--- title: "Security heightened at domestic US military bases amid rising tensions with Iran" description: "U.S. Northern Command says it is \"implementing additional force protection condition measures\" amid threats of Iranian retaliation for the death of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani" date: "2020-01-06" modified: "2020-01-06" authors: - name: "David Roza" job_title: "YouTube Writer/Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/david-roza/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-base-security-increase-iran-soleimani/" categories: - "Around the World" - "Iran" - "News" - "United States" tags: - "Northern Command" - "Terrorism" --- # Security heightened at domestic US military bases amid rising tensions with Iran ![]() U.S. military bases are tightening their security after Iran vowed retaliation in response to the U.S. killing of top Iranian military commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani. In a statement sent to Task & Purpose, U.S. Northern Command, which is responsible for all bases in the continental U.S. and Alaska, stated that it is "implementing additional force protection condition measures to increase security and awareness for all installations in the U.S. NORTHCOM area of responsibility." Maj. Mark Lazane, a NORTHCOM spokesman, said he could not discuss specifics of the security increase. However, he explained that NORTHCOM bases have already been at Force Protection Condition Bravo "for some time." According to the [Defense Logistics Agency](), force protection conditions describe what steps must be taken by base security forces in response to various levels of terrorist threats. FPCON Bravo is the third-highest out of five possible threat FPCON levels, and it applies "when an increased or more predictable threat of terrorism attack or hostile act exists and is directed against DoD elements and personnel," DLA explains. FPCON Bravo is the baseline force protection condition for NORTHCOM bases, Lazane said. In the aftermath of the Friday airstrike that killed Soleimani, Iranian Maj. Gen. Hossein Dehghan promised widespread military retaliation against both U.S. military personnel and installations around the world. "No American military staff, no American political center, no American military base, no American vessel will be safe," he said in an interview with CNN on Sunday. A senior defense official had previously told reporters in a conference call on Friday that U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for military activity in Southwest Asia, was also on its toes with regard to the safety of U.S. personnel, although the official declined to give specifics. "Iraq is a significant concern given the number of US personnel in that particular country," the official said. "But anywhere the United States has US personnel we are going to be carefully monitoring and preparing to defend ourselves if necessary." ## Author David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis. Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific. Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io]()