U.S. Northern Command

President nominates new NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commander December 23, 2009 — Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has made the following nomination: Navy Vice Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. for appointment to the rank of admiral and assignment MORE

Lt. Gen. Swan takes command of U.S. Army North December 16, 2009 — FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Lt. Gen. Guy Swan III took over as the commanding general of U.S. Army North from Lt. Gen. Thomas Turner during a change of command ceremony Dec. 15 inside the command’s MORE

NORAD and USNORTHCOM support Space Shuttle launch November 16, 2009 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command provide support to NASA and the shuttle program’s mission with distinctly different but MORE

DOD Support to manned space operations for STS-129 November 16, 2009 — U.S. Northern Command is the focal point for military emergency support to the Space Shuttle.  Support includes astronaut rescue and recovery and orbiter recovery.  USNORTHCOM, established in 2002 and MORE

NORAD and USNORTHCOM win prestigious award November 13, 2009 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Military and civilian personnel at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command have been awarded, by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of MORE

Vibrant Response brings realistic disaster training close to home November 11, 2009 — EDINBURGH, Ind. – Smoke billowing from buildings, the beating of helicopter blades and constant radio chatter echo over ground zero; the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., on MORE

Inter-agency exercise prepares all for national emergency November 11, 2009 — BUTLERVILLE, Ind. – With an exercise the magnitude of Vibrant Response comes the need for inter-agency communication, team/unit cohesion and quick reaction time.  Vibrant Response, an exercise that MORE

Army North exercises DoD’s newest civil support force October 30, 2009 — U. S. ARMY NORTH – As the leaves turn and the country heads into winter U. S. Army North personnel are preparing to exercise and train the one of the Department of Defense’s consequence management MORE

US Northern Command announces media availability for Field Training Exercise Vibrant Response 10.1 October 27, 2009 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U. S. Army North, U. S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command will host more than 4500 military and civilian personnel from around the country to take MORE

NORAD exercise flights planned over Washington D.C. October 2, 2009 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise flights Oct. 3 in the skies over the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C.).  The flights will take MORE