This video frame grab taken from Iranian state broadcasters Al-Alam purports to show an Iranian Sajjil-2 surface-to-surface missile launching from a site in Semnan, east of the Teheran. Photo: AP
Source: The Jerusalem Post
In face of the growing missile threat against Israel, the IDF Home Front Command and the US National Guard have decided to exchange liaisons to enable a steady exchange of information on civil defense, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
The decision to send a liaison to the US from the Home Front Command was approved by the General Staff and OCHome Front Command Maj.-Gen. Yair Golan several weeks ago. The officer, who will hold the rank of lieutenant-colonel, will be stationed in Washington and serve as a permanent liaison to the National Guard, the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA) and the US Northern Command (NORTHCOM), the military command responsible for protecting the American homeland and supporting local, state and federal authorities.
Sources in the Home Front Command said on Sunday that the officer, who will also represent the Defense Ministry’s National Emergency Management Authority, would be sent to the US in the coming weeks.
The National Guard liaison, an officer with the rank of major, was stationed at HomeFront Command headquarters near Ramle two months ago. IDF sources said he would remain in Israel for another month and then return to the US, where the National Guardwill decide if it plans to station a permanent liaison here, or make do with short, periodic visits. FULL STORY
