Oct. 13, 2006

JTF-CS assists Fuertes Defensas 2006

Joint Task Force Civil Support’s Joint Technical Augmentation Cell traveled recently to U.S. Southern Command in Miami to support USSOUTHCOM’s Joint Planning Group during exercise Fuertes Defensas 2006.According to Lt. Col. Stephen Hall, JTAC Chief, FD06 was a command post planning exercise with a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Foreign

Oct. 12, 2006

NORAD – aircraft complete mission; return to home base after NYC crash

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Approximately four hours after NORAD completed its combat air patrol mission in response to an aircraft crash into a building in New York City yesterday, fighter aircraft returned to their home bases.Only minutes after the crash, NORAD scrambled several fighter and support aircraft to cities on the East and West

Oct. 11, 2006

NORAD fighters scramble in response to NYC crash

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command fighter aircraft scrambled minutes after an aircraft crashed into a building this afternoon in New York City. Numerous fighters and support aircraft, including Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and tankers, remain airborne over many U.S. and Canadian cities and will

Oct. 11, 2006

USNORTHCOM reassures Colorado Senator about Cheyenne Mountain

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, hosted U.S. Senator Wayne Allard, (R-Colo.) which included a tour of the command center at NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters Friday, Oct. 6.Keating discussed with Allard plans to relocate daily operations at the

Oct. 4, 2006

DHS official promotes new “culture of preparedness”

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The nation needs to create a new culture of preparedness, according to George W. Foresman, under secretary for the Preparedness Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security.Foresman addressed a crowd of hundreds at the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort Tuesday during the 2006 Homeland Defense Symposium, sponsored by the

Oct. 2, 2006

USNORTHCOM hosts elite response team leaders

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- In the homeland defense community, these are people you'd be happy to have as neighbors. Col. Michael Campbell and Sgt. Maj. Thomas Murphy have spent the last year and a half learning everything there is to know about the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (aka CBIRF, pronounced SEE-burf). Campbell and

Oct. 2, 2006

U.S. Northern Command reflects on fourth birthday

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command observed its fourth birthday Monday with a cake-cutting ceremony as headquarters personnel gathered to reflect on the events from which the command was born. “From time to time you ought to go look at that wall,” said Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Inge, USNORTHCOM deputy commander, referring to the

Sept. 27, 2006

USNORTHCOM to celebrate fourth birthday

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command will observe its fourth birthday Monday, Oct. 2, with a cake-cutting ceremony at its headquarters. USNORTHCOM became operational Oct. 1, 2002, although the Department of Defense began reviewing the need for a homeland defense combatant command within weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist

Sept. 27, 2006

JTF-CS studies Fort Lewis personnel readiness process

With notebook and pen in hand, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Teresa Brown glided intently from one station to another, asking questions and jotting down notes.“The procedure here is very organized,” Brown whispered to a Soldier standing next to her. “The process is quick and fast.”Brown, a personnel support specialist for Joint Task Force Civil

Sept. 27, 2006

USNORTHCOM engineer earns Homeland Security degree from Naval Postgraduate School

Peter A. Topp, PE, a USNORTHCOM staff engineer, recently completed a Master of Arts degree in Homeland Security Studies at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.Topp is the current operations engineer in the command's Directorate of Logistics and Engineering. He has been a part of

Sept. 25, 2006

NORAD, USNORTHCOM host Aviation/Transportation Security Conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command, the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the Transportation Security Administration hosted the second annual Interagency Aviation/Transportation Security Conference Sept. 6-8. As the nation remembered the lives lost or changed forever five years ago in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,

Sept. 13, 2006

Joint Task Force Civil Support goes wireless for warfighter

FORT MONROE, Va. — When responding to an emergency, minutes, even seconds, count - and when you deploy as part of that response, time is one thing you can’t bring with you. A new communications capability, developed for Joint Task Force Civil Support by U.S. Joint Forces Command, will not only save hours during the unit’s initial set-up, but will

Sept. 11, 2006

U.S. Northern Command chief talks of 9-11 experiences, state of defense today

WASHINGTON – One result of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was the establishment of U.S. Northern Command to deal with threats aimed at the United States, the organization’s commander said here today. During an interview at the Pentagon’s Radio Day event, Navy Adm. Timothy Keating spoke of his personal experiences during the attack and

Sept. 11, 2006

USNORTHCOM, NORAD host Netherlands defense leader

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Using military assets to support civilian authorities in times of crisis is not unique to American military organizations, and a top military leader of the Netherlands knows the communication process is challenging. Lt. Gen. Hans Sonneveld, Vice Chief of Defense of the Netherlands Armed Forces, visited NORAD and

Sept. 7, 2006

USNORTHCOM, NORAD announce 2nd quarter award winners

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command recognized their top performers for April-June 2006 during an awards ceremony Aug. 30.Lt. Gen. Eric A. Findley, deputy commander of NORAD, and Maj. Gen. Paul J. Sullivan, NORAD and USNORTHCOM chief of staff, presented the awards.The USNORTHCOM