June 27, 2008

USNORTHCOM support deployed to California for wildland firefighting

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command, in cooperation with the United Stated Air Force and the National Guard are providing the following support to the National Interagency Firefighting Center (NIFC) in support of California wildland firefighting efforts:New support: Two additional Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS)

June 25, 2008

Reserve Component Advocacy Conference works to improve response, support

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Representatives from the U.S. Reserve Forces and National Guard joined personnel from NORAD and U.S. Northern Command to participate in the Reserve Component Advocacy Conference Jun 17-18.The Reserve Component Advocacy Conference fosters dialogue aimed at developing effective strategies to improve the capabilities of U.S.

June 25, 2008

USNORTHCOM assists with California wildfires

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command is mobilizing two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) capable aircraft, a Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO) and Defense Coordinating Element (DCE) in response to a request for assistance for wildland fire fighting support from the State of California over the weekend.More than 5,000

June 20, 2008

CWID offers technological solutions at USNORTHCOM

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Police and fire officials responding to a wildfire decide they need more assistance.  A call is made to the state’s National Guard.  Then, through a request by the governor, a call is made to the Department of Homeland Security or Department of Defense, and through DoD, to U.S. Northern Command.  As more and more

June 17, 2008

CWID 2008 tests interoperability solutions for U.S. Northern Command, multi-service, multi-national, and interagency challenges

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff program that seeks to provide the right technology for the right capability at the right time, began June 9th and runs through June 19th at U.S. Northern Command and 24 other locations in eight countries.  U.S. Joint Forces

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

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 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