NORAD-USNORTHCOMInteragency Coordination

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“United States Northern Command defends America’s homeland – protecting our people, national power, and freedom of action.” USNORTHCOM Strategic Vision 2005

“North American Aerospace Defense Command provides comprehensive, integrated aerospace defense of North America” NORAD Strategic Vision 2005

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IC Directorate - The “Day-to-Day Operations” Face:IC Directorate in N-NCMissionWho we areWhat we doHow we are organized

ICG Battle Staff Functions - The “Crisis Operations” FaceICG Watch Cell

N-NC JIACG - The “Interagency Forum” FaceJIACG - What it isJIACG ActionsJIACG Network

Overview - The Three Faces of IC

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JIACG

ICG

IC

Interagency Coordination Directorate -

Our “Day-to-Day Operations” face

Interagency Coordination Group -

Our “Crisis Operations” face

Joint Interagency Coordination Group -

Our “Interagency Forum” face

The Three Faces of IC

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CMOC

Supporting Units

HQS NORAD-USNORTHCOMPeterson AFB

Cheyenne Mountain Air Station

N-NC J4Logistic and Engineering

N-NC J1Manpower &

Personnel

N-NC J6Architectures &

Integration

N-NC J7Training & Exercise

N-NC J8Programs & Resources

N-NC J2Intelligence

NC J3Operations

NC J5Policy & Planning

ACCFORSCOM MARFORRES CFFC/LANTFLT

SJFHQ - North

N J3Operations

N J5Plans

N-NC ICN-NC ICInteragency Interagency

Coordination Coordination

N-NC ICN-NC ICInteragency Interagency

Coordination Coordination

ARNORTH MARFORNORTH FFCJTF - CSJTF - NORTH ACCJFHQ - NCRJTF - AK

N-NC Interagency Coordination Directorate

Subordinate JTFs

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N-NC and IC Directorate Missions

NORADContinuously provide worldwide detection, validation and warning of an

aerospace attack on North America and maintain continental aerospace control, to include peacetime air sovereignty alert and appropriate aerospace defense

measures in response to hostile actions against North America

N-NC IC DirectorateFacilitate the integration and synchronization of Interagency activities to ensure mutual understanding, unity of effort and

full spectrum support to and from NORAD and USNORTHCOM

USNORTHCOMConduct operations to deter, prevent, and defeat threats and aggression aimed

at the United States, its territories, and interests within assigned area of responsibility; as directed by the President or Secretary of Defense, provide

defense support to civil authorities including consequence management operations.

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HostedResident and Local

Agency Representatives

Joint / Combined Interagency Operations

JIACGCoordination

IC Director(SES)

Deputy DirectorExecutive Officer

N-NC/IC Directorate Organization

ICI: Integration

ICL: Law Enforcement

& Security

ICP: Emergency

Preparedness & Response

ICF: FuturesGroup

Law enforcement and security activities

National, state, local, and international agencies

Emergency preparedness and response activities

National, state, local, and international agencies Synchronizes:

1. Directorate-wide programs and operations

2. ICG battlecell operations

3. JIACG operations

4. Joint / Combined interagency operations

Identify and influence development of:

1. Innovative concepts

2. Promising technologies

3. Interagency relationships

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• Support the N-NC staff and subordinate commands• Integrate, Anticipate, and Interpret• Provide Interagency perspective to N-NC staff• Provide DoD perspective to external Agencies• Anticipate N-NC requests for assistance through National

Response Plan (NRP) framework• Form Interagency Coordination Group (ICG) / battlecell

• Facilitate synchronization and coordination

• Build relationships and integrate Agency Representatives

IC Directorate - What We Do

8Domestic

Disaster ReliefDomestic

Civil SupportSupport to

Counter NarcoticsCBRNE

Incident MgmtSpecial Events

Execute OPLANS

DoD’s #1

Priority

Temporary Circumstances

• What do we know? How do we know it? What do we need to know?

• How certain are we that what we think we know is true?

• What information needs to be shared?

• With whom? How?

• Who is in charge?

• What is the Command and Control structure?

• Do we already have a plan?

• What can NORAD-USNORTHCOM contribute?

ExtraordinaryCircumstances

Emergency Circumstance

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Essential Operational Questions

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Joint Interagency Coordination

JointPlanning

JointInteragencyCoordination

JointOperations

JointSupport

InformationSynchronization Interagency

Coordination GroupICG (Watch Cell)

N-NCWashington

Office

Joint Interagency

CoordinationGrp (JIACG)

Commander’sExecutive

Board

“Joint Interagency Coordination” is a Primary Battle Staff Function

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IC Directorate stands up 24x7 ICG battlestaff:

During contingencies & exercises

Primary N-NC Interagency Coordination Point

JIACG Agency Reps “home-base”

Synchronizes Interagency efforts across N-NC Battle Cells

Provides Interagency Assessment

Source of Interagency Situational Awareness

Provides reps to other N-NC battle cell functions

Provide Interagency Perspective for DoD Processes

ICG ICG Watch Cell Cell

Interagency Interagency Reps Reps

&&IC IC

PersonnelPersonnel

ICG Watch Cell

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• Global War on Terrorism highlighted need for Interagency Coordination and Unity of Effort at the Combatant Commander (COCOM) level

• COCOM JIACG concept approved by SECDEF Oct 2001 and NSC Deputies’ Committee Feb 2002• Bridges gap between military and civilian

operations

• N-NC stood up a separate IC Directorate as Executive Agent for N-NC Commander’s JIACG

• COCOM JIACGs permanently approved by

SECDEF in August 2003

Joint Interagency Coordination Group

Build relationships and integrate Agency Representatives

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Commander’s Primary Interagency Forum• Integrates and synchronizes Interagency activities to ensure

mutual understanding, unity of effort and full spectrum support to and from NORAD and USNORTHCOM

• Includes representatives from Interagency partners and all staff elements, components, and COCOMs

• ~60 Agencies have assigned resident and local representatives to the JIACG while an additional 100+ agencies collaborate remotely

• Agency reps work in the Directorates that benefitmost from their synchronization

• Not a separate staff coordination process• Facilitates and is a “Force Multiplier” to the

existing command and staff process

JIACG - What Is It ?

Facilitate synchronization and coordination

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~60 Resident and Local Agencies

VTC

External Members

N-NC Commander’s

JIACG Chaired by

N-NC IC Director

Provides direct exchange between Reps / LNOs and JIACG Chair

Supports operational activities

Daily for contingency & exercise

As needed for planning and initiatives

Provides Interagency situational awareness, assessments and reach back

Provides education in Interagency processes and procedures

(2x month)

Commander’s JIACG

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JIACG Guidelines

JIACGs were created to:

Recommend, influence, and execute policy, but not to make it.

Establish new Interagency links, but not replace habitual relationships or traditional chain of commands.

Synchronize Interagency activities but not task non-DoD personnel.

The Joint Staff left to the Combatant Commander:

Which Interagency communities their JIACGs would be functionally involved in.

Political – Military communityLaw Enforcement communityIntelligence communityConsequence Management community

The staffing of the JIACG and its reporting lines

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• Central Intelligence Agency • Department of State• Federal Aviation Administration• Federal Bureau of Investigation• Federal Emergency Management Agency• Customs & Border Protection – Air &

Marine Operations

• Sandia National Laboratories• Transportation Security Administration• US Coast Guard• US Geological Survey• Canadian Forces Liaison Officer• Canadian Political Advisor to NORAD • Canadian Public Health Liaison Officer

Additional Local Additional Local AreaArea• Citizenship and Immigration

Services• Customs and Border Protection• Department of Interior – Bureau of

Reclamation• Department of Transportation• Department of Health and Human

Services• Environmental Protection Agency

• Federal Air Marshal Service• General Services Administration• Humanitarian International Services Group• National Aeronautics and Space Administration• National Disaster Medical System• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration• Office of Transportation Vetting Credentials• US Department of Agriculture

Resident Peterson AFBResident Peterson AFB

Resident Non-DOD Agency Partners

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• Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine

• Counter Intelligence Field Activity• Defense Information System Agency• Defense Intelligence Agency• Defense Logistics Agency• Defense Policy Analysis Office• Defense Program Office for Mission

Assurance• Defense Threat Reduction Agency• Department of Defense Veterinary Services• Joint Intelligence Task Force – Combating

Terrorism• Joint Theater Air & Missile Defense

Organization• Missile Defense Agency

* National Air & Space Intelligence Agency

• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

• National Guard• National Reconnaissance Office• National Security Agency• Reserve Component• US Air Force Material Command• US Air Force Office of Special

Investigations• US Army Corps of Engineers• US Navy Criminal Investigative

Service• US Navy – OPNAV Ballistic Missile

Defense

Unified Combatant Command Partners• US Transportation Command • US Pacific Command • US Southern Command

• US Joint Forces Command• US Special Operations Command• US Strategic Command

Resident Peterson AFB

Resident DOD Partners

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Other Routine Coordination

Alaskan Command / JTF-ALASKAFifth Continental US ArmyFirst Continental US Army Joint Director of Military SupportJoint Interagency Task Force - SouthJoint Interagency Task Force – West Joint StaffNational Guard BureauNational Defense University National Maritime Intelligence CenterOffice of Naval Intelligence Office of the Secretary of DefenseSurface Deployment and Distribution CommandUSAF National Security and Emergency

Preparedness Agency USAF Service Component to USNORTHCOMUSCG Intelligence Coordination CenterUSN Service Component to USNORTHCOM US Army Criminal Investigation DivisionUS Army Research, Development & Evaluation

Command

DOD/Military

Non-DODAmerican Red CrossAssociation of American RailroadsDepartment of Homeland SecurityBureau of Alcohol Tobacco & FirearmsUS Marshals ServiceUS Park Police US Secret ServiceEl Paso Intelligence CenterNational Joint Terrorism Task ForceTerrorist Threat Integration Center Department of EnergyNuclear Regulatory Commission Department of InteriorNational Interagency Fire Center

National Park ServiceBureau of Land ManagementBureau of Indian AffairsNational Weather ServiceUSDA Forest ServiceUS Fish & Wildlife Service

Department of Health & Human ServicesUS Public Health ServiceDepartment of Veterans AffairsCenters for Disease Control & Prevention Canadian Fusion Capability Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness-

CanadaRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceMexico Civil Response

Other Routine Coordination

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USSOUTHCOMUSSOUTHCOMJIACGJIACG

Coordinated GlobalCoordinated GlobalInteragency EffortsInteragency Efforts

Coordinated GlobalCoordinated GlobalInteragency EffortsInteragency Efforts

Diplomatic /Pol-Mil

Economic /Financial

HomelandSecurity

Peacekeeping /Humanitarian

USPACOMUSPACOMJIACGJIACG

USEUCOMUSEUCOMJIACGJIACG

USTRANSCOMUSTRANSCOMJIACGJIACG

USSTRATCOMUSSTRATCOMJIACGJIACG

USCENTCOMUSCENTCOMJIACGJIACG

USSOCOMUSSOCOMJIACGJIACG

USJFCOMUSJFCOMJt Mission ForceJt Mission Force

JIACG Network

USSOUTHCOMUSSOUTHCOMJIACGJIACG

NORAD-USNORTHCOMNORAD-USNORTHCOMJIACGJIACG

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IC engages and leverages agency expertise to:

• Operationalize JIACG Interagency Activities

• Interagency Coordination Training and Certification program

• Enhanced internal Command coordination

• Support Component Interagency Coordination efforts

• Create a HLS/HLD Innovation Center

• Develop Relationships in the Private Sector

• Interagency Engagement with Mexico

• NORAD Agreement Renewal Support

• Interagency Engagement with Canada

• Migrate JTF-N to a JIATF-N if appropriate

N-NC/IC Directorate Initiatives

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N-NC IC Directorate Mantra

When You Need a Friend, It is Too Late to Make One!

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For IC Directorate personnel, or specific Interagency Representatives:

Go to the IC Directorate portal web page at:

www.noradnorthcom.mil/icm

This site contains the complete directory for the N-NC IC Directorate and Interagency Representatives.

So . . . How Do You Contact Us ?

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Mission ParadigmHomeland SecurityHomeland SecurityA concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the US, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur. Homeland DefenseHomeland Defense

The protection of US sovereignty, territory, domestic population and critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression.

Civil SupportCivil SupportDOD support to US civil authorities for domestic emergencies and for designated law enforcement and other activities. CS missions are undertaken by DOD when its involvement is appropriate and when a clear end state for the DOD role is defined.

Emergency Preparedness*Emergency Preparedness*Those planning activities undertaken to ensure DOD processes, procedures and resources are in place to support the President and SecDef in a designated National Security Emergency.

American people make no distinction between HLD and HLS