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Parent topics
- U.S. Department of Defense [r]: The military forces of the United States and their supporting civil servants. [e]
- Unified Combatant Command [r]: Operational line-of-commands for United States military groups. [e]
Subtopics
Units
- North American Air Defense Command [r]: The joint Canada-U.S. military organization responsible for aerospace threat warning and defense for North America [e]
- Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joint Task Force Alaska [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joint Task Force Civil Support [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Standing Joint Force Headquarters [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Army North [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Air Force North [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Fleet Forces Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joint Task Force-North [r]: Subordinate to United States Northern Command, this unit, based at Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, Texas, is the headquarters for military assistance to trans-border threats, working with law enforcement; it is commanded by BG Sean MacFarland [e]
- Sean MacFarland [r]: Brigadier general, United States Army, currently commanding the Joint Task Force-North, responsible for counter-drug and counterterrorism along the U.S.-Mexico border; he commanded the brigade that began the "Sunni Awakening" in the Iraq War, forming alliances with former enemies [e]
Other related topics
- United States Joint Forces Command [r]: A source of "surge" planners and staff, while helping organize the mission-focused joint task force that will address the specific need of other U.S. Unified Combatant Commands [e]
