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United States Northern Command
United States Northern Command
(
USNORTHCOM
) is a
Unified Combatant Command
of the
U.S. military
tasked with providing military support for
civil authorities
in the U.S., and protecting the territory and
national interests
of the United States within the
contiguous United States
,
Alaska
, (not Hawaii),
Puerto Rico
,
Canada
,
Mexico
(and the air, land and sea approaches to these areas). It is the U.S. military command which, if applicable, would be the primary defender against a
mainland invasion of the United States
.
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