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The "Cudslingers" – a wild cow milking team made up of personnel assigned to U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command – won second place in a preliminary round at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 12, 2007. The team returned to the rodeo July 15 to compete for overall honors in the finals, but was out-milked by a team from Fort Carson, Colo. The rodeo is a charitable organization dedicated to funding programs and services that benefit local military personnel and their families.

July 17, 2007

NORAD, USNORTHCOM saddle up for annual rodeo

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Local military members and their families wrapped up five days of western

July 3, 2007

USNORTHCOM sets force protection level for military installations

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta. Those are the four levels of force

Soldiers from the United States and Canada test new technologies during the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration June 18. CWID provides the military, state and local as well as international partners use CWID to help ensure the technologies needed during inter-agency operations such as disaster relief go smoothly are truly useful to the operators who would use them should they be needed.

June 22, 2007

CWID brings technology, military together for homeland defense, DSCA

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Imagine coordinating the response to a terrorist attack or natural

June 18, 2007

DOD trains with FEMA, state during Texas hurricane exercise

Whether the participants were new to civil support operations or veterans of real-world missions,

June 11, 2007

Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 2007 media day

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- U.S. Northern Command is hosting the Coalition Warrior

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney McKinley talks with several NORAD and USNORTHCOM senior enlisted personnel during a visit to the commands' headquarters June 6. McKinley received several command briefings and met with the senior enlisted from each service before an all Airmen's call at the Peterson Air Force Base theater.

June 8, 2007

Chief Master Sgt. of Air Force visits NORAD, USNORTHCOM

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney McKinley visited the

June 5, 2007

DOD Support to manned space operations for STS-117

U.S. Northern Command is the focal point for military emergency support to the Space Shuttle. 

June 4, 2007

NORAD and U.S. Northern Command support

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States

May 17, 2007

Pipeline Protection from Civil Air Patrol

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska Shield’s mission of teamwork among federal agencies reached out to nearly

SEWARD, Alaska Ð Members of the National Guard's civil support team board the USNS Henry J. Kaiser in biohazard suits here May 11 to investigate a simulated report of suspicious chemicals aboard during an exercise scenario for Alaska Shield/Northern Edge 2007. The civil support team worked in conjunction with the Seward police and fire departments, the Coast Guard, the FBI, and many other organizations to practice interagency coordination in an emergency situation. AKS/NE 07 is a State of Alaska/US NORTHCOM sponsored homeland defense/defense support of civil authorities exercise; part of the national-level Ardent Sentry/Northern Edge 07. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel N. Woods

May 15, 2007

Simulated terrorist threat trains military, civilian agencies

SEWARD, Alaska -- The first week of the Alaska Shield/Northern Edge 07 exercise culminated here May