The Watch - Homeland Defense

Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen speaks to the media at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in June 2024. Finland is negotiating terms under which NATO forces can be stationed in the Nordic country, including during times of “tense” border relations with Russia. AFP/GETTY IMAGES THE WATCH STAFF Finland is discussing plans to host NATO…

U.S. Army North (ARNORTH) Commander Lt. Gen. John Evans visits Fort Pickett in Virginia shortly after taking command in December 2021. Evans retired as…

Canada launched its fifth Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship in August 2024. The Frèdèrick Rolette will bolster the country’s Arctic defense and security posture.…

Iceland Minister of Foreign Affairs Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjoro Gylfadottir talks with Rear Adm. Patrick Hayden of the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, U.S. 6th…

The Mexican military will have new leaders now that incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has started her term. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla Trejo will head the…

Officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (Marine Unit), with assistance from the Royal Bahamas Defence  Force, intercept a vessel carrying…

A contingent of Rhode Island National Guardsmen trained with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in August 2024, focusing on mission planning, intelligence…

The Mexican long-range ocean patrol ship, ARM Benito Juarez, participated in the RIMPAC 24 exercise in Hawaii this year. The Benito Juarez sailed to Chile in…

Norwegian police said in August 2024 that a critical cable was cut at the Evenes Air Station in Norway’s Far North, pictured. The incident is the latest in a…