April 25, 2005

Canada’s new Chief of Defence Staff visits NORAD, USNORTHCOM

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Today the United States and Canada enjoy a strong relationship dating back to World War II, but it “must become even stronger” as the two countries continue the Global War on Terror, according to Canada’s top military official.“We share the continent, an enormous border, a history, tradition, culture and we share

March 22, 2005

Winter Freeze Wrap-Up

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The National Guard’s support to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Border Patrol to help prevent illegal aliens from entering this country along a 295-mile stretch of the U.S.-Canadian border paid some pretty big dividends during the three-month duration of Operation Winter Freeze that wrapped up in January.Nearly

March 16, 2005

USNORTHCOM analyzing tsunami data to trian for future disasters

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - U.S. Northern Command is closely analyzing the Southeast Asia tsunami clean-up efforts to ensure the command will be prepared should it be called on to mitigate such a devastating blow in its area of responsibility. Two data collection specialists from USNORTHCOM returned to Colorado recently after spending a month

March 11, 2005

Soldiers conduct training and provide border surveillance support

Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, recently concluded a joint training mission in southern New Mexico that allowed them to train in rugged desert terrain and provide surveillance support for agents of Customs and Border Protection.Photo by Armando CarrascoSouthern New Mexico

March 4, 2005

New command center opens at Cheyenne Mountain

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC) held a ribbon cutting ceremony March 4 to commemorate the official opening of the “new command center” at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colo.U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Duane Deal, commander, Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, and Canadian Air

March 4, 2005

Missouri farmer retires from top homeland defense post

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - When he isn’t serving as the Lafayette County, Mo., executive director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency, he’s serving as one of the nation’s top homeland defense military officers.A 1970 Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps graduate from the University of Missouri, Rear Adm. J. Stanton

March 2, 2005

MG Rees returns to Oregon Adjutant General post

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - One of the nation’s top homeland defense military officers will return for a third tour of duty as the Adjutant General of Oregon.Maj. Gen. Raymond “Fred” Rees, who has served as the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Chief of Staff since May 2003, will return to the post he has held

Feb. 28, 2005

NORAD-USNORTHCOM Announce Annual Award Winners

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U. S. Northern Command named their annual awards winners during a luncheon Feb. 22 at the Peterson Air Force Base Enlisted Club. More than 300 personnel attended the ceremony at which the Air Force Band, Rocky Mountain Blue, provided entertainment. Navy Adm. Timothy

Feb. 24, 2005

USNORTHCOM and the National Guard Bureau Hold Homeland Defense Conference

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – High-ranking National Guard officers and civilians charged with protecting this country from enemy attacks got a crash course in advanced homeland defense during two days in mid-February.The United States Northern Command, the major military command for homeland defense, provided the schoolhouse on its home ground at

Jan. 18, 2005

Quick Reaction Force deploys to Anchorage Port

ELMENDORF AFB, Alaska -- Joint Task Force-Alaska, JTF-AK, the standing military headquarters for homeland defense within Alaska, conducted a deployment exercise Jan. 11-12 at the Port of Anchorage using a 120-person Quick Reaction Force.Exercise VIGILANT PORT, which used elements of Fort Richardson’s Task Force 1-501 Airborne, rehearsed JTF-AK’s

Dec. 13, 2004

4ID Soldiers Help Secure Air Base For Homeland Defense

LACKLAND AFB, Texas (Army News Service, Dec. 10, 2004) – Last year the 4th Infantry Division focused on battling insurgents and maintaining stability in Iraq. This week they concentrated on preparing to stave off disaster on their own soil.A U.S. Northern Command Quick Reaction Force, made up of more than 100 Soldiers from Company D, 1-66th Armor,

Nov. 20, 2004

Eberhart: ‘This May Be The Most Important War Ever’

PETERSON AFB, Colo. – The global war on terror “may be the most important war this nation has ever engaged in” but winning a war “where the enemy hates you more than he loves life” will not be easy, said Gen. Ed Eberhart, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander.Eberhart was the featured guest speaker at the

Nov. 5, 2004

Joint Task Force Six gets new name, new mission

FORT BLISS, Texas – Joint Task Force-North (JTF-North) assumed its new name and new homeland defense support mission during a unit redesignation ceremony at Biggs Army Airfield, Texas, Sept. 28.Gen. Ed Eberhart, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, and Brig. Gen. Jose D. Riojas, JTF-North commander,

Sept. 24, 2004

Domestic Warning Center's name reflects only a portion of its mission

PETERSON AFB, Colo. – It is called the domestic warning center but the name does not adequately reflect the center’s diverse responsibilities.Even a name like the “Domestic Warning, Current and Future Operations and Civil Support Coordination Center” would fall short in identifying all the tasks assigned to U.S. Northern Command’s domestic warning

Sept. 23, 2004

New joint command stands ready to defend Capital

PETERSON AFB, Colo. – It is called the domestic warning center but the name does not adequately reflect the center’s diverse responsibilities.Even a name like the “Domestic Warning, Current and Future Operations and Civil Support Coordination Center” would fall short in identifying all the tasks assigned to U.S. Northern Command’s domestic warning