Gen. Chuck Jacoby, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, welcomes Mexican Secretary of National Defense Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda and Mexican Secretary of the Navy Adm. Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz to the NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters. Gen. Cienfuegos and Adm. Soberón, who met earlier in the week in Washington with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, visited USNORTHCOM today to discuss the military-to-military relationship between the United States and Mexico. Key issues that were discussed today included training, educational opportunities, and binational exercises focused on military support of civil authorities. Gen. Cienfuegos and Adm. Soberón reiterated that for Mexico it is important to continue to strengthen the bilateral military relationship with the United States, through close cooperation that will address common problems that occur along a shared border. It was their first visit as secretaries to the headquarters.
130719-F-YX459-088.JPG Photo By: Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Gen. Chuck Jacoby, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, welcomes Mexican Secretary of National Defense Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda and Mexican Secretary of the Navy Adm. Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz to the NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters. Gen. Cienfuegos and Adm. Soberón, who met earlier in the week in Washington with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, visited USNORTHCOM today to discuss the military-to-military relationship between the United States and Mexico. Key issues that were discussed today included training, educational opportunities, and binational exercises focused on military support of civil authorities. Gen. Cienfuegos and Adm. Soberón reiterated that for Mexico it is important to continue to strengthen the bilateral military relationship with the United States, through close cooperation that will address common problems that occur along a shared border. It was their first visit as secretaries to the headquarters.


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