PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are opening their command center doors to the media on Jan. 22 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Media will tour the NORAD and USNORTHCOM Integrated Command Center and speak with the NORAD Deputy Commander and the USNORTHCOM Deputy Commander to gain first-hand knowledge of how both commands execute their missions.
Topics of discussion will include: understanding the NORAD and USNORTHCOM cooperation that takes place every day; understanding the importance to have resilient, redundant and distributed systems with no single point of failure; and understanding the importance of having a common operational picture.
Media interested in attending need to confirm with Lt. Cmdr. Gary Ross at NORAD and USNORTHCOM Public Affairs at (719) 554-6889 and provide make and model of electronic equipment that they will be bringing by close of business today.
For information about NORAD or USNORTHCOM, please visit our Web sites at www.norad.mil or www.northcom.mil.