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Sept. 30, 2008

Canada-U.S. conference focuses on situational awareness, maritime and border security

It is necessary to work together “to defeat any threat that comes into North America,” said the

Sept. 30, 2008

U.S. Northern Command gains dedicated response force

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- For the first time in its existence, U.S. Northern Command is

Sept. 29, 2008

USNORTHCOM wraps up support for trio of hurricanes

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – After providing assets from helicopters to high-water trucks to

Soldiers at Great Lakes Naval Station, Ill., practice skills they will use when their units assume a consequence management response mission Oct. 1.

Sept. 19, 2008

Units assigned to CCMRF gain insights for new response mission

FORT STEWART, Ga. – The exercise scenario was a sobering one: a 10-kiloton nuclear device detonated

The Navy's Global Hawk Maritime Demonstrator takes off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Sept. 13, 2008, for a 24-hour flight in support of a wide area damage assessment mission following Hurricane Ike's landfall. The unmanned vehicle flew over the area, providing imagery of the destruction caused by the hurricane in support of federal, state and local responders to post-landfall recovery operations. U.S. Northern Command continues to support federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts in Texas.

Sept. 19, 2008

Military airborne imagery supported immediate hurricane recovery efforts

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Video and still imagery provided by military aircraft after

Sept. 18, 2008

NORAD and USNORTHCOM official response to final GAO Report on the Integrated Command Center

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

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. speaks during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive incidents consequence management response force exercise at Fort Stewart, Ga., Sept. 14, 2008. The exercise is designed to educate key leaders and staff on the response environment and to train them to work together as a joint team.

Sept. 15, 2008

Top Army leader visits newly assigned consequence management force

FORT STEWART, Ga. — Troops who are soon to be part of a federal military consequence management

Sept. 14, 2008

U.S. Northern Command continues response to Hurricane Ike’s aftermath

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command is coordinating Department of Defense support

Sept. 14, 2008

Special Boat Operators ready to respond to Hurricane Ike relief efforts

ALEXANDRIA, La. – Nearly 50 Naval Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) from Special Boat

Two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from the 2nd “Lobo” Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry “Warrior” Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, hover in a holding pattern at Hood Army Air Field, Fort Hood, Texas, July 10. Two similar Chinooks recently deployed in support of U.S. Northern Command, which is supporting federal, state and local response efforts in Texas.

Sept. 14, 2008

Air Cav. sends relief in response of Hurricane Ike aftermath

FORT HOOD, Texas – Pilots and crew chiefs loaded up two CH-47F Chinook helicopters with food, water