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==Command==
===Current Command===*Commander: Gen. [[Gene Renuart]], USAF ([http://www.northcom.mil/leaders_html/docs/Bio_Gen_Renuart_mar07.pdf Bio])*Deputy Commander: Lt. Gen. [[William G. Webster Jr.]], USA ([http://www.northcom.mil/leaders_html/docs/Bio_Webster_may07.pdf Bio])*Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. [[Paul J. Sullivan]], USAF ([http://www.northcom.mil/leaders_html/docs/Maj%20Gen%20Sullivan%20(May%2005).pdf Bio])*Command Senior Enlisted Leader: Command Sgt. Maj. [[Daniel R. Wood]], USA ([http://www.northcom.mil/leaders_html/docs/Bio_CSM_Wood_mar07.pdf Bio]) ===First Command===*Commander: Admiral [[Timothy J. Keating]], United States Navy; ([http://www.northcom.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=s.who_commander§ion=2 BiographyBio].)
::"On November 5, 2004, Admiral Timothy J. Keating became the first Navy admiral and the 2nd combatant commander of U.S. Northern Command. He is also the commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)."
*Deputy Commander, : Lieutenant General [[Joseph R. Inge]], United States Army; ([http://www.northcom.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=s.who_bios_inge BiographyBio])*Command Sergeant Major, : [[D. Scott Frye]], United States Marine Corps; ([http://www.northcom.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=s.who_bios_frye BiographyBio].)
==Mission==
The mission of the U.S. Northern Command [http://www.northcom.mil/ web site]: The command's mission is "[[homeland defense]] and civil support, specifically: Conduct operations to deter, prevent, and defeat threats and aggression aimed at the United States, its territories, and interests within the assigned area of responsibility; and, as directed by the President or Secretary of Defense, provide military assistance to civil authorities including consequence management operations. "
"U.S. Northern Command plans, organizes, and executes homeland defense and civil support missions, but has few permanently assigned forces. The command will be assigned forces whenever necessary to execute missions as ordered by the President. Approximately 500 civil service employees and uniformed personnel representing all service branches provide this essential unity of command."[http://www.northcom.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=s.whoweare§ion=3]
In a March 13, 2003, briefing General [[Ralph E. Eberhart]], commander of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, [http://www.af.mil/news/Mar2003/31303903.shtml. described] to members of the [[House Armed Services Committee]] "how USNORTHCOM and other organizations counter threats to homeland security ... [and] how the organization provides 'unity of command' for U.S. military actions to counter threats against homeland security."
Website: U.S. Northern Command: http://www.northcom.mil/<br>
== Resources and articles ===== Related SourceWatch Resources articles===
*[[Department of Homeland Security]]
*[[Homeland Security drills and exercises]]
*[[Weapons of mass destruction]]
=== External Links articles ===
*[http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/04/17/northcom020417 "U.S. to create North American command zone,"] CBC News (Canada), April 17, 2002.
*[http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RS21322.pdf "Homeland Security: Establishment and Implementation of the United States Northern Command"] prepared by Scott Shepherd and Steve Bowman, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, The Library of Congress, [[Congressional Research Service]] Report for Congress, Updated February 10, 2005.
*Bradley Graham, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/07/AR2005080700843.html?referrer=emailarticle "War Plans Drafted To Counter Terror Attacks in U.S. Domestic Effort Is Big Shift for Military,"] ''Washington Post'', August 8, 2005.
*[http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/21/us-special-ops-forces-on-american-soil/ "U.S. special ops forces on American soil,"] ''Think Progress'', June 21, 2007.
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