CBN News:
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, Colorado — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis recently visited the headquarters of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command, to discuss homeland defense, ballistic missile defense and NORTHCOM’s role in responding to natural disasters.
“I have come here to pay my respects to you and feel I owe that to you,” Mattis said to a room full of soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, Canadians and civilians.
“I have a deep sense of gratitude for you because I cannot overemphasize the importance of your mission,” referencing NORAD’s mission of missile warning and USNORTHCOM’s mission of ballistic missile defense.
