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Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, visits with participants of the National Level Exercise 2011 at Springfield-Branson National Airport in Springfield, Mo., May 18. Winnefeld spoke with the participants of NLE to ensure that the exercise was a valuable learning experience for possible real world events.

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Marine Maj. Gen. Robert Walsh, U.S. Northern Command Operations Directorate director, welcomes members of the USNORTHCOM Standing Joint Force Headquarters to the Operations Directorate during the NC/SJFHQ disestablishment ceremony May 9. The NC/SJFHQ, the organization responsible for deploying the core of an emergency joint task force to contingencies across the country within six hours of mobilization, was folded into the USNORTHCOM Operations Directorate after seven years of operation as a separate directorate.

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Air Force Brig. Gen. Richard Scobee, North American Aerospace Defense Command Deputy Director of Operations, gives opening remarks at the 2nd annual NORAD and USNORTHCOM Maritime Stakeholders Conference June 1. The conference brings together military and civilian maritime agencies to discuss security and information sharing. The conference runs through June 3.

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Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing and Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing gather at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas to prepare for wildfire fighting operations, April 18, 2011. The Airmen maintain and operate the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) housed aboard a C-130 Hercules which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.

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Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, gives the oath of enlistment to 12 U.S. Navy enlistees at the Sky Sox - Grizzlies game at Security Services Field May 3. The Admiral was also invited to throw out the first pitch.

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Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, gives the oath of enlistment to 12 U.S. Navy enlistees at the Sky Sox - Grizzlies game at Security Services Field May 3. The Admiral was also invited to throw out the first pitch.

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Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, throws out the first pitch at the Sky Sox - Grizzlies game at Security Services Field May 3. The NORAD and USNORTHCOM commander also gave the oath of enlistment to 12 U.S. Navy enlistees. The Sky Sox beat the Grizzlies 13 - 5.

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Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, gives the oath of enlistment to 12 U.S. Navy enlistees at the Sky Sox - Grizzlies game at Security Services Field May 3. The Admiral was also invited to throw out the first pitch.

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Watkins, 115th Airlift Squadron, California Air National Guard, connects a fuel hose to a C-130J Hercules while preparing the aircraft for firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 18, 2011. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds.

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Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing prepare a C-130J Hercules for firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 18, 2011. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.

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A crew chief with the 302nd Airlift Wing marshals a Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped C-130 in preparation for take-off at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., April 16. Aircraft and crews from the 302nd AW have been assigned to assist the Mexican government in fighting wildland fires in Northern Mexico. The MAFFS unit, which is owned and maintained by the U.S. Forest Service, is a pressurized self-contained firefighting system designed for installation in C-130 aircraft without structural modifications to the aircraft. The system is designed to air-drop fire-retardant chemicals onto wildfires.

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A lead plane from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service guides a C-130, from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17, 2011. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft equipped with the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to support the fight against ongoing wildfires in the area.

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A C-130 from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., equipped with a U.S.D.A. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System flies toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17, 2011. Six MAFFS C-130s, deployed by US Northern Command to Texas, have conducted several aerial firefighting missions over the Texas fires in the past two days.

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A wildfire burns land near Austin, Texas April 17, 2011. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with the U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to Texas to support the fight against ongoing wildfires.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shane Sturgeon fills up a C-130 Hercules's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft with fire retardant before it departs here, April 17, 2011, to support firefighting against the wildfires in Texas. Sergeant Sturgeon is a maintainer assigned to the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron out of Peterson AFB, Colo.

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u A wildfire burns land near Austin, Texas, April 17, 2011. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems to support the fight against ongoing wildfires.

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A C-130 equipped with a U.S.D.A. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System departs here April 17, 2011 to fight a wildfire in a neighborhood in Austin. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with MAFFS to support the battle against ongoing wildfires in the area.

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A Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped C-130 assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing prepares for take-off at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., April 16. The aircraft is one of two MAFFS-equipped aircraft assigned to assist the Mexican government in fighting wildland fires in Northern Mexico. The MAFFS unit, which is owned and maintained by the U.S. Forest Service, is a pressurized self-contained firefighting system designed for installation in C-130 aircraft without structural modifications to the aircraft. The system is designed to air-drop fire-retardant chemicals onto wildfires.

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Panel members take questions during the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Conference at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 5. The conference focused on educating military, state and local officials on the roles the different CBRN organizations would play in planning for, resopnding to and recovering from a radiological attack on a U.S. city.

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Staff Sgt. Jose Grimes, search and rescue duty officer with the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., monitors the radar as he coordinates with another agency during a SAR mission. Sergeant Grimes played a critical role in locating a downed aircraft March 7 near the Canadian border in Maine and coordinating bi-national assets to rescue the aircrew member who survived.

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