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June 22, 2021
ARNORTH adjusts military COVID-19 vaccine support mission, prepared for future all-hazards response and homeland defense
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command's Joint Force Land Component Command, made final adjustments to its COVID-19 vaccine response operation today when military medical personnel from the U.S. Air Force departed the New Jersey Institute of Technology Naimoli Family Recreational Facility in Newark, New Jersey.
U.S. Helps Keep Bahamas Safe: Donates $5.9 Million in Boats, Comms Equipment to RBDF
NASSAU, Bahamas — On June 22, the United States government continued to demonstrate its commitment to shared security and safety of The Bahamas and the United States, donating three high-speed SAFE boats, radio communications equipment, and biometrics equipment to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF)—for a total value of about $5.9 million dollars.
June 21, 2021
U.S. Again Partners with Bahamas to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines to Family Islands
NASSAU, Bahamas — On Monday, June 21, the Rhode Island National Guard (RING) began its second mission to partner with The Bahamas Ministry of Health and the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee to distribute 7,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to eight Family Islands, with deliveries again planned for Mayaguana, Acklins Island, Crooked Island, Cat Island, Long Island, Inagua, Bimini, and Eleuthera.
June 17, 2021
CONR-1AF conducts first-ever in theater C-17 special refueling operations during AD 21-1
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — In support of the North American Aerospace Defense and Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) homeland defense missions, Continental U.S. NORAD Region – 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) achieved a first-ever milestone when U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 140th Wing, Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colo., and the 4th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., performed a C-17 wet-wing refueling during exercise Amalgam Dart 21-01 at Thule Air Base, Greenland.
May 24, 2021
NORAD and USNORTHCOM hosts commanders’ conference
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, held a conference for senior leaders from all component, subordinate, and region commands at his headquarters on Peterson Air Force Base, May 19-20, 2021.
May 19, 2021
USNORTHCOM and Special Operations Command North discuss the future of SOF for Homeland Defense
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) hosted a Special Operations Forces in Competition and Homeland Defense Workshop from May 11-13, 2021. The workshop brought Special Operations leaders and experts from the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Coast Guard and other security experts together to shape the future of Special Operations in support of Homeland Defense.
May 4, 2021
Special Operations Forces exercise north of Arctic Circle
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Service members from U.S. Special Operations Command North and the U.S. Army’s 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) recently conducted operations in the Arctic Circle during Exercise Vigilant Shield 21.
April 12, 2021
4th Infantry Division Soldiers Round Off Vaccination Support at historic first DOD-supported vaccine site
LOS ANGELES — The 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, deployed approximately 220 Soldiers to Los Angeles to assist the state of California and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in administering COVID-19 vaccinations to members of the Los Angeles community from Feb. 16 to April 11, at the California State University Los Angeles Community Vaccination Center. The site was the first vaccination site to receive support from active-duty service members.
April 9, 2021
ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA at four new locations
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 560 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota and Oklahoma to support federal vaccination efforts in partnership with the states.
April 6, 2021
U.S. Northern Command executes the second in a series of Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE)
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The second in a series of Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE) took place March 22-23, 2021, and was designed to enable cross-combatant command collaboration to generate globally integrated effects using artificial intelligence enabled information.
April 2, 2021
ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA at three new locations
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 420 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Maryland, Tennessee and Wisconsin to support state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers.
April 1, 2021
Exercise Reveals Advantages Artificial Intelligence Gives in All-Domain Ops
A global information dominance exercise showed the tremendous advantages the Defense Department would realize by applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to all-domain information, Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said.
Deter in Competition, Deescalate in Crisis, and Defeat in Conflict
As the world’s security environment has evolved over time, our legacy systems have become increasingly challenged, even as our attention drifted away from the possibility of major conflict, especially the possibility of conflict in North America.
March 29, 2021
Peterson Airmen support Florida community members
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Air Force Captain Stephanie McIlwraith promised herself she would never return to Florida after her mother’s funeral in August of 2020. Earlier that year, just as the nation began to implement COVID-19 restrictions, McIlwraith’s mother was diagnosed with cancer.
Dec. 26, 2019
Military conducts first test of Advanced Battle Management System
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The Air Force, Navy and Army used new methods and technology Dec. 16-18 for collecting, analyzing and sharing information in real time to identify and defeat a simulated cruise missile threat.
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