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The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)

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Principle military advisor to the President, the NSC & SecDef

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US Africa Command (USAFRICOM)

Geographic Combatant Cmd

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HQ: Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
Responsible for US military relations w/ 53 African countries. Delivery & sustainment of effective security cooperation programs

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US Central Command (USCENTCOM)

Geographic Combatant Cmd

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HQ: MacDill AFB, Florida
US Central Command AOR is the Middle East, Egypt & Central Asia. Promotes cooperation among nations, responds to crises & deters or defeats stat & non state aggression.

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US European Command (USEUCOM)

Geographic Combatant Cmd

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HQ: Stuttgart, Germany
AOR covers almost one-fifth of the planet, including all of Europe, large portions of Asia, parts of the Middle East and the Arctic & Atlantic Oceans. Responsible for US military relations w/ NATO & 51 countries.

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US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)

Geographic Combatant Cmd

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HQ: Peterson AFB, CO
includes air, land and sea approaches and encompasses the continental US, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, and the surrounding water out to approx. 500 nautical miles. Plans, org’s and executes homeland defense & civil support missions. Also commands NORAD, bi-national command responsible for aerospace warning, control, and maritime warning for Canada, Alaska, and the Cont. US. Provides Civil Support msn’s for domestic disaster relief operations. KEYWORD(S): Domestic /or/ US, Canada, Mexico

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US Pacific Command (USPACOM)

Geographic Combatant Cmd

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HQ: Camp H.M. Smith, HI
AOR encompasses about half the earth’s surface, stretching from the waters off the west coast of the US to the western border of India, and from Antarctica to the North Pole. Protects and defends the territory of the US, its people, and its interests. is committed to enhancing stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Approach is based on partnership, presence, and military readiness.

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US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)

Functional Combatant Cmd

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HQ: Miami, FL
Responsible for providing contingency planning, ops, and security cooperation for Central and South America, the Caribbean, Cuba. Also, responsible for ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal and canal area.

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US Transportation Cmd (USTRANSCOM)

Functional Combatant Cmd

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HQ: Scott AFB, IL
Single Manager of America’s global defense trans system. Tasked w/the coordination of people and transportation assets to allow the US to project and sustain forces, whenever, wherever, and for as long as they are needed.

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US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)

Functional Combatant Cmd

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HQ: Offutt AFB, NE
Charged w/space ops (such as military satellites), info ops (info warfare), missile defense, global command and control, intel, surveillance, and reconnaissance, global strike and strategic deterrence (US nuclear arsenal), and combating WMD’s.

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Air Combat Command (ACC)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Langley AFB, VA
organizes, trains, equips, and deploys combat ready forces to support combatant commanders around the globe. Provides air defense forces to North American Aerospace Defense Command. To accomplish the objectives of the National Defense Strategy, it ops fighter; attack; bomber; intel; surveillance and recon; combat search & rescue; battle-management; electronic-combat and UAV’s.

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Air Education & Training Command (AETC)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Randolph AFB, TX
Develops America’s Airmen today, for tomorrow. Sustains the combat capability of the operational AF w/highly-trained and motivated Airmen, recalls individual ready reservists, and manages mobility and contingency tasking support for combatant commanders.

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Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Barksdale AFB, LA
AF’s newest command. Develops & provides combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike ops-safe, secure, effective-to support the POTUS and combatant commanders. Responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the AF’s three intercontinental ballistic missile wings, two B-52 Stratofortress wings and the only B-2 Spirit wing (make up 2/3’s of the nation’s strategic nuclear triad by providing the land-based & airborne nuclear deterrent forces.

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Air Force Material Command (AFMC)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
delivers war-winning technology, acquisition support, sustainment and expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter. Conducts R&D, and test and evaluation, and provides acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep AF weapon systems ready for war.

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Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Robins AFB, GA
provides the AF about 20% of its capability w/only about 4% of the total AF budget, while spanning a wide variety of missions. conducts aerial spray msns, flies hurricane hunter msns for the National Weather Service, and is admin responsible for the AF’s individual mobilization augmentee program.

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Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Peterson AFB, CO
organizes, trains, and equips mission-ready space & cyberspace forces and capabilities for North American Aerospace Defense Cmd, US Strategic Cmd, and other combatant cmds world-wide. Oversees AF network ops to provide capabilities in, through and from cyberspace; manages a global network of satellites and is responsible for space system development and acquisition. KEYWORD: Satellites /or/ cyberspace networks

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Air Mobility Command (AMC)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Scott AFB, IL
provides airlift and aerial refueling of all of America’s armed forces. Also, provides aeromedical evacuation and Global Reach Laydown (GRL). Has many special-duty and operational support aircraft and plays a crucial role in humanitarian support at home and around the world.

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Pacific Air Force (PACAF)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI

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US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Ramstein AB, Germany

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Air Force Special Operations
Command (AFSOC)

Major Command (MAJCOM)

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HQ: Hurlburt Field, FL

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Army Core Values

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Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity,, Personal Courage

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Navy/Marines Core Values

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Honor, Courage, Commitment

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Coast Guard Core Values

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Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty

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How many combatant commands are there?

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Nine; 5 - geographically org’d & 4 - functionally org’d

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US Spec Ops Command (USSOCOM)

Functional Combatant Cmd

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HQ: MacDill AFB, Florida
charged w/overseeing the various Special Ops Cmd’s of the Army, AF, Navy, and Marine Corps. Conducts several covert and clandestine missions, such as unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special recon, psychological ops, civil affairs, direct action, counter-terrorism and war on drugs ops. Each branch has a SOC that is unique and capable of running its own ops, but when the different Spec Ops Forces need to work together for an op, USSOCOM becomes the jt component cmd for the operation.