| Oct. 2 |
USNORTHCOM commemorates 10th anniversary, names headquarters
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Members of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command celebrated the 10th anniversary of USNORTHCOM in a special ceremony here Oct. 1. |
| Oct. 1 |
NORAD, USNORTHCOM names headquarters building after Canadian, U.S. air force generals
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - This is the first time the name of a U.S. military combatant command headquarters includes a Canadian military officer’s name. |
| Sept. 28 |
NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters building to be named after Royal Canadian and U.S. Air Force generals
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters building at Peterson Air Force Base will be renamed the Eberhart-Findley Building in honor of U.S. Air Force General (Ret.) Ralph E. Eberhart and Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General (Ret.) Eric A. Findley during U.S. Northern Command’s 10-year anniversary commemoration ceremony on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at 2 p.m. This is the first time the name of a U.S. military combatant command headquarters will include a Canadian military officer’s name. |
| Sept. 17 |
U.S. Forest Service deactivates MAFFS operations
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The U.S. Forest Service deactivated the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped military C-130s due to favorable fire conditions in the West. |
| Sept. 11 |
NORAD, USNORTHCOM holds 9/11 remembrance ceremony
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - U.S. military, Canadian Forces and civilians assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command attended a solemn remembrance ceremony in honor of those who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. |
| Sept. 4 |
NIFC sends two MAFFS home
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The National Interagency Fire Center sent two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems-equipped C-130s home over the Labor Day weekend, due to a decrease in fire activity. |
| Aug. 29 |
U.S. Northern Command assists with Hurricane Isaac efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - U.S. Northern Command is coordinating Department of Defense’s support to FEMA and state and local response activities in response to Hurricane Isaac. There are currently ten Mission Assignments approved for Hurricane Isaac. |
| Aug. 29 |
Fort Leonard Wood-based 4th MEB Soldiers Observe, Control, Train others for domestic disaster response
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - Ten soldiers assigned to the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade helped train the next iteration of U.S. soldiers assigned to a domestic disaster response mission during a U.S. Army North-led training exercise earlier this month. |
| Aug. 28 |
MAFFS meets major mission milestone
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Department of Defense Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System C-130s reached a major mission milestone on Friday, Aug. 24, by dropping the 2 millionth gallon of retardant for the season. |
| Aug. 28 |
U.S. Northern Command assists with Tropical Storm Isaac efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - U.S. Northern Command is coordinating Department of Defense’s support to FEMA and state and local response activities in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac. |
| Aug. 23 |
Out of the ashes: The heroes, the environmental impact, and the home considerations that come with wildfires
Wildfires can be devastating, regenerating, fear-inducing, and awe-inspiring. They reveal heroic feats as well as scarred hillsides. Here, we examine the many faces of wildfires, including the personal stories of those who face the flames to protect us, the Earth’s response to the blazes – both good, and bad – and how you can safeguard your home and garden to the best of your ability if you’re in the path of a fire. |
| Aug. 16 |
Law Enforcement, Public Safety Agencies Announce Security Restrictions, Transportation Plan for 2012 Republican, Democratic National Conventions
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The U.S. Secret Service released the security restrictions and transportation plans for the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. |
| Aug. 13 |
U.S. Forest Service requests increase in MAFFS operations
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Increased fire activity in the Western United States has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to call two additional MAFFS-equipped C-130s to resume operations by Tuesday. Those aircraft will come from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, in Cheyenne, Wyo. |
| Aug. 10 |
North Carolina Air National Guard returns to MAFFS mission
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing will return to flying MAFFS Aug. 14, six weeks after four of the unit's Airmen were killed in a C-130 crash during a fire fighting mission in South Dakota. |
| Aug. 3 |
Additional MAFFS aircraft head to Boise
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The U.S. Forest Service has modified its request for assistance for the MAFFS-equipped C-130s. |
| Aug. 1 |
Medics hone critical skills at Vibrant Response 2013
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. - Expeditionary medical support Airmen put their medical expertise on display recently during Exercise Vibrant Response 2013 in Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky. |
| Aug. 1 |
Air National Guard, Reserve MAFFS-equipped C-130s integral part of wildfire suppression
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Air National Guard has increasingly worked alongside the U.S. Forest Service and other emergency responders this summer, in what officials call one of the worst wildfire seasons in U.S. history. |
| July 31 |
Conference Brings Together Public, Private Partners For Disaster Response
PETERSON AFB, Colo. – People across the U.S. faced a variety of disasters during the past year, including hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes, drought and more. In most cases, if a person reached out for help they didn’t face that disaster alone. |
| July 17 |
MAFFS request modified for four C-130s
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The U.S. Forest Service has modified its request for assistance for the MAFFS-equipped C-130s. The new request, received late yesterday, releases two of the six C-130s using Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems to assist with fires. |
| July 12 |
NORAD, USNORTHCOM brings together homeland response TAGs
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The Adjutants General from 13 states converged on U.S. Northern Command headquarters here July 10 to discuss the Homeland Response Force mission, training and National Guard matters. |
| July 11 |
Federal Partners Continue to Support Response Efforts Combating Western Wildfires
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires and subsequent flash flooding in multiple Western states. On June 28, President Obama approved a disaster declaration for Colorado providing additional support to state and local officials responding to the fires, as well as federal assistance for individuals affected by the High Park and Waldo Canyon Fires. |
| July 10 |
Departments of Interior, Agriculture honor MAFFS 7 crew
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture is honoring the four North Carolina-based MAFFS 7 crewmembers killed during wildfire fighting operations July 1 by flying flags at half-staff today at all DoI and DoA locations, including all national parks and national forests. |
| July 09 |
Federal Partners Continue to Support Response Efforts Combating Western Wildfires
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires and subsequent flash flooding in multiple Western states. On June 28, President Obama approved a disaster declaration for Colorado providing additional support to state and local officials responding to the fires, as well as federal assistance for individuals affected by the High Park and Waldo Canyon Fires. |
| July 09 |
Memorial Service for Airmen killed in C-130 crash set for Tuesday
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, based here, will hold a private memorial service Tuesday, July 10, at 9 a.m. for the four Airmen killed in the crash of a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) equipped C-130. The men died Sunday, July 1, when their plane went down while fighting a forest fire near Edgemont, S.D. |
| July 06 |
Federal Partners Continue to Support Response Efforts Combating Western Wildfires
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires in multiple Western states. Last Friday, President Obama approved a disaster declaration for Colorado providing additional support to state and local officials responding to the fires, as well as federal assistance for individuals affected by the High Park and Waldo Canyon Fires. |
| July 06 |
USNORTHCOM continues support to wildfire suppression efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Six Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting in the efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region and western United States at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho. |
| July 05 |
Federal Partners Continue to Support Response Efforts Combating Western Wildfires
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires in multiple Western states. Last Friday, President Obama approved a disaster declaration for Colorado providing additional support to state and local officials responding to the fires, as well as federal assistance for individuals affected by the High Park and Waldo Canyon Fires. |
| July 05 |
USNORTHCOM continued support to wildfire suppression efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Six Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting in the efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region and western United States at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho. |
| July 04 |
Federal Partners Continue to Support Response Efforts Combating Western Wildfires
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires in multiple Western states. |
| July 04 |
USNORTHCOM resumes support to wildfire suppression efforts - July 4
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Six DOD C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of USNORTHCOM are assisting in the efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region and western United States.
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| July 04 |
Rarely used military asset proves extremely valuable for wildfire response
CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Unifying the command of both National Guard and Active Duty military forces provides a unity of effort and a streamlined reach-back capability for incident commanders in need of military assets.
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| July 03 |
N.C. Air National Guard Announces C-130 Crash Victims
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Four airmen died and two others were seriously injured when a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) equipped C-130 belonging to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, based here, crashed Sunday evening while fighting a woodland fire in Southwestern South Dakota. |
| July 03 |
C-130 MAFFS Operations Resume Today
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command announced that the C-130 Modular Airborne Fire-Fighting System fleet will resume operations today in support of the National Interagency Fire Center and its firefighters on the front lines in several states. |
| July 02 |
MAFFS operations suspended today
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The military C-130 aircraft activated to assist with the Rocky Mountain region’s firefighting efforts will not operate today. |
| July 02 |
Crashed Fire Fighting C-130 is from Charlotte Air National Guard Unit
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North Carolina Air National Guard - and indeed the National Guard across all of North Carolina and the country - is grieving today. |
| July 01 |
MAFFS equipped C-130 crashes in South Dakota
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - At approximately 6 P.M. MDT, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 aircraft supporting fire fighting missions crashed in the southwest corner of South Dakota. The aircraft was supporting the efforts against the White Draw Fire. |
| July 01 |
Four MAFFS-equipped C-130s change staging location Monday
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - At the request of the U.S. Forest Service, four of the eight military C-130 aircraft, each equipped with that agency’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) will begin operating out of the Wyoming Air National Guard’s base, in Cheyenne, Monday. |
| July 01 |
USNORTHCOM continues support to wildfire suppression efforts - July 1
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Eight DOD C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of USNORTHCOM are assisting in the efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region and western United States. |
| June 30 |
Additional MAFFS support arrives in Colorado Springs, Colo.
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – A MAFFS-equipped C-130 from the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard arrives at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., June 30, to support wildland fire fighting operations in the western United States. |
| June 30 |
National Guard Dual-Status Commander appointed for Colorado wildfires
CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper selected a Dual-Status Commander, in agreement with the Secretary of Defense, to support wildfire response and relief efforts in Colorado. |
| June 30 |
USNORTHCOM continues support to wildfire suppression efforts - June 30
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Four DOD C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and under the command and control of USNORTHCOM are assisting in efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region. |
| June 29 |
All MAFFS aircraft in Rocky Mountain region Saturday
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Beginning Saturday, June 30, eight military C-130 aircraft, each equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) will be operating out of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., to assist with fire fighting efforts in the Rocky Mountain Region. |
| June 29 |
USNORTHCOM continues support to wildfire suppression efforts - June 29
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Four DOD C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and under the command and control of USNORTHCOM continue assisting in efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region. |
| June 28 |
USNORTHCOM continues support to wildfire suppression efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Four Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are assisting in the efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region. |
| June 27 |
Video, Images of Colorado Wildfire Support Efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The most recent video, news and images from the 2012 wild fires can be found at the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) site.
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| June 27 |
USNORTHCOM continues support to wildfire suppression efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Four Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting in the efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho.
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| June 25 |
MAFFS aircraft support Colorado wildland fire fighting efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Two Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped aircraft from the 153rd Airlift Wing of the Wyoming Air National Guard arrived at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., today to support wildland fire fighting efforts in the state of Colorado.
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| June 24 |
MAFFS aircraft join aerial firefighting efforts in the Rocky Mountains and southwest region
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The U.S. Forest Service has requested and U.S. Northern Command has approved the deployment and employment of four Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) C-130 aircraft to assist in wildfire suppression in Colorado and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions.
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| June 14 |
NORAD, USNORTHCOM celebrate Army 237th birthday
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command held a special 237th Army Birthday Celebration at the Peterson Club here today.
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| June 11 |
Wildfires: Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming National Guards battling wildfires
ARLINGTON, Va. - National Guard units are currently battling wildfires in parts of Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming, deploying approximately 180 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen on State Active Duty to assist local civilian first responders.
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| May 23 |
NORAD, USNORTHCOM holds religious affairs conference
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The NORAD and U.S. Northern Command Chaplain’s Office began their week-long Annual Religious Affairs Conference at the Radisson Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 21.
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| May 15 |
Law Enforcement and Public Safety Agencies Announce Security Restrictions and Transportation Plan for the 2012 NATO Summit
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The U.S. Secret Service has released the security restrictions and transportation plan for the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago May 20-21.
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| May 10 |
Military volunteers help make Warrior Games a success
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The focus of the Warrior Games has always been the wounded warriors who are competing, but they’re not the only warriors participating in the popular event.
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| May 9 |
ARDENT SENTRY 2012: An Exercise in Working Together
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command completed ARDENT SENTRY 2012, a major yearly exercise focused on Defense Support of Civil Authorities from May 2 – 9, 2012.
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| May 1 |
USNORTHCOM prepares for 2012 wildfire season
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - U.S. Northern Command is preparing for what could be a busy wildfire season.
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| May 1 |
NORAD, USNORTHCOM Joint Cyber Center stands up
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Joint Cyber Center officially went to work after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta formally approved the formation of JCCs today among the geographic combatant commands.
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| Apr. 26 |
North America’s mountain fortress hosts film crew
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Located within the center of a solid granite mountain in an excavated area larger than four football fields and almost seven stories high, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station hosts one of the most secure military facilities on the continent. Yet, it showed itself capable of typical warm Colorado hospitality recently, opening its meter-thick, Cold War-era, 25-ton blast doors to special visitors charged with a unique mission – capture and tell a fascinating story.
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| Apr. 24 |
NORAD and USNORTHCOM Conduct ARDENT SENTRY 2012
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command will conduct a major exercise, ARDENT SENTRY 2012, focused on Defense Support of Civil Authorities, May 2 – 9, 2012.
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| Apr. 16 |
USNORTHCOM Supports Health and Human Services
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The Department of Defense, at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is providing a temporary housing facility at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, for approximately 100 unaccompanied children who were stopped by U.S. Border Patrol and are now being cared for by HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
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| Apr. 12 |
NORAD and USNORTHCOM Acknowledge Missile Launch
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command officials acknowledged today that U.S. systems detected and tracked a launch of the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile at 6:39 p.m. EDT.
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| Mar. 28 |
JTF-North deploys Soldiers to support Border Patrol in N.M., Ariz.
ARIZONA - Active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Bliss, Texas, deployed in mid-February to southern New Mexico and southern Arizona to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection border security efforts.
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| Mar. 28 |
Inaugural Trilateral Meeting of North American Defence Ministers
OTTAWA - The inaugural Trilateral Meeting of North American Defence Ministers was held March 27 in Ottawa. The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, hosted the Honourable Leon E. Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense, General Guillermo Galván Galván, Mexican Secretary of National Defence, and Admiral Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, Mexican Secretary of the Navy.
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| Mar. 14 |
NORAD, USNORTHCOM hold CBRN Summit
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are holding their annual Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Summit this week at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
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| Mar. 07 |
Army North prepares for hurricane season
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - U.S. Army North is gearing up for hurricane season by preparing for a large-scale hurricane exercise at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.
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| Feb. 24 |
USNORTHCOM, National Guard leaders: Partnerships key to domestic response
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Sharing a stage Wednesday at a domestic preparedness workshop that emphasizes partnerships, the chief of the National Guard Bureau and the combatant commander of U.S. Northern Command emphasized a whole-of-government, whole-of-community approach to responding to natural or manmade disasters.
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| Feb. 10 |
DHS Director of Operations to USNORTHCOM: We’re with you
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - The Department of Homeland Security’s Director of the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning, Richard Chávez, toured U.S. Northern Command headquarters Feb. 7 and had a message to the men and women of USNORTHCOM.
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| Jan. 24 |
NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander endorses bilateral agreements
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, Jr., commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, joined Lt.-Gen. Walter Semianiw, Canada Command commander, in Ottawa today to sign three key bilateral documents that further develop the combined defense and security of Canada and the U.S.
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| Jan. 17 |
Caldwell takes command of Army North, Fort Sam Houston
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV assumed command of U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and Fort Sam Houston before a gathering of fellow senior leaders, state and local government officials, Family, service members and civilian partners Jan. 12 at Fort Sam Houston’s historic Quadrangle.
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| Jan. 12 |
Soldiers to construct new roads for Border Patrol
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. - Alaska-based engineers completed the first airborne operation into Fort Huachuca in more than a decade Jan. 6 in order to build a strip of roadway along the Mexican border.
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| Jan. 9 |
Florida governor, adjutant general visit 101st AOG
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - The governor of Florida is to Florida Air National Guardsmen what the president of the United States is to active duty military: commander in chief.
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