Joint Task Force North News
8 September 2012 - JTF North volunteers for Team Bliss ‘Day of Service’
30 August 2012 – 1AD CAB ‘Iron Knights’ help secure the homeland - Supporting Border Patrol in South Texas
February 2012 - Operation Nimbus II - 6-1 CAV Support
March 2012 - JTF-North deploys Soldiers to support Border Patrol in N.M., Ariz.Active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood and Fort Bliss deployed in mid-February to southern New Mexico and southern Arizona to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection border security efforts.
At a special promotion ceremony held Friday at the Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museum, Col. Mark R. Stammer, Joint Task Force North Commander, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
8 November 11 - JTF North welcomes Badgett as new senior-enlisted leader
Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Dwight D. Badgett accepted the Joint Task Force North senior-enlisted leader duties during an assumption of responsibility ceremony at the command's headquarters Nov. 8.
20 October 11 - Vietnam Veteran presented award
More than 40 years ago a young Navy reservist from El Paso, a single son who qualified for the 'sole surviving son exemption' from combat service, volunteered for deployment when his unit was activated in 1968.
9 September 11 - JTF North Change of Command Ceremony
Brig. Gen. Michael A. Bills relinquished command of Joint Task Force North to Col. Mark R. Stammer during a change of command ceremony conducted Sept. 9 at the task force’s headquarters at East Fort Bliss.
2 May 11 - GSP 2nd Intel Bn USMC
Marines from Ground Sensor Platoon (GSP), 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, completed a training mission last month that is credited with making a significant contribution to the U.S. Border Patrol's efforts to detect, deter, and defeat transnational criminal organizations' attempts to conduct drug and alien smuggling activities on the U.S. – Mexico border.
Detecting and responding to low flying aircraft used by transnational criminal organizations to transport illicit drugs across the U.S. – Mexico border is critical to the accomplishment of the U.S. Border Patrol, Tucson Sector's homeland security mission.
27 Apr 11 - BG Bills given key to Village of Ruidoso
With Ruidoso's Military Appreciation Weekend activities just around the corner, Mayor Ray Alborn presented a Key to the Village to U.S. Army Brigadier General Mike Bills Tuesday.
Apr 7, 2011 - On the Border:
Unit volunteers for JTF North support mission:1-13 Cav. Regt. supports Border Patrol in Arizona
Equipped with the latest surveillance technology in the Army’s inventory, the 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment, historically known as the “Warhorse” Squadron, recently completed training in Arizona that also supported the U.S. Border Patrol’s efforts to detect, deter and defeat transnational criminal organizations attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mar 8, 2011 - NORTHCOM GUEST BLOG
JTF North Commander on "Mission" and USNORTHCOM Commander's visit
Mar 4, 2011 - NORAD, USNORTHCOM commander visits JTF North
The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, visited Joint Task Force North, the USNORTHCOM element tasked with providing Department of Defense counter-transnational threat support to the nation’s federal law enforcement agencies, March 3.
15 Feb 10 - JTF North CALL article
Securing the nation and safeguarding citizens are the top priorities for federal law enforcement agencies. Supporting federal homeland security efforts is the mission of Joint Task Force North (JTF North). JTF North, based at Fort Bliss, Texas, is the Department of Defense (DOD) organization tasked to support federal law enforcement agencies in identifying and interdicting suspected narcotics-related traffickers and other transnational threats.
