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Ambulances from local hospitals pull up next to the disaster aeromedical staging facility to offload simulated patients during an evacuation exercise May 20, 2010, at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, La. The exercise was controlled by officials from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals with the help of multiple military counterparts including Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command members from Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

June 3, 2010

State, federal teams prepare for hurricane season

NEW ORLEANS –As ambulance after ambulance pulls up to the tents on the flightline, medical staff

June 3, 2010

Units make history with Air Force's first homeland defense ORI

GULFPORT, Miss. –Three units representing each component of the Air Force made history here May 16

June 1, 2010

Senator McCain and Admiral Winnefeld visit Arizona's southern border

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services

May 27, 2010

CJCS addresses homeland defense, Mexico at chairman’s call

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen discussed

May 27, 2010

Command center shift leader holds deep ties to 9-11

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –When Air Force Reserve Col. Jim Zietlow arrived at the Pentagon, the

May 25, 2010

JTF North trains law enforcement agents, Soldiers

FORT BLISS, Texas –In its continuous effort to enhance the life-saving and force protection skills

Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, gives his remarks during the commands' change of command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., May 19. Winnefeld spoke of the exceptional partnership between the U.S. and Canada and the connection between the work of NORAD and U.S. NORTHCOM and that of U.S. and allied forces fighting overseas.

May 19, 2010

Adm. Winnefeld takes command of NORAD, U.S. NORTHCOM

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –Navy Adm. James Winnefeld took command of the North American

The new 9-11 memorial on the grounds of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command headquarters includes a steel beam from the World Trade Center donated to NORAD and USNORTHCOM by the National Homeland Defense Foundation which forms the heart of this new memorial. The memorial will be commemorated in a ceremony at 1 p.m. May 18.

May 18, 2010

NORAD, U.S. NORTHCOM commemorate 9-11 memorial

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern

May 14, 2010

NORAD, USNORTHCOM dedicate new 9-11 memorial

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –United States Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North

May 13, 2010

NORAD and USNORTHCOM leadership changes hands

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command