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[http://www.northcom.mil/Home.aspx] U.S. Northern Command Defending Our Homeland Home Leadership Newsroom News Stories Fact Sheets Press Releases Speeches About USNORTHCOM Freedom of Information Act Reading Room FOIA Library USNORTHCOM CONPLANS Doing Business with USNORTHCOM Speaker Request Images Newcomers Educational DSCA Executive Seminar Academic Engagement Opportunities Gen. Jacoby in Kansas for Vigilant Guard 2014 Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, talks to Spc. Joseph Gillespie and Staff Sgt. Phil Mausbach of the 754th Chemical Company, Nebraska Army National Guard, during Vigilant Guard 2014 hosted by Kansas at Crisis City, Salina, Kan., Aug. 4, 2014. Multiple first response organizations from within FEMA Region 7 converged at Crisis City to exercise their response to a large-scale natural disaster. Capt. Michael Sullivan American Red Cross Visits NORTHCOM Howard Donaldson, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command judge advocate office, briefs about his experiences with the American Red Cross after he and his family lost their house, shown pictured on the screen, in the Waldo Canyon Fire of 2012. SrA Kendra Alba NORAD, NORTHCOM Commander testfies at SASC Commander of U.S. Northern Command Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr. testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during hearings in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2014. DOD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Hinton/released NORAD and USNORTHCOM commander at HASC hearing Commander of U.S. Northern Command Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr. testifies before the House Armed Services Committee during posture hearings at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2014. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Hinton Gen. Jacoby testifies at HASC Commander of U.S. Northern Command Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr. testifies before the House Armed Services Committee along with Commander of U.S. Southern Command Gen. John F. Kelly during posture hearings at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2014. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Hinton USCG in action during NORTHCOM tour A Coast Guardsman watches over the 26 Cuban immigrants his crew just unloaded from a 44-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement boat Feb. 3, 2014, at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West. The crew picked up the immigrants docked just as North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Robert Winzenried, Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Sluder, Joint Task Force-North Command Chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Ron Anderson, Air Forces North Command Chief, were touring the facility. Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh/Released Maine puts emergency responders to test at Vigilant Guard Civilian first responders and National Guard soldiers exit the scene of a simulated collapsed building at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The collapsed building was one part of a multi-day training exercise that will bring civilian emergency responders, aid groups, National Guard soldiers and international groups together to strengthen communication and preparedness in case of a real emergency. Sgt. Angela Parady Special Operations Command North Activation Ceremony General Charles Jacoby (left), Commander of North American Aerospace Command and U.S. Northern Command, presents the Special Operations Command North colors to Rear Admiral Kerry Metz (center), Commander SOCNorth, assisted by Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffery Stigall, during the SOCNORTH Activation Ceremony Nov. 5, 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Senior Airman Kendra Alba Royal Bahamas Defence Force visit U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Robert Walters, NORAD and USNORTHCOM Intelligence Director, points out the World Trade Center beam on display at the 9-11 Memorial in front of NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. to members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Sep. 20. MSgt. Andy Bellamy Colorado Flooding Rescue Operations Members of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard and rescue personnel escort residents of an affected flood area, Sept. 18, 2013, near Fort Collins, Colo. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina. Senior Airman Kendra Alba CONNECT WITH USNORTHCOM Blog Twitter Facebook Linked In YouTube USNORTHCOM NEWS UPDATE FOR AUG. 7, 2014: DOD continues support to fighting wildfires in Northwest Great Basin PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. (Full Story) UPDATE FOR AUG. 5, 2014: DOD Support to Wildfires in Northwest Great Basin PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. (Full Story) NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander arrives in Kansas to observe Vigilant Guard 2014 Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, visited the Great Plants Joint Training Center including Crisis City in Salina, Kansas, to observe training at Vigilant Guard 2014 Aug. 4, 2014. (Full Story) UPDATE - DOD continues support to wildland firefighting in Northwest August 04, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft, equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin, and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. (Full Story) VIDEO NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander at the Aspen Security Forum SASC Hearing Information Video: SASC hearing on Posture of U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command (Note: Actual hearing starts at 23-minute mark) March 13, 2014 Senate Armed Services Committee testimony transcript 2014 U.S. Northern Command Posture Statement Video: HASC hearing on Posture of U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command 2014 U.S. Northern Command Posture Statement Feb. 26, 2014 House Armed Services Committee Transcript North American Aerospace Defense Command USNORTHCOM photos and video (DVIDS) Employment - Doing Business with USNORTHCOM Defense.gov Web Policy Accessibility/Section 508 Privacy & Security Link Disclaimer FOIA Recovery Act No FEAR Act Defense.gov Our Military Contact Us NORAD Tracks Santa NORAD More Links