{"id":46410,"date":"2019-10-18T20:25:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/18\/from-border-security-to-disaster-response-and-planning-for-the-unthinkable-this-army-command-does-a-lot\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:46:27","slug":"from-border-security-to-disaster-response-and-planning-for-the-unthinkable-this-army-command-does-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/18\/from-border-security-to-disaster-response-and-planning-for-the-unthinkable-this-army-command-does-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"From border security to disaster response and planning for the unthinkable, this Army command does a lot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While the rest of the Army\u2019s geographic commands<\/a> focus nearly all of their efforts on shifting to the near peer fight, U.S. Army North has a host of concerns close to home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those range from protecting the nation\u2019s borders in recent assignments, receiving soldiers for major mobilization <\/a>and tasking soldiers for natural disasters and coordinating efforts of training for the unthinkable \u2013 a nuclear or biological attack<\/a> on a major U.S. city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson is the head of ARNorth. She talked recently with Army Times about her command\u2019s work over the past year and their ongoing training and readiness for the homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\t