NorthCom chief to set up contingency plans.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Security Beat - U.S. Northern Command - Brief Article

By the time the U.S. Northern Command (NorthCom) is up and running on October 1, the Defense Department expects to have a number of contingency plans that will outline how the U.S. military services will respond in any future terrorist attacks.

NorthCom will be part of the worldwide military command structure, and will focus exclusively on homeland security. It will be headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs. Air Force Gen. Ralph Eberhart, currently commander-in-chief of Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, will become commander-in-chief of NorthCom. It is not clear what will...