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The Unified Command Plan (UCP) establishes the missions, command responsibilities, and geographic areas of responsibility of the combatant commands. [a] Each time the Unified Command Plan is updated, the organization of the combatant commands is reviewed for military efficiency and efficacy, as well as alignment with national policy. [4] [5]
On 20 January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order instructing the Secretary of Defense to give Northern Command the mission to "seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States," requiring the secretary to revise the Unified Command Plan within 10 days in accordance with ...
A unified combatant command is a military command composed of personnel/equipment from at least two Military Departments, which has a broad, continuing mission. [32] They are responsible for the operational command of forces. Almost all operational U.S. forces are under the authority of a Unified Command. [31]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will unveil a plan next month to restructure the U.S. military command in Japan in the face of shared ...
Area of responsibility (AOR) is a pre-defined geographic region assigned to Combatant commanders of the Unified Command Plan (UCP), that are used to define an area with specific geographic boundaries where they have the authority to plan and conduct operations; for which a force, or component commander bears a certain responsibility.
The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...
In the view of John Hyten, 11th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, in a crisis, each force is to have both a self-defense capability, and a deep strike capability, [87] [275] operating under a unified command and control structure, [276] [277] simultaneously across the domains, against the enemy.
The United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) is the largest United States Army command. It provides land forces to the Department of Defense 's (DOD) unified combatant commands . Headquartered at Fort Bragg , North Carolina , FORSCOM consists of more than 750,000 active Army, U.S. Army Reserve , and Army National Guard soldiers.