Senior defense officials told a Senate panel today that plans to create a U.S. Northern Command responsible for protecting the homeland are well along, and a "seamless" shift of homeland defense capabilities is expected once NORTHCOM is established. U.S. Joint Forces Command chief Army Gen. William Kernan testified that the plan to switch JFCOM's maritime and land-security missions to NORTHCOM "is going along very well. Both Joint Forces Command and NORAD, collectively, have worked together to form an implementation plan,"...
