Operation Noble Eagle
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After the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks, the President
established a new Office of
Homeland Security within the
Executive Office of the President.
This new agency is intended to
coordinate efforts across multiple
functions to accomplish tasks such
as upgrading intelligence and
security to protect Americans on U.S.
soil, providing recovery assistance
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to disaster sites, helping victims' families, increasing the
number of law enforcement personnel, and providing health
care for displaced citizens. The President and Congress
moved to implement tough new airline security standards
that tighten background checks for airline screeners and
workers, dramatically expand the federal air marshal
program, create strict new baggage security requirements,
and tighten security in all airport areas. The President also
established an advisory committee for cyber security to
ensure that America's key infrastructures are protected.
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During a Pentagon press briefing on Sept. 25, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced that the war
against terrorism will now be known as Operation Enduring Freedom outside the United States. Operation Noble Eagle
refers to U.S. military operations in homeland defense and civil support to U.S. federal, state and local agencies.
Under Operation Noble Eagle, more the 35,000 service men and women were called upon to help in homeland defense and
civil service. National Guard troops were called in to assist in the New York City recovery effort from the very day
that two jetliners crashed into the twin towers at the World Trade Center. National Guard civil and support teams
were among the first on the scene to check for chemical, biological and radiological hazards.
For more information, please visit Operation Noble Eagle in the Deployment
section of this Web site