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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 ...
Michael Kurilla. Michael Erik Kurilla (born 16 May 1966) [1] is a United States Army general who serves as the 15th commander of United States Central Command since 1 April 2022. [2][3][4][5] He previously served as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps and before that as the chief of staff of United States Central Command. [6][7]
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 ...
Joseph Votel. Joseph Leonard Votel (born 14 February 1958) is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who was commander of United States Central Command from March 2016 to March 2019. [1] Before that, he served as commander of the United States Special Operations Command.
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 [5]
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 ...
Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander of U.S. Central Command, salutes the Afghan honor guard on hand at the change of command ceremony in 2007. The Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan (CSTC-A, pronounced "see stick-uh") was a multinational, U.S. led, military organization during the War in Afghanistan.
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 ...