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Lt. Col. Carrie Acree, Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer, holds five-week old Adrian Morant while his mother gets situated at the Denver International Airport aerial port of debarkation March 24. More than 140 military dependents from Japan flew into DIA as part of Operation Pacific Passage, a voluntary departure operation that began after the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11.

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Petty Officer 1st Class Laurie Roods, Navy Operational Support Center Denver, helps Gloria Loveday find her cat, Maggie, after landing at Denver International Airport March 24. Members of all four military branches are working in support of the aerial port of debarkation at DIA as part of Operation Pacific Passage. DIA began receiving military dependents March 24, joining Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Wash., and Travis Air Force Base, Calif. as points of debarkation for military dependents leaving Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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More than 140 military dependents prepare to process through the Denver International Airport aerial port of debarkation March 24. DIA, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Wash., and Travis Air Force Base, Calif., are receiving flights of military dependents who voluntarily left Japan as part of Operation Pacific Passage following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11.

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The 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment established a tactical operations center to manage all its support operations. Historically known as the “Warhorse Squadron,” the Fort Bliss-based unit volunteered to execute the Defense Support to Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies mission coordinated by Joint Task Force North, the U.S. Northern Command unit tasked to provide military support to the nation’s federal law enforcement agencies.

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Maj. Darrell Watkins, 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment Operations Officer, left, and Capt. Gilbert Redford, Chosin Company commander, coordinate a JTF North mission executed in support of the U.S. Border Patrol – Tucson Sector. During the U.S. Border Patrol – Tucson Sector support mission, the 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment Soldiers served as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the agents that patrol the Arizona – Sonora, Mexico border area.

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Spc. Arturo Saucedo, cavalry scout, Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry, surveys the Arizona – Mexico border for suspected illegal activities using a Long Range Scout Surveillance System (LRAS). The ‘Warhorse’ Cavalry Scouts reported their observations to the U.S. Border Patrol agents in the field.

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Pfc. Tamika Terry, cook, left, serves lunch at containerized kitchen facility to the 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment Soldiers. The squadron deployed to Arizona with all its support elements and conducted concurrent weapons training, tested logistical capabilities, performed maintenance functions, and practiced their unit emergency-response plans.

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A crew chief with the 302nd Airlift Wing locks up a 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 using a Modular Airborne Firefighting System loaded onto two C-130 aircraft. The MAFFS, 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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Spc. Derek Armstrong employs a Long Range Scout Surveillance System (LRAS) mounted on High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The LRAS has both day and night surveillance capabilities. The ‘Warhorse’ Cavalry Scouts reported their observations to the U.S. Border Patrol agents in the field.

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A crew chief with the 302nd Airlift Wing marshals a C-130 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.

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Senior Master Sgt. John Eichenberg, 302nd Airlift Wing loadmaster, secures a Modular Airborne Firefighting System aboard a 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 using MAFFS loaded onto two C-130 aircraft. The MAFFS, 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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Master Sgt. Cory Gatewood, left, welcomes a Navy family to Travis Air Force Base after a flight from Japan. Volunteers from Naval Air Stations Lemoore and Fallon assisted Travis Air Force Base personnel with the arrival of military families voluntarily evacuating Japan.

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Staff Sgt. Katie Speer, 60th Air Mobility Wing command chief executive, carries a child off the military chartered flight March 22. Approximately 500 passengers arrived at Travis Air Force Base in support of Operation Pacific Passage. On March 17, the Office of the Secretary of Defense approved voluntary assisted departures to the United States for family members residing in Japan. These flights will continue for the foreseeable future to accommodate the needs of our service member’s families.

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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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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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(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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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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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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