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Home / Regional / North America / United States / Government / Executive Branch / Departments / Defense / Unified Combatant Commands
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- Unified Combat Commands - Commands composed of forces from two or more services, has a broad and continuing mission and is normally organized on a geographical basis. The number of unified combatant commands is not fixed by law or regulation and may vary from time to time.
www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/unified.html
- United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) - Responsible for U.S. security interests in 25 nations that stretch from the Horn of Africa through the Arabian Gulf region, into Central Asia.
www.centcom.mil
- United States European Command (USEUCOM) - Responsible for all U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Special Forces activities in more than 13 million square miles of Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
www.eucom.mil
- United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) - ACOM oversees military operations in the North Atlantic geographic area and supports the other commanders-in-chief in their geographic regions around the world.
www.acom.mil
- United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) - Promotes peace, deters aggression, responds to crises and, if necessary, will fight and win to advance security and stability throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
www.pacom.mil
- United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) - Responsible for all U.S. military activities in South America and Central America. Encompasses nineteen countries, represents about one-sixth of the world's land mass and covers about seven million square miles, stretching 6,000 miles from Mexico's southern border to Cape Horn.
www.southcom.mil/home
- United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) - Coordinates the use of Army, Naval and Air Force space forces (SF) to perform its missions of SF Support, SF Enhancement, SF Application and SF Control.
www.peterson.af.mil/usspacecom
- United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) - SOCOM is the unified command for the worldwide use of Special Operations elements of the Army, Navy, Air Forces and Marine Corps.
www.socom.mil
- United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) - STRATCOM deters military attack on the United States and its allies, and should deterrence fail, employs forces to achieve national objectives.
www.stratcom.af.mil
- United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) - TRANSCOM ensures timely, customer-focused global mobility in peace and war with efficient, effective and integrated transportation from origin to destination. Scott Air Force Base, IL.
www.transcom.mil
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