NORAD and U.S. Northern Command

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33460082828670273362011-06-17T08:07:45.861-06:00NORAD and U.S. Northern CommandGeneral Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-5452668324197890982009-03-20T15:57:00.002-06:002009-03-20T15:59:31.764-06:00Blog Migration

The NORAD and U.S. Northern Command blog is now located on our .mil servers at http://www.northcom.mil/nncblog. This blog will no longer be used, will be migrated to the new blog, and will be removed in the near future.

General Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-87864448126979610732009-02-27T11:03:00.000-07:002009-02-27T11:04:25.659-07:00A Joint Media Availability with Peter MacKay, General Walt Natynczyk and General Gene Renuart to Discuss Canada and U.S. Military Relations

Date-Time/Date-Heure: 27 2009 0830A Joint Media Availability with Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay, Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk and Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM General Gene Renuart to Discuss Canada and U.S. Military Relations.Moderator: Hi, folks. Thanks very much for joining us here today. My name is Jay Paxton, the Press Secretary for the Minister of

General Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-40486663163439023282009-02-23T15:26:00.000-07:002009-02-23T15:27:21.732-07:00Notes from the Hurricane Planning Workshop

As I mentioned last week on my blog, I had the opportunity to participate in the first many joint hurricane planning workshops. This workshop gave us an opportunity to pull together the National Guard Bureau, U.S. Northern Command, civilian first responders, state emergency managers, and a variety of federal agency partners as we prepare for the upcoming season.Planning workshops like this are

General Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-31049068788918137612009-02-14T11:15:00.001-07:002009-02-14T11:16:50.613-07:00Hurricanes and fires

While we are in the early months of the year, folks here and those at the National Guard Bureau have already started to think about the upcoming 2009 hurricane season. Although the National Weather Service and its Hurricane Center have yet to make any predictions about this coming season, one thing I can tell you from being at NORAD and U.S. Northern Command for the past two years, each

General Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-45870468623980417182009-02-03T14:00:00.006-07:002009-02-03T15:35:14.995-07:00Commander's comments on MAFFS II fielding

On Jan 30, with well-deserved fanfare at McClellan Air Park, Calif., the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing rolled out an upgrade to the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) that will be used to battle the nation's wildfires this season.The MAFFS II capability was approved for use in the wing's C-130J Hercules cargo aircraft and allows the California Air National Guard to

General Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-82196467198319495722009-01-30T10:41:00.000-07:002009-01-30T10:42:30.262-07:00Thoughts from the Commander after recent trip

This past week took me to two very familiar spots -- D.C. and Atlanta, and one not so familiar but exciting destination - Iceland. I just wanted to provide you with a couple of my thoughts following visits and meetings at these locations.Starting off at the Department of Defense Biometrics Conference 2009, my focus was to begin to build support for the use of biometric tools at our bases around

General Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-9083331165826253362009-01-21T16:32:00.002-07:002009-01-22T09:02:08.633-07:00Incident Awareness and Assessment - Inauguration

I'd like to take a moment to address a topic brought up in an LA Times article this past weekend. In the article, there was a reference to the military using surveillance systems to monitor the National Mall in Washington D.C. during the inaugural events.I want to assure everyone that USNORTHCOM did not use any airborne platforms to monitor the inaugural events. USNORTHCOM had separate P-3

General Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-83799834588023419622009-01-20T11:14:00.002-07:002009-01-20T11:15:23.828-07:00Commander-in-Chief Transition

"Today marks an historic event and we view the inauguration of our new Commander-in-Chief with hope and purpose. Our mission continues … Our task clear …Our leadership resolute. The people in our commands commemorate this historic transition with renewed focus on the families we protect, on the communities we protect and on the Nations we protect. We are the defenders of our Democracy and of the

General Gene Renuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08374655397534349848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3346008282867027336.post-40461067217357451292009-01-15T15:17:00.001-07:002009-01-15T15:20:28.785-07:00Presidential Inauguration Support

As you may or may not know, NORAD and U.S. Northern Command and its subordinate, Joint Task Force - National Capitol Region, are intimately involved in assisting the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Secret Service in planning and executing Department of Defense support for the ceremonial and non-ceremonial portions of the Presidential Inauguration. This is no easy task, as

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