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 Jacoby: Relationships drive NORTHCOM, NORAD missions By Cheryl Pellerin
                American Forces Press Service
 WASHINGTON  - The job of commanding the U.S.  Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command will require  building confidence and trust among the many partners involved in both  missions, Army Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr. said today. Jacoby, now director for strategic  plans and policy for the Joint Staff, testified before the Senate Armed  Services Committee here during a confirmation hearing for his nomination to  receive his fourth star and become the next NORTHCOM and NORAD commander. If confirmed, Jacoby will succeed  Navy Adm. James Winnefeld Jr., who is nominated to become the next vice  chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “As I look across the portfolio of  the NORTHCOM commander, it consists of three groupings,” Jacoby told the  senators. “Defense support for civil authorities in case of natural and manmade  disasters, defense of the homeland, and security cooperation with our  neighbors.” In all those mission areas, he said,  “complex relationships are the key to effectiveness.”
Building such partnerships ahead of  a problem “will allow NORTHCOM to play its critical supporting role in most of  those activities,” the general said. As commander of North American  Aerospace Defense Command, Jacoby would be responsible for homeland defense,  military support to civil authorities for domestic emergencies, and aerospace  warning and control for North America. As commander of U.S. Northern Command,  he would be responsible for the ground-based midcourse missile defense system,  an element of the ballistic missile defense system that allows combatant  commanders to engage and destroy limited intermediate- and long-range ballistic  missiles. “As a leader who has devoted much of  his service life to combating threats outside of the United States,” Jacoby  said, “I can think of no greater responsibility now than leading our military  in defense of the homeland, while providing support to our citizens at the  federal, state and local levels in times of their greatest needs.” The general added, “I view the NORTHCOM  and NORAD missions simply as a sacred trust.” The senators outlined challenges  that Jacoby will face in his responsibilities to both missions. These include working with the  Mexican military to help it defeat transnational criminal organizations that  are causing high levels of violence in Mexico and that pose a threat within  Mexico and to the security of the U.S. southern border. As part of the mission of providing  defense support to civil authorities, Northern Command must work closely with  other federal agencies and with all states on plans for emergency response to  domestic disasters. Jacoby must also work with state  governors and National Guard and Reserve forces, the senators observed, to  improve the capabilities of state and federal military forces to work together  to support states’ disaster-assistance needs. In response to questions from the  senators, Jacoby characterized some aspects of U.S. relations with one of its  closest neighbors, Mexico, and with the Russian Federation. “The Mexican government and security  forces have made courageous political, moral and physical commitments to  countering the transnational criminal organizations,” the general said. “I know that we have made progress,  [and] I know there's much more work to do,” he said, noting that on July 25,  President Barack Obama signed an executive order declaring a national emergency  regarding the threat of transnational criminal organizations. The order highlighted such  organizations, Jacoby said, as an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S.  foreign policy, the economy and national security. “I think that that accurately  describes the seriousness of the threat,” he added. In 2010, NORAD conducted the first  annual exercise with the Russian Federation. During exercise Vigilant Eagle, both  countries practiced passing control of monitoring and escorting a simulated  hijacked aircraft into each other's airspace. Jacoby said such practical  cooperative exercises enhance U.S. security and promote understanding in the  area of missile defense with Russia. “With the Russian Federation, of  course, we work with our eyes wide open, but there are areas of cooperation  that are mutually beneficial,” the general said. “Finding places and venues and  capabilities where we can cooperate with the Russian Federation,” he added,  “can contribute not just to both nations' mutual security needs but regional  security needs as well.” If Jacoby is confirmed in his new  role, having responsibility for defense of the homeland will make the issue of  cybersecurity an important concern. “Like members of this committee and  senior leaders across the military,” the general said, “we are recognizing the  cyber domain as critical to our national security.” In the Defense Department, he added,  “we rely heavily on the cyber domain for something as significant and  fundamental as command and control but also for the ... infrastructure that makes  the department run in support of our national security interests.” The Pentagon has an “absolute  requirement” to become effective in that domain, he said, with the right  strategies, policies and authorities “to conduct the full range of activities  required in the cyber domain for now and in the future.” The technical side of the  cybersecurity issue is a comprehensive issue with the Department of Homeland  Security in the lead and working in partnership with U.S. Cyber Command and  U.S. Strategic Command, the general said. NORTHCOM cyber-related  responsibilities reside primarily in the physical domain, Jacoby said,  protecting physical critical infrastructure inside and outside the Defense  Department if so requested by local and state authorities. “In event of an incident that would  certainly have physical consequences,” he said, NORTHCOM would act as a  supporting element providing Defense Department resources in support of civil  authorities. “I think that all of us can imagine pretty  significant consequences as a result of a deliberate cyber attack,” Jacoby  said.
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