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Former Birmingham police chief makes history as first Black US Army Reserve lieutenant general Updated May 10, 2021; Posted May 10, 2021 Former Birmingham police Chief A.C. Roper makes history as first African American U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general. (U.S. Army Reserve) Facebook Share Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper will become the first African American to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general. Maj. Gen. Roper’s upcoming promotion, announced last week, will put him as deputy commander of the United States Northern Command, United States Element, North Ame...

11 The triad of the U.S. Army North (ARNORTH) mission encompasses Homeland Defense, Theater Security Cooperation (TSC), and Defense Support of Civil Authorities. Recently members of ARNORTH’s G3 completed the Security Cooperation Workforce (SCW) certificate program to enhance the TSC mission. Ms. Kayla Wagner, a member of the G3 Security Cooperation Division Plan team working long-range security cooperation planning with Mexico and Canada, recently finished the SCW Certification Program along with five of her coworkers. The Security Cooperation Workforce is comprised of DOD...

CALIFORNIA -- Members of the California National Guard became alarmed last year at the start of the coronavirus pandemic when orders came down through unofficial channels to have an F-15C fighter jet put on alert status — fueled and ready for takeoff — to deploy for a “possible domestic mission” wit

An F-15C air-to-air combat jet was placed on alert in case of unrest over the pandemic or election, sources and records say. The Guard denies it.

Print In March of last year, California National Guard members awaited orders from Sacramento headquarters to make preparations for any civil unrest that might arise from the outbreak of the coronavirus. The members expected directives to ready ground troops to help state and local authorities respond to disturbances triggered by resistance to stay-at-home rules or panic over empty store shelves. But then came an unusual order: The air branch of the Guard was told to place an F-15C fighter jet on an alert status for a possible domestic mission, according to four Guard sources with direct know...