{"id":22084,"date":"2022-03-29T18:41:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/29\/this-army-unit-is-doing-everything-from-fighting-fires-to-resettling-refugees\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:14:41","slug":"this-army-unit-is-doing-everything-from-fighting-fires-to-resettling-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/03\/29\/this-army-unit-is-doing-everything-from-fighting-fires-to-resettling-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"This Army unit is doing everything from fighting fires to resettling refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coordinating Army operations at home falls to a sometimes overlooked organization known as U.S. Army North. But for the past few years, and especially in recent months, that organization has been anything but in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personnel with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/2021\/10\/12\/afghan-evacuees-covid-and-wildfires-keep-us-army-north-busy\/\" target=\"_blank\">ARNORTH <\/a>have managed Army efforts to battle the COVID-19 global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/18\/from-border-security-to-disaster-response-and-planning-for-the-unthinkable-this-army-command-does-a-lot\/\" target=\"_blank\">pandemic <\/a>since before it arrived at our shores. They\u2019ve also been synchronizing work across a variety of emergencies, from seasonal wildfires and sever weather response to helping care for 76,000 Afghan evacuees who fled their homeland following the country\u2019s takeover by the Taliban last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnorth.army.mil\/Leaders\/Commanding-General\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lt. Gen. John R. Evans Jr.<\/a> spoke with Army Times recently, providing updates to the work that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnorth.army.mil\/About\/Organization\/\" target=\"_blank\">ARNORTH <\/a>conducts.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2021\/10\/12\/afghan-evacuees-covid-and-wildfires-keep-us-army-north-busy\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18318778202462.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Afghan evacuees, COVID and wildfires keep US Army North busy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">COVID-19, wildfires, Hurrican Ida, Afghanistan evacuees and more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cOperation Allies Welcome\u201d that oversaw the movement of those Afghan evacuees to multiple military installations across the country, assisted and placed in the community recently wound down, as did some of the command\u2019s COVID-19 activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Evans\u2019 team will get little rest. The summer wildfire season is around the corner, and that will be followed by tornado and hurricane seasons, which batter various parts of the country every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since COVID-19 struck the United States in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnorth.army.mil\/About\/History\/\" target=\"_blank\">ARNORTH <\/a>has coordinated 5,800 Department of Defense personnel in 128 hospitals in 102 cities across 31 states, Evans said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seasonal responses that have grown more severe in recent years and new missions mean a lot of creative thinking and resource management needs to be done on ARNORTH\u2019s part, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe built the airplane in flight,\u201d Evans said, referring to how they were tasked almost overnight with providing relief to the Afghan refugees at the end of last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two decades ago, there wasn\u2019t a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcom.mil\/About-USNORTHCOM\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Northern Command<\/a> for ARNORTH to fall under, Evans said. That command was activated in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subsequently, ARNORTH has been involved in its regular homeland duties but also with helping mobilize soldiers for overseas deployments, which it did throughout the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, the command\u2019s role has expanded to include task forces with all services and components represented to respond to potential chemical, biological and nuclear attacks inside the United States. Those include Task Force 76 and Task Force 46.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1999\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-117325494.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-117325494.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-117325494.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-117325494.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-117325494.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-117325494.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1023 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-117325494.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers from the North Dakota National Guard navigate an armored recovery vehicle through a flooded rail yard on June 25, 2011, in Minot, N.D. Residents scrambled to hold back rising water from the Souris River, which flooded an estimated 4,000 homes in the city and forced a quarter of the city&#8217;s residents to evacuate. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They work in parallel with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ARNORTH provides emergency preparedness liaison officers who pair with FEMA at the regional level, working with both state and federal entities for such responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another mission, or at least a consideration, that ARNORTH is now sketching out plans for includes ensuring troops and gear get from their stateside home to an airport or seaport safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While safety in the homeland hasn\u2019t been top on the priority list, growing cybersecurity threats and potential vulnerabilities when taking troops and equipment where they need to go has Evans talking with base commanders, local, state and federal agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s all to ensure that nothing threatens or impedes units from deploying out of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evans said that with advances in technology and changing tactics by adversaries, commanders \u201ccan\u2019t consider ourselves safe in the homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But leaders have to ask tough questions, he said. A former installation commander himself, Evans said he easily knew who controlled troops and equipment on site. But \u201conce those trains pulled past my gate, now whose operation is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there are civil authorities, which are all involved in seemingly simple things like moving tanks and trucks and soldiers from their fort to the port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re painting a picture for NORTHCOM, assuring that we have force projection,\u201d Evans said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at that in-depth right now, looking at that last tactical mile.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A variety of missions hit ARNORTH every year. 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