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Colonel Tom Muir, left, director of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Command Center, briefs agency representatives attending USNORTHCOM's first State Partners Day April 25 at the commands' headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

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General Gene Renuart, commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, addresses more than 700 military and civilians from the space industry at the 23rd National Space Symposium April 11. Renuart spoke to conference atendees about the operator's point of view on space technology, and the importance of continuing to develop space-based capabilities. He said that space-based technology is vital to NORAD and USNORTHCOM's missions.

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General Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, meets with members of the 601st Air Operations Group at Tyndall AFB, Fla. The 601 AOG, manned primarily with Florida Air National Guardsmen, serves as part of NORAD's Continential US NORAD Region, and Air Forces Northern under USNORTHCOM.

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Col. Frank Kosich updates his staff on the status of Exercise Ardent Sentry '07 hurricane recovery operations. Kosich is the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region I Defense Coordinating Officer, whose job is to work with federal, state and local agencies to ensure U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support of Civil Authorities mission is carried out effectively. U.S. Army North provides the DCO to an area affected by a disaster should Department of Defense response be requested by the President or the Secretary of Defense.

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General Gene Renuart, far right, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, observes a demonstration April 17 of an airborne communications package aboard a C-130 aircraft at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The demonstration was conducted by the Joint Communications Support Element, a military unit composed of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps personnel, to show USNORTHCOM and civilian law enforcement organizations the communications capabilities the unit can provide to Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

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Tech. Sgt. Everett Emerson, an Air National Guard medic from Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, works with firefighters from the North Pole Fire Department to secure a simulated accident victim on a backboard for transportation to the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital May 9. "We've trained for mass casualty exercises, but never this big before," Sergeant Emerson said. The May 9 scenario was part of the Alaska Shield/Northern Edge 2007 exercise which is scheduled from May 7-18. Civilian, military and other government agencies are coming together for the large scale exercise which is designed to test all agencies' preparedness, interaction and response to a variety of incidents ranging from natural disasters to terrorist attacks and other emergencies.

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General Gene Renuart, commander, U.S. Northern Command, gets a close up look at the Department of Defense, Defense Support to Civil Authorities Automated Support System from Lt. Gen. Thomas Turner, U.S. Army North commanding general and members of his staff. The DDASS system allows Army North’s Joint Task Force Falcon track mission assignments requested by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. General Renuart was visiting JTF Falcon, which was deployed to Providence, R.I., in support of the hurricane venue of Exercise Ardent Sentry '07.

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Representative Visit - Jan. 13, 2007 - Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, shows U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn the 9-11 remembrance wall at USNORTHCOM and NORAD headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Jan. 13, 2007. The visit was Lamborn's first to the commands.

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Lt. Col. David M. Funk (left) is awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal in a Jan. 17, 2007, ceremony at the headquarters of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Funk was recognized for providing emergency first aid at the scene of a Jan. 8, 2007, three-car accident until professional help arrived. Funk is chief of the Training and Exercise Branch of NORAD and USNORTHCOM. Presenting the award was NORAD and USNORTHCOM commander, Adm. Timothy J. Keating (right).

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Maj. Gen. Robert B. Ostenberg (right), director of Reserve Forces for the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, presents Lt. Col. David Newberry with the Welcome Home Warrior-Citizen Award Jan. 20 at NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters. The award was mandated by Congress for all Army Reservists who have been activated in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom.

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Joint Task Force North Deputy Director for Intelligence, Gabe Reyes, on right, leads a working group discussion on Intelligence Oversight. The group focused on current IO issues and future applications of policy pertaining to the evolving nature of technology and interagency cooperation.

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Marine Corps. Sgt. Maj. D. Scott Frye, Senior Enlisted Advisor of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, gestures to Color Guard members during a rehearsal for the NORAD and USNORTHCOM change of command March 23. Frye retires March 30 after 32 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, speaks at a March 22 press conference at NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Keating will relinquish command of NORAD and USNORTHCOM to Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr. at a March 23 change-of-command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base. Keating is scheduled to assume command of U.S. Pacific Command March 26 in Hawaii.

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Chief Warrant Officer Ken Drennon and Master Sergeant Michael Winkler, of the South Carolina National Guard, Set up a Web Cam as part of Defense Interoperability Communication Exercise 2007 (DICE07). DICE07 is a joint exercise, incorporating both DoD and non-DoD agency communications systems, with a goal of creating interoperability procedures that ensure robust support for global war on terror efforts and responses to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Steven J. Weber, Joint Task Force Civil Support public affairs.

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Participants in a civic leader tour hosted by the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command visit the NORAD-USNORTHCOM Command Center at Peterson Air Force Base.

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld addresses local, regional and national media during his May 31 visit to USNORTHCOM.

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Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais and Command Chief Warrant Officer Eric Christensen, commander and command chief warrant officer of Canada Command, visit U.S. Northern Command headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 29-30, 2006.

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Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Hernandez, his wife Nellie, and daughters Emma, left, and Nina relax in their new home following a July 6 house fire.

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Dept. of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Mr. John Wood (left) and Dept. of Homeland Security Senior Military Advisor Rear Adm. Daniel B. Lloyd (right) traveled to Colorado Springs Friday to announce the selection of Mr. William Brundage (center) as Senior Dept. of Homeland Security Advisor to NORAD-USNORTHCOM.

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Lt. Gen. Joseph Inge, USNORTHCOM deputy director, talks with Maj. Gen. Tim Lowenberg, The Adjutant General of Washington and chairman of the AGAUS Homeland Security Committee.

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