NORAD Nominee Pledges to Put Pentagon’s Focus on Securing the Southern Border

Air Force Lt. Gen. Gregory Guillot (L), nominee to be general and commander of the US Northern Command and commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting (R), nominee to be general and commander of the US Space Command, on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 26, 2023. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Two former Air Force Academy Class of 1989 graduates have been nominated by President Joe Biden to take command of the U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the four-year-old U.S. Space Command (SpaceCom).

Air Force Lt. Gen. Gregory Guillot, currently U.S. Central Command deputy commander, has been named to lead NORAD, a joint U.S–Canada command that monitors aerospace and maritime threats. He is also nominated to manage U.S. Northern Command, which includes the Arctic.