Vigilant Guard is a United States Northern Command and National Guard Bureau sponsored exercise program. The program provides an opportunity for the State of Minnesota to improve emergency coordination, response and recovery management with federal, regional, local, civilian and military partners.
VIGILANT GUARD 15 (VG 15) is a Joint Regional Training exercise program sponsored by U.S. Northern Command in conjunction with the National Guard Bureau. The program provides the National Guard an opportunity to improve cooperation and relationships with its regional civilian, military and federal partners in preparation for emergencies and catastrophic events.
Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.
Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responder's.
Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.
The field portion of NORAD Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD is hosted by the Canadian NORAD Region this year. It is held at 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, from 15 to 29 October 2014. Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD is a bi-national exercise which emphasizes an integrated American and Canadian exercise program to support respective national strategy for North America’s defense. VIGILANT SHIELD...
The Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD 17 field portion is led by the Alaska NORAD region based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and is held at locations in Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland, 17-21 October 2016.
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) conducts VIGILANT SHIELD 19 (VS 19) in October 2018. This is NORAD and USNORTHCOM's annual Tier 1 Homeland Defense exercise.