NLE 2-08 was a National Level Exercise in which the Department of Homeland Security had the overall lead for the exercise.Much of the planning and coordination for the

April 28, 2008

NORAD, USNORTHCOM to train in national exercise

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command will exercise their response abilities to a variety of events during an intensive eight-day national level exercise in May.National Level Exercise 2-08 will run May 1-8 and will exercise national capabilities to prepare and respond to multiple

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