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Visit of Pilot Classes of WWII reunion are Army Air Corps Cadet graduates from 1940-1945.

Sept. 12, 2016

WWII Pilots are touched by warm welcome in their honor

September 8, 2016 — A group of WWII veterans and their families were pleasantly surprised and touched to receive such an enthusiastic and warm welcome from the men and women of NORAD and USNORTHCOM during their visit to the Commands on Thursday.

A Soldier with the 172nd Hazard Response Company from Fort Riley, Kansas examines a simulated injury Aug. 25, 2016 at Fort Hood, Texas during Exercise Sudden Response 16. The weeklong exercise was a key training event for the 172nd HR Co. and various other units within Joint Task Force Civil Support, a rapidly deployable force of more than 5,000 service members from across the country who are specially trained and equipped to provide life-saving assistance in the event of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear disasters in the U.S. During the exercise, the Soldiers had to decontaminate and medically treat 200 civilian role players who acted as survivors of a nuclear attack. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Floyd, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)

Aug. 29, 2016

Joint task force trains to save lives during disaster exercise

FORT HOOD, Texas — Service members with Joint Task Force Civil Support honed their disaster response skills during realistic decontamination training Aug. 25, as part of Exercise Sudden Response 16 at Fort Hood, Texas.

Gen. Lori Robinson, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, inspects the Southwest Border between San Diego, Calif. and Tijuana, Mexico with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Aug. 24, 2016.

Aug. 26, 2016

Southwest Border Region Visit

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Gen. Lori Robinson, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, was briefed on and toured the Southwest Border Region during a visit to San Diego, Calif., Aug. 24, 2016.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Eric McComb and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Markham, both Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) technicians with the 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team (WMD-CST), out of Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, walk toward a building with potential CBRN threats Aug. 23, 2016, at the Fairbanks Regional Fire Training Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. The 103rd WMD-CST is a joint unit thats includes both Alaska Air National Guard and Alaska Army National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Isaac Johnson)

Aug. 26, 2016

Alaska Army National Guard supports community with multi-agency exercise

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — The 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team, composed of Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers and Alaska Air National Guard Airmen, hosted an exercise in Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 23 for different agencies in the area including Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright. The exercise provided an opportunity for different agencies to train together on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Environmental agents.

Pararescue jumpers with the 212th Rescue Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, evacuate patients using a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter during Exercise Arctic Chinook Aug. 24, 2016. Exercise Arctic Chinook is a joint U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Northern Command-sponsored exercise on the U.S. State Department approved list of Arctic Council Chairmanship events. The Arctic mass rescue operation exercise scenario consisted of an adventure-class cruise ship with approximately 200 passengers and crew that experience a catastrophic event with the need to abandon ship. Arctic Chinook exercised elements of the Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement to include interoperability, cooperation, information sharing, SAR services, and joint exercise review.

Aug. 26, 2016

Preparing for the worst through practice: Exercise Arctic Chinook 2016

KOTZEBUE, Alaska — More than 1,000 personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaskan Command, Alaska National Guard, state

Brig. Gen. Ronald Buckley, deputy director of Operations for the U.S. Northern Command, says that relationships and trusted partnerships are critical for the success of the U.S. ground-based midcourse defense mission at the 19th Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 17, 2016.

Aug. 25, 2016

NORTHCOM leader talks partnerships at Missile Defense Symposium

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Relationships and trusted partnerships are critical for the success of the U.S. ground-based midcourse defense mission, said the deputy director of Operations for the U.S. Northern Command at the 19th Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center, Aug. 17, 2016.

Participants from around the military and federal force protection community attend their first day of the annual Antiterrorism and Force Protection Workshop and Table Top Exercise at Fort Sam Houston Aug. 9. The workshop and exercise was part of a three-day conference to facilitate candid discussion and promote collaboration of the major issues and challenges in executing Army and U.S. Northern Command antiterrorism and force protection mission requirements across the theater.

Aug. 25, 2016

Army North facilitates annual antiterrorism/force protection workshop

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The annual U.S. Army North Antiterrorism and Force Protection Workshop and Table Top Exercise kicked off at Fort Sam Houston Aug. 9, providing three days of sessions to facilitate greater collaboration among the force protection communities.

Aug. 25, 2016

Antiterrorism Efforts Are Everyone's Responsibility, Always

As Antiterrorism (AT) Awareness Month winds to a close, it's important to remember that vigilance is

Kathleen Schmidt, from the State of Georgia Public Health Department, examines a mosquito trap to be sent for testing of the zika virus, on Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., on June 24, 2016. The traps were placed in close proximity to where recent bites were experienced by base personnel (U.S. Air Force photos/Don Peek)

Aug. 24, 2016

Dobbins combats Zika with Georgia Department of Health

Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. — Dobbins’ Bioenvironmental Engineers recently partnered with the Georgia Department of Public Health to partake in the Department of Defense initiative to combat the Zika virus and other mosquito-spread diseases.

Senior Airman Nicholas Stewart, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, applies lubricant to an actuator part of an Northrop Grumman Remotec’s ANDROS F6A EOD robot during a maintenance class at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Aug. 17, 2016. The 21st EOD leadership tries to arrange this training for their Airman every two to three years to make sure they are fully capable of performing any trouble shooting that might be necessary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

Aug. 24, 2016

Air Force and Civilian EOD train together to save lives

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.- — The 21st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal shop hosted the 140th Wing CES EOD out of Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., the 302nd Airlift Wing CES EOD at Peterson AFB, Colo., and the El Paso County bomb squad for an advanced maintenance course held here August 15-19.