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The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF). Its Area of Responsibility (AOR) includes the Middle East (including Egypt in Africa ...
OPLAN 1003–98 aka 1003V was the United States Armed Forces 's pre-2002 contingency plan in event of a war with Iraq. It originally called for 500,000 troops for the invasion and control of Iraq. Tommy Franks' American Soldier gives extensive details of the replanning process that led to the final "Hybrid" plan for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Internal Look is a major planning wargame exercise of US Central Command.Up to 1990 often held annually, it is now biennial. From 1983 to 1990, it was often focused on a rapid deployment of U.S. forces to the Zagros Mountains in Iran, where they would have attempted to stop an expected Soviet invasion by the Soviet Southern Strategic Direction.
The Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) is a sub-unified command of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). [2] It is responsible for planning special operations throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR), planning and conducting peacetime joint/combined special operations training exercises, and orchestrating command and control of peacetime and wartime special operations as ...
October 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM. American F-16 fighter jets have been deployed to the Middle East, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed on Friday, in a show of an "ironclad" commitment to Israel ...
Current combatant command staff. Michael Kurilla, Commander. Charles Cooper II, Deputy Commander. Brandon R. Tegtmeier, Chief of Staff [1] Nicholas M. Homan, Director, Intelligence (J2) [2] Curt Renshaw, Director, Operations (J3) [3] John P. Cogbill, Deputy Director, Operations Fires and Effects [4] David R. Lopez, Deputy Director, Operations ...
Buying ads on a dating website is a strange way to signal U.S. support. But it wouldn't be the first time that CENTCOM used taxpayer money to manipulate social media on behalf of another country ...
The 593d Sustainment Brigade (SB) is the first unit to command and control the Army's CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element (CMRE). The 593d SB, led by Colonel Douglas McBride and Command Sergeant Major Eric Taylor, comprising 3,371 active duty, Reserve and National Guard soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, Department of Defense civilians, and contractors, conducted over 110 geographically ...