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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

Sept. 13, 2008

23rd Wing deploys rescue forces for Hurricane Ike response

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN)  -- As Hurricane Ike approached the Texas coast, the 23rd Wing

A U.S. Air Force Search and rescue UH-60 assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group sits in the street during search and rescue operations in Glaveston, Texas after Hurricane Ike, September 13, 2008.

Sept. 13, 2008

Rescue personnel fly first flights from Randolph

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN)  -- Three HH-60 Pave Hawks and aircrews belonging to the 331st

Sept. 13, 2008

U.S. Northern Command provides additional support in wake of Hurricane Ike

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

Sept. 13, 2008

Task Force Ike rolls out for hurricane support

KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, Task Force Ike is sending personnel

U.S. Army North personnel load their bags into a truck for transportation from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to Camp Mabry, Texas, on Sept. 13, 2008. About 75 servicemembers and Department of Defense civilians are setting up their operational command post near the Joint Field Office just outside of Austin. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts in Texas.

Sept. 13, 2008

Forces ready to respond to aftermath of Hurricane Ike

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – As Hurricane Ike made landfall in southeast Texas, U.S. Army Northern