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Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region ('''JFHQ-NCR''') is directly responsible for the homeland security and defense of the Washington DC area as well as surrounding counties in Virginia and Maryland. Primarily made up of joint military units within the National Capital Region and led by the United States Army , the JFHQ-NCR also assists federal and local civilian agencies and disaster response teams in the event that the capital area's security is or could be breached. Officially activated on September 22 , 2004 , JFHQ-NCR is one of several Joint Task Forces (JTFs) organized under the recently established United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), based out of Peterson Air Force Base , El Paso County, Colorado. HISTORY ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES # US Northern Command Homepage # "Army Magazine: The Green Book" Vol. 54, No. 10, October 2004 "Guardians Of The Nation's Capital" by MG Galen B. Jackman , USA # "Army Magazine: The Green Book" Vol. 55, No. 10, October 2005 "Safeguarding the Nation's Capital And Providing Ceremonial Support" by MG Guy C. Swan III , USA # GovExec.com July 15, 2005 "Guardian General" by Katherine McIntire Peters # "The Pentagram" October 7, 2005 "Joint Force structure defined at press briefing" by Beau Whittington ("Pentagram" Editor) # JFHQ-NCR Public Affairs February 2, 2006 "JFHQ-NCR backstops presidential message" by Tom Mani # JFHQ-NCR Public Affairs February 2, 2006 "JFHQ-NCR adopts coordinated Strategic Plan" author unknown # "National Defense Magazine" June 2005 "Joint Force: Capital Unit Seen as Prototype for Homeland Defense" by Harold Kennedy # "The Waterline" (Naval District of Washington) September 24, 2004 "Joint Force Headquarters-NCR officially stands up" by Linda Fischer |
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