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- See also changes related to Unified Combatant Command, or pages that link to Unified Combatant Command or to this page or whose text contains "Unified Combatant Command".
Note that some organizations report both to a UCC and a service organization, such as Twelfth Air Force
Parent topics
- National Command Authority [r]: The combination of the U.S. President and Secretary of Defense, or their successors, who have the sole authority to authorize the use of nuclear weapons, or issue orders to Unified Combatant Commands [e]
- Goldwater-Nichols Act [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Theater of operations (military) [r]: A geographically defined area in which a single military commander has authority over all military services [e]
Subtopics
UCCs and subordinates
- United States Central Command [r]: Unified Combatant Command responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, now under the command of General James Mattis [e]
- United States Fifth Fleet [r]: Now the United States Navy component of United States Central Command; in WWII, the Pacific Fleet when under the command of ADM Raymond Spruance [e]
- Task Force 151 [r]: A multinational naval task force, created around Expeditionary Strike Group TWO from United States Central Command, which is conducting counter-piracy operations in the waters off Somalia; now under Turkish Navy command [e]
- Multi-National Force-Iraq [r]: The senior Coalition military headquarters in Iraq, commanded by GEN Ray Odierno, U.S. Army [e]
- Multi-National Corps-Iraq [r]: Highest land combat headquarters for Coalition tactical units in the peace operations phase of the Iraq War [e]
- United States Fifth Fleet [r]: Now the United States Navy component of United States Central Command; in WWII, the Pacific Fleet when under the command of ADM Raymond Spruance [e]
- United States European Command [r]: U.S. Unified Combatant Command with responsibility for Europe and some nearby areas, such as the Mediterranean Sea; United States Africa Command is a subcommand [e]
- United States Sixth Fleet [r]: The major forward-deployed United States Navy command of the United States European Command; operates in the Mediterranean Sea [e]
- Seventh United States Army [r]: Headquarters for the U.S. Army elements of United States European Command; the largest formation in the United States Army. Also designated USAREUR. Major U.S. Army formation in the WWII Battle of Sicily (Operation HUSKY) [e]
- United States Joint Forces Command [r]: A source of "surge" planners and staff, while helping organize the mission-focused joint task force that will address the specific need of other U.S. Unified Combatant Commands [e]
- United States Northern Command [r]: Within the Department of Defense, the military headquarters responsible for defense of the continental United States, and support to civil authorities for disasters beyond their capabilities [e]
- North American Air Defense Command [r]: The joint Canada-U.S. military organization responsible for aerospace threat warning and defense for North America [e]
- United States Pacific Command [r]: The U.S. Unified Combatant Command, headquartered in Hawaii, and responsible for the Pacific and East Asia [e]
- United States Seventh Fleet [r]: The forward-deployed forces of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps that operate in the western Pacific Ocean; a major operating command under United States Pacific Command [e]
- United States Forces Korea [r]: The senior U.S. command, primarily the Eighth United States Army and Seventh Air Force is a sub-unified command of United States Pacific Command [e]
- Eighth United States Army [r]: Actually consisting of a reinforced division, this is the headquarters for U.S. Army forces in South Korea, but its four-star commander also commands United States Forces Korea and the United Nations Command [e]
- United States Southern Command [r]: U.S. Unified Combatant Command responsible for military operations in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America [e]
- Twelfth Air Force [r]: United States Air Force intermediate command responsible for Air Combat Command fighter and bomber aircraft in the western United States, and is also the Air Component for the Unified Combatant Command, United States Southern Command [e]
- United States Special Operations Command [r]: A U.S. Unified Combatant Command with both functional and operational responsibilities, both to prepare special operations forces for the geographic commands, and to execute strategic special operations, typically under national orders and high security classification [e]
- Joint Special Operations Command [r]: A major subordinate unit of the United States Special Operations Command, which takes on the most sensitive covert military operations, usually working unacknowledged within the geographic area of a Unified Combatant Command [e]
- United States Strategic Command [r]: The U.S. unified headquarters for the missions of worldwide nuclear and conventional precision strike; command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in support of strategic operations; global network operations of the Global Information Grid, information operations, ballistic missile defense, and reduction of weapons of mass destruction threats [e]
- United States Transportation Command [r]: The single point of contact and operations for transportation services, by land, air, and sea, for the U.S. Department of Defense [e]
UCC command and control
- Global Information Grid [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Global Broadcast Service [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Theater Battle Management Core System [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System [r]: Add brief definition or description
UCC resources and activities
- Air tasking order [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Echelons above corps [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operational Preparation of the Environment [r]: Add brief definition or description
Service commands supporting UCCs
- Air Combat Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Air Force Special Operations Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Air Mobility Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Army Special Operations Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Marine Special Operations Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Army Forces Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
Service officers not in UCC line of command
- Joint Chiefs of Staff [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chief of Naval Operations [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chief of Staff of the Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chief of Staff of the Army [r]: Add brief definition or description