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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

CAMP MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind.— An unidentified member of the Marine Corps’ Chemical Biological Incident Force, casualty extraction team, looks down to ensure there are no obstructions as he repels down the front of a building from the roof of a four story building with a victim during the Ardent Exercise here with a dummy as a simulated victim.

May 14, 2007

Exercise tests NORAD, USNORTHCOM cooperation, communication

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

May 12, 2007

Renuart: Exercise is 'most demanding scenario' for nation

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. —  Ardent Sentry  - Northern Edge '07, an emergency response training

May 12, 2007

NORAD, USNORTHCOM train in Ardent Sentry – Northern Edge ‘07

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

Tech. Sgt. Everett Emerson, an Air National Guard medic from Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, works with firefighters from the North Pole Fire Department to secure a simulated accident victim on a backboard for transportation to the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital May 9. "We've trained for mass casualty exercises, but never this big before," Sergeant Emerson said. The May 9 scenario was part of the Alaska Shield/Northern Edge 2007 exercise which is scheduled from May 7-18. Civilian, military and other government agencies are coming together for the large scale exercise which is designed to test all agencies' preparedness, interaction and response to a variety of incidents ranging from natural disasters to terrorist attacks and other emergencies.

May 10, 2007

Military, civilians partner for vital disaster training

North Pole, Alaska - In a unified effort to save lives and protect vital infrastructure facilities,

May 9, 2007

Agencies respond as a team to Fairbanks train derailment scenario

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - In a training exercise here May 8, local, state and federal government agencies