Unified Combatant Command
A Unified Combatant Command ( UCC; German United Combat Command ) is composed of several units of two or more branches of the armed forces of the armed forces of the United States and has a wide-ranging and long-lasting job. They are divided according to their Areas Of Responsibility ( German: a military responsibility and competence ) in regional and functional areas of command and established organization in the course of the military reform of 1986.
History
The first Regional Command presented the United States with the most far-reaching reform of the U.S. military since 1947, the Goldwater -Nichols Act in 1986 to. The introduction of the Minister of Defence responsible commanders, who should carry out military operations in their geographic area of responsibility, intended to alleviate the exuberant rivalry between the branches of the armed forces. Your official title until 2002 was Commander -in- Chief with their corresponding Regional additive.
Since 11 September 2001, the importance of the African continent for the United States for a variety of reasons, is steadily increasing. That is why President George W. Bush announced the establishment by 2008 of a deployable regional command for Africa ( U.S. Africa Command ).
The U.S. Joint Forces Command was dissolved on 31 August 2011.
Chain of command and order
The chain of command of the U.S. armed forces runs administratively by the president through the Minister of Defence ( National Command Authority ) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS ). However, the operational chain of command runs from the President through the Secretary of Defense directly to the commanders of the various Unified Combatant Commands.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to take over the communication with the commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands, but it has no operational command authority over the troops.
The armed forces have parallel command structures, their respective regional commands are integrated in the central UCCs.
The geographically oriented UCCs are responsible not only for the nationwide implementation of military contracts from the Department of Defense, but also involved in the security and humanitarian daily business of the United States. Therefore, the Pacific Command is often involved in rescue and supply missions to floods and earthquakes, while the Southern Command his own baseball team seconded in cooperation with the State Department in March 2009 to an encounter tour of Central America. By way of contrast, the functional UCCs mainly conceptual goals, especially in the areas of logistics and strategy.
Regional Commands
The headquarters of CENTCOM is stationed at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa (Florida ) and is under the command of General Lloyd J. Austin III. (USA).
The headquarters of EUCOM is stationed in the Patch Barracks in Stuttgart and is since May 13, 2013 provided the leadership of General Philip M. Breedlove (USAF), the within NATO structures also the post of Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( SACEUR ) holds.
The headquarters of PACOM is located on the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp HM Smith on Oahu (Hawaii) and is under the command of Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III. (USN ).
The headquarters of NORTHCOM is at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, stationed and is under the leadership of General Charles H. Jacoby (USA), which also has the command on the North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ).
The headquarters of SOUTHCOM in Miami, Florida, stationed and is under the command of General John F. Kelly ( USMC).
The headquarters, which is to be established on the African continent, yet still stationed in the Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany and is from General David M. Rodriguez ( USA) out.
Functional commands
The headquarters is stationed at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida and is Admiral William H. McRaven (USN ) out.
The headquarters of STRATCOM is stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and is from General C. Robert Kehler (USAF) out.
The headquarters is located at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois and is under the command of General William M. Fraser III .. ( USAF)
Former commands
The headquarters was located in Norfolk, Virginia.