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Soldiers from the 379th Chemical Company train on detecting hazardous materials at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Ill., in late August. The Chicago-based Army Reserve unit will be assigned Oct. 1 to U.S. Northern Command as part of CCMRF 9.1.

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American and Canadian personnel monitor activity in the North American maritime and air domains in the new North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command command center. NORAD and USNORTHCOM unveiled their new integrated command center in a May 13 ceremony at the commands’ headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

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Chief Information Systems Technician Michael Layman demonstrated the Radio Interoperability System, a computer based technology which allows military and civil-band radios as well as cell-phones and even internet-based communications systems to interlink and communicate one with another during the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 2008 at U.S. Northern Command. CWID is a technology demonstration hosted by U.S. Joint Forces Command and sponsored by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The demonstration allows participants from industry to demonstrate technologies which can be used to assist not only USNORTHCOM personnel participating in defense support of civil authorities missions, but are useful to coalition partners and civil authorities. CWID involved multiple combatant commands and coalition partners in eight countries around the world.

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Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, Gen. Gene Renuart, unveils a photo of Gen. Earl Partridge and Air Marshal Roy Sleman recently. Renuart recently approved re-naming of the Large Conference Room at NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters to the Partridge-Sliman Conference room in honor of the foresight and committment to international cooperation the two showed in the formative days of NORAD. Partridge was the first commander of NORAD and Sleman the first deputy.

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Lt. Gen. William Webster, deputy commander of USNORTHCOM addresses the Keystone Fellows July 14. Keystone is the senior enlisted leadership course designed to increase senior enlisted personnels' awareness of warfighting in the joint envirenment by bringing them to several of the joint and combatant commands in the United States. While at NORAD and USNORTHCOM, the Fellows received briefings on the missions of the commands, toured command facilities and met with several of the commands leaders.

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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.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen speaks to the staff of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command during a visit to command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., on March 10, 2008. It was Mullen's first visit to the commands since he was sworn in as chairman in October 2007.

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Lt. Gen. William Webster, deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command, talks with senior enlisted leaders who visited North American Aerospace Defense Command and USNORTHCOM this week as part of the Keystone course.

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Department of Homeland Security officials stop at the 9-11 tribute wall during a visit to the headquarters of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command on Feb. 25, 2008. From left to right are Coast Guard Rear Adm. Dan Lloyd, DHS military advisor; Brian White, DHS chief of staff to deputy secretary; Chad Sweet, DHS chief of staff; and Fred Schwien, DHS executive secretary/executive director for operations and administration. The group came to the commands to meet key staff members and discuss mutual civil support and homeland defense issues.

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Abe Baum, who led the storied Task Force Baum during the European campaign of WW II, relates his experiences to the men and women of NORAD and USNORTHCOM Feb. 20. Baum was ordered by General George S. Patton on March 26, 1945, to lead a small armored column 60 miles behind German lines to rescue prisoners of war being held by the Nazis at Hammelburg . Patton believed that his son-in-law, Lt. Col. John K. Waters, was being held at the camp. His force of a mere 300 personnel fought their way through an entire German Corps, which mistakenly thought Task Force Baum was a major push by U.S. Forces. Baum's Task Force found more than 1,500 P.O.W.s at the camp, when they expected only 700, and were forced to attempt to escape, only to be either captured or to fight their way back to American lines in small groups. Baum himself was wounded and captured, and ended up in the same prison camp hospital as Waters.

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U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, left, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Canadian Air Force Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, commander of Canada Command, signed a Civil Assistance Plan that allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency. The signing took place at U.S. Army North headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 14, 2008.

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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.

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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.

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American and Canadian personnel monitor activity in the North American maritime and air domains in the new North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command command center. NORAD and USNORTHCOM unveiled their new integrated command center in a May 13 ceremony at the commands’ headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

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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.

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Gen. Gene Renuart, center, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Kirk Brown, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Combined Federal Campaign chairperson, accept the CFC Regional Excellence Award from Pikes Peak CFC Regional Director Barbara Fitz during a ceremony at command headquarters Jan. 7, 2008. The commands earned the award by increasing their percentage of participants more than any other agency in the region's 2007 Combined Federal Campaign. The commands also raised five thousand dollars more than their goal of $203,000. Directorates in the commands received 14 gold, one silver and one bronze award for their CFC donations, and Brown and Air Force Capt. Mark Walker both received CFC Hero Awards. Brown also was designated as the CFC Regional Civilian Hero and is now eligible for national recognition. During the same time period as CFC, Canadian servicemembers in NORAD raised $21,000 for the Canadian National Defence Workplace Charitable Campaign.

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Staff Sgt. Sean Arce, a member of the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Joint Color Guard rehearses present arms recently. The Joint Color Guard has been chosen to represent the nation's armed forces during opening ceremonies for Super Bowl XLII Jan. 3, in Phoenix, Ariz.

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The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command 4th quarter award winners are, front row, left to right: Joyce Frankovis, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jaime Viramontes, Air Force Capt. Mark Walker, Air Force Lt. Col. William Alvey, Air Force Maj. Valerie Long and NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Senior Enlisted Leader Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Wood. Back row, left to right: NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander Gen. Gene Renuart, Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Newcomer, Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Bergeski, Gunnery Sgt. Shawn Moran, Army Capt. Richard Szabo, Air Force Lt. Eric Astle and Roy Stanley. Not pictured are Army Maj. Patrice Harris and Scot Southard.

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Brig. Gen. Frances Auclair, Maine National Guard chief of staff, and Col. Mark Lovejoy, Vermont National Guard director of Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, discuss a briefing at the Joint Task Force Commander Training Course Jan. 29, 2008, at U.S. Nothern Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. USNORTHCOM conducts the four-day course twice each year for Army and Air National Guard senior officers who have been nominated by their state adjutants general as potential joint task force commanders. The course presents attendees with a compilation of current policy, directives, guidance and lessons learned regarding the command of a joint task force in the United States and prepares the officers to effectively operate in situations requiring the mobilization of National Guard and active-duty forces.

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Fire retardant lines are placed in front of the advancing Poomacha fire burning in the Mount Palomar area. C-130s launched from Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif., Oct., 26, 2007 are participating in the Southern California firefighting effort.

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