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The Honorable G. Kim Wincup, chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, recognizes Kim Robinson of U.S. Northern Command with his coin during the Board's visit to North American Aerospace Defense Command and USNORTHCOM headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., on April 16, 2008. Members of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, the principal policy advisor on reserve matters to the secretary of defense, came to the commands to more learn about NORAD's and USNORTHCOM's homeland defense and civil support missions.

April 24, 2008

NORAD, USNORTHCOM host Reserve Forces Policy Board

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Integrating Reserve component and active-duty personnel in the

April 15, 2008

Space-based capabilities ‘critical’ to NORAD, USNORTHCOM missions

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Whether tracking wildfires in California or missile launches in North

April 14, 2008

Canada’s Minister of Defence visits NORAD, USNORTHCOM

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Canada's Minister of National

April 14, 2008

USNORTHCOM contributes pandemic flu contingency planning expertise to trilateral workshop

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Rules, regulations and red tape can make traveling from one country

April 10, 2008

USNORTHCOM, DHS refine relationship

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Northern Command plan

March 28, 2008

JTF North mission helps secure southwest border

A group of Soldiers in Texas recently helped secure the United States-Mexico border and train for

Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, left, chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Lt. Gen. William Webster, center, deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command, discuss the 2007 military response to Hurricane Dean during USNORTHCOM's Hurricane Preparation Conference at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., on March 14, 2008. Adjutants general from hurricane-prone states and territories participated in the third annual conference, along with representatives from the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, Navy, Coast Guard, Army, Air Force and Canada Command.

March 21, 2008

USNORTHCOM hosts Hurricane Preparation Conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Heavy snow may have been falling outside, but the men and women

March 12, 2008

USNORTHCOM to host Hurricane Preparation Conference

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command will host more than 50 representatives from

Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of U.S. Northern Command, speaks to attendees of the 2008 Joint Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer Workshop on March 4, 2008, in Miami, Fla. More than 600 Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard attended the weeklong conference. Known as EPLOs, these officers become familiar with local and state response plans and advise states and regions on the capabilities of their services.

March 12, 2008

USNORTHCOM works toward greater jointness in civil support operations

Jointness is the way of the future for civil support operations, said the four-star commander in

March 11, 2008

NEADS, AWACS link up for integration training

ROME, N.Y. - An E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft from the 552nd