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60th Air Mobility Wing commander Col. James Vechery welcomes Melissa Wilds and her children as they arrive at Travis AFB, Calif. Wilds and her children were part of approximately 240 military family members who returned to the U.S. from Japan following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the island nation. Wilds' husband is in the U.S. Navy and stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base.

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Navy Adm. James "Sandy" Winnefeld, commander of U.S. Northern Command, speaks to senior Guard officers and enlisted leaders during the 2011 General Senior Leadership Conference at Arlington Hall in Arlington, Va., Feb. 28, 2011. Winnefeld talked with the adjutant generals about the contingency dual-status commander concept, which would create better cooperation between federal and state assets during a disaster.

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El Paso Intelligence Center Director, Art Doty, right, welcomes the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, Adm. James Winnefeld, to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s facility located at Fort Bliss, Texas. JTF North, an element of USNORTHCOM, supports the law enforcement agencies that conduct operations at the center. EPIC is a regional intelligence center designed to collect and disseminate information relating to drug, alien, and weapon smuggling in support of field enforcement entities throughout the region. Agencies currently represented at EPIC include the Drug Enforcement Administration; Department of Homeland Security; Customs & Border Protection; Immigration & Customs Enforcement; U.S. Coast Guard; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Secret Service; U.S. Marshals Service; National Drug Intelligence Center; Internal Revenue Service; U.S. Department of the Interior; National Geospatial–Intelligence Agency; U.S. Department of Defense; Joint Task Force–North; Joint Interagency Task Force–South; Texas Department of Public Safety; Texas Air National Guard; and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

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(Left to right) Air Force Maj. Gen. Garry C. Dean, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region-1st Air Force and Air Forces Northern commander; Brig. Gen. Christopher Coates, CONR deputy commander; and Canadian Lt. Gen. Marcel Duval, NORAD deputy commander, listen during the Senior Statesmen Panel Feb. 24. The panel, which featured three retired generals who figured prominently in the shaping of 1st AF, was the highlight of the 1st AF Commander’s Conference held at the Horizons Community Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

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Lt. Col. Merryl Tengesdal, currently stationed at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, was the first African American woman to fly the U-2 reconnaissance plane.

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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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NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, Adm. James Winnefeld, left, is escorted by the Joint Task Force North Commanding General, Army Brig. Gen. Michael A. Bills, during his visit to Fort Bliss, Texas, March 3. JTF North is the Department of Defense organization tasked to support the nation’s federal law enforcement agencies in the identification and interdiction of suspected transnational threats within and along the approaches to the continental United States.

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NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, Adm. James Winnefeld, left, is given an update briefing by the Joint Task Force North Commanding General, Army Brig. Gen. Michael A. Bills, during his visit to Fort Bliss, Texas, March 3. Topics of discussion included the task force’s on-going and future homeland security operations executed in support of the nation’s law enforcement agencies at locations throughout the USNORTHCOM area of responsibility.

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NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander, Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., center, and the Joint Task Force North Commanding General, Army Brig. Gen. Michael A. Bills, right, discuss the task force’s Defense Support to Civilian Law Enforcement Agency support operations during an update briefing March 3. JTF North coordinates military support to law enforcement agencies in order to deter and prevent transnational threats to the homeland. All military support for homeland security is based on support requests and threat assessments.

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Graig Lindsey, head chef for Cowboy Breakfast Foundation, thanks Soldiers for their service and encourages them to get second and third helpings of breakfast tacos during the during the Warrior and Family Support Center’s 2nd Annual Cowboy Breakfast Jan. 27 at the WFSC. The Cowboy Breakfast, with the support of its sponsors, donated 3,000 breakfast tacos for the event as a way to say thank you for the sacrifices of the Soldiers, their Family members and the caregivers.

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Adm. James Winnefeld, NORAD and USNORTHCOM commander, provides motivational remarks to students at the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Feb. 9, 2011. The commander, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Nicole Avant and Bahamian Minister of State in the Ministry of Labor and Social Development Loretta Butler-Turner, donated sports equipment to the centre. The donation was funded by USNORTHCOM’s Theater Security Cooperation Humanitarian Assistance Program.

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Adm. James Winnefeld, NORAD and USNORTHCOM commander, speaks to students at the Simpson Penn Centre for Boys during a visit to the Bahamas Feb. 9. At the conclusion of the event USNORTHCOM donated $3000 worth of sporting goods to the center to encourage the young men to pursue positive recreational activities and a healthy lifestyle. Winnefeld’s visit to Simpson Penn was part of a two-day visit by a USNORTHCOM delegation to discuss ongoing bilateral efforts to improve security in the region.

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U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeants Clifford Fallico (second from left), Air Forces Northern intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planner, and Robert Carnall, 702nd Computer Support Squadron System Administrator (third from left), stand before Chief Master Sgt. Angela Abshire (right), director of standards at the Noncommissioned Member Professional Development Center, at the graduation ceremony where they both earned the “Comradeship Award” from the Canadian Intermediate Leadership Program, Canadian Forces College, Noncommissioned Member Professional Development Center, St. Jean Sur Richlieu in Quebec, Canada. Only four of 120 students received the peer-voted award.

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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shakes hands with Army Lt. Gen. Frank Grass, U.S. Northern Command deputy commander, and Canadian Lt.-Gen. Marcel Duval, North American Aerospace Defense Command deputy commander, at the beginning of a visit to NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Feb. 10. Hickenlooper received a briefing outlining the missions of the commands and a tour of the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Command Center.

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Maj. Gen. Karl R. Horst, Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region commanding general, provides details of his command's mission and capabilities within the national capital region to National Guard leaders as part of the Contingency Dual Status Commanders' Conference Feb. 1.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Clifford Fallico, Air Forces Northern intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planner, marches in formation at the Canadian Intermediate Leadership program at the Canadian Forces College, Noncommissioned Member Professional Development Center, St. Jean Sur Richelieu in Quebec Canada.

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Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Turberville, operations noncommissioned officer, Headquarters Support Company, Army North, fires an M-9 Berretta Pistol Jan. 20 during advanced marksmanship training at the Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation in San Antonio.

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Brig. Gen. Christopher Coates (left), Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region deputy commander, is greeted by John Salvador (second from right), Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters assistant executive director, at CAP’s National Headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Jan. 26. Coates presented CAP with five Geospatial Information Interoperability Exploitation Portable go kits courtesy of Air Forces Northern to enhance their mission capability and to show gratitude for their support.

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Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Turberville, operations noncommissioned officer, Headquarters Support Company, Army North, fires an M-9 Berretta Pistol during advanced marksmanship training Jan. 20 at the Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation in San Antonio.

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