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Staff Sgt. Dustin Canterbury, a loadmaster from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, prepare to load HUMVEEs and medical supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster. The supplies are headed to Beaumont, Texas in preparation for hurricane Gustav relief efforts.

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The Navy's Global Hawk Maritime Demonstrator takes off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., Sept. 13, 2008, for a 24-hour flight in support of a wide area damage assessment mission following Hurricane Ike's landfall. The unmanned vehicle flew over the area, providing imagery of the destruction caused by the hurricane in support of federal, state and local responders to post-landfall recovery operations. U.S. Northern Command continues to support federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts in Texas.

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Senior Chief Ross Petersen, VR-61, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, prepares paperwork prior to a flight carrying New Orleans evacuees at the Louis Armstrong International Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, prior to Hurricane Gustav making land fall, Aug. 30, 2008.

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Military personnel prepare a medical patient for evacuation Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 from Corpus Christi, Texas to a medical facility in Dallas as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas Gulf Coast. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts in Texas, and aeromedical evacuation capabilities remain on alert pending FEMA requests for assistance.

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Staff Sgt. Dustin Centerbury, C-17 loadmaster from Altus Air Force Base, loads a HUMVEE onto the aircraft at MacDill AFB. The HUMVEEs and medical supplies were deployed to Beaumont, Texas, to assist in preparation for hurricane Gustav evacuations.

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Military personnel take a medical patient to an Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft for evacuation Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 from Corpus Christi, Texas to a medical facility in Dallas as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas Gulf Coast. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal, state and local Hurricane Ike response efforts in Texas, and aeromedical evacuation capabilities remain on alert pending FEMA requests for assistance.

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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.

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Personnel from NORAD and USNORTHCOM visit the first ever Combined Federal Campaign Rally and Charity Agency Fair Oct. 7 at the commands' headquarters. The 2008 CFC campaign "is not about money, not about goals," said NORAD and USNORTHCOM Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. John H. Bordelon. "It's about helping people in need." Representatives from more than 20 CFC charities were present, sharing their charities with the men and women of the commands.

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Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, talks with military and civilian representatives from Singapore at NORAD’s and USNORTHCOM’s Homeland Defense and Civil Support Perspectives Forum in Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 31, 2008. About 60 officials from Australia, Canada, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States met to discuss methods of and ways to improve Homeland Defense and Civil Support processes.

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The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command 2008 2nd quarter civilian award winners are, left to right: Commander Gen. Gene Renuart, Larry Brenish, Eric Larson, Carl Johnson, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Senior Enlisted Leader Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Wood.

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Air Force Maj. Gary Frunz, U.S. Northern Command’s interim joint regional medical plans and operations officer for FEMA Region 8, discusses the mental health consequences of a potential pandemic flu at the Continental Divide Disaster Behavioral Health Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 10, 2008.

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Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic JUDr. Vlasta Parkanová and Deputy Commander of U.S. Northern Command Lt. Gen. William Webster Jr. conduct a press conference with Czech reporters at USNORTHCOM and North American Aerospace Defense Command headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 18, 2008. The minister visited several U.S. military installations and was briefed on U.S. missile defense capabilities during her visit to the United States.

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FEMA Administrator Paulison at the podium during a press conference at FEMA headquarters. FEMA is hosting their First Hurricane Awareness Day at FEMA headquarters to highlight the federal government's preparations for the 2008 Hurricane Season. On the dais; L-R, Mr. James. J. Madon, Director and Deputy Manager of the National Communications System in the Department of Homeland Security, Major General Guy C. Swan III, Chief of Operations for Headquarters, U.S. Northern Command, Ms. Mary S. Elcano, Acting President and CEO, American Red Cross, Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant, U.S.Coast Guard, FEMA Administrator David Paulison (at podium), DHS Secretary, Michael Chertoff, Mr. Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, Dr. Gerald Parker, Principal Deputy Assistance Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Major General William H. Etter, Acting Director of the Joint Staff, National Guard Bureau. FEMA/Bill Koplitz

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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.

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Dr. Yessica Chaparro, Deputy Director of Emerging and Reemerging Diseases in the Emergency Health Department of Mexico’s Ministry of Health, discusses government actions during a hypothetical pandemic influenza in North America during U.S. Northern Command’s Trinational Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise and Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 16, 2008.

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The "J6 Cyber Range Riders" wild cow milking team from North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command finished second in preliminary competition at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 11, 2008. Team members are: Army Sgt. Maj. Archie Ramos (milking cow), Navy Chief Petty Officer Shawn Wise (sitting), Senior Master Sgt. Pete Palmer (standing) and Army Col. Michael Curry (kneeling). The team placed second in the rodeo finals the next day. The rodeo is a charitable organization dedicated to funding programs and services that benefit local military personnel and their families.

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Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, speaks at the sixth annual Homeland Defense Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 29, 2008. Renuart discussed the homeland defense and homeland security missions of NORAD and USNORTHCOM and, specifically, how the commands fulfill those missions by collaborating with their civilian interagency partners.

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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates addresses personnel from Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 10. Gates spoke to Airmen about the recent upheaval in senior Air Force leadership and the direction he would like to see the service move forward as new leadership appointees are approved by Congress and the President. Gates then answered the questions of service members before traveling to Scott Air Force Base to give a similar address.

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Canadian Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Walter J. Natynczyk addresses personnel at the headquarters of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., on July 23, 2008. Natynczyk visited NORAD as part of a familiarization tour after his appointment to the position of CDS.

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Soldiers at Great Lakes Naval Station, Ill., practice skills they will use when their units assume a consequence management response mission Oct. 1.

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