Homeland Defense
SGT. JUSTIN SMITH/10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE) Gen. Glen D. VanHerck uses a story to illustrate why the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) are …
Defending the Homeland: Globally Integrated Layered Defense (GILD) Read More
THE WATCH STAFF In an era of increased threats from potential adversaries, the United States and Canada are demonstrating their ability to defend North America across all domains during exercise …
Exercise Vigilant Shield 23: Defending North America Read More
THE WATCH STAFF Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, the commander charged with homeland defense of the United States, recently outlined the creeping influence of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in …
USNORTHCOM and USSOUTHCOM commanders highlight PRC threat Read More
THE WATCH STAFF What once seemed like futuristic technology is now a necessity to defend the United States Homeland, says Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, who leads U.S. Northern Command …
USNORTHCOM commander advocates for future technology to defend the homeland Read More
(Pictured: The Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) scans the horizon at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland in 2022. UEWR provides 240 degrees of coverage and is operating 24 hours a …
U.S. modernizes Pituffik (Thule) Space Base for Arctic forward operations Read More
THE WATCH STAFF President Vladimir Putin hailed a Russian Navy frigate departing from the Northern Fleet’s home port of Severomorsk in January 2023 as having no equal. Equipped with Russia’s …
U.S. tracks and contests Russian out-of-area naval operations Read More
THE WATCH STAFF The mission of Arctic search and rescue at its most basic is saving lives. But when the United States military trains for combat search and rescue and …
Arctic Search and Rescue: enhancing operational capabilities while saving lives Read More
Rapidly deploying and exercising Special Operations Forces in the Arctic THE WATCH STAFF Navy SEALs aboard black-rubber raiding boats skim across a choppy sea off Alaska under the watchful eye …
Operation Noble Defender (Polar Dagger) Read More
THE WATCH STAFF The barren and unforgiving Arctic terrain of the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) is where the United States military and its allies train in extreme conditions. …
The F-35 delivers unmatched global deterrence Read More
THE WATCH STAFF An experimental satellite now in orbit will help the United States refine the development of technology to identify and track hypersonic missiles and better protect the homeland. …
U.S. launches hypersonic-warning testbed satellite Read More