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Army North is a 3-star Army Service Component Command (ASCC) that assumes the role of the Joint Forces Land Component Command (JFLCC), responsible for leading all the Army's Title 10 forces for ground response on behalf of the Combatant Command (COCOM), U.S. Northern Command. ARNORTH is a Direct Reporting Unit (DRU) to NORTHCOM. ARNORTH's mission is to protect the Department of Defense's (DOD) ability to train, equip and man forces within the homeland. Our missions include homeland defense, defense support of civil authorities and theater security cooperation. Acting as the JFLCC during a response effort, ARNORTH, on order, provides DoD support to federal agencies for disaster responses and operations in the NORTHCOM area of responsibility in order to save lives, mitigate property damage and maintain public confidence in the U.S. government.
PHOTO: U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) troops fighting wildfires in California. Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, attached to the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion, hike up a mountain carrying hoses and equipment to plume the fireline, in order to cool down hotspots, at the August Complex wildland fire Sept. 13, 2020, in Mendocino National Forest. Photo By: Spc. Michael Ybarra.