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consists of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS); the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VCJCS); the Chief of Staff, US Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff, US Air Force; and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Joint Staff supports the JCS and constitutes the immediate military staff of the SecDef
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
The ________ Branch is the chain of command used to employ forces and runs from the President, through the SecDef, to the combatant commanders (CCDRs).
Operational
The __________ Branch is the chain of command used to recruit, organize, train, and equip forces and runs from the President through the SecDef to the Secretaries of the Military Departments14
Administrative
established in the Unified Command Plan (UCP) by the president, through the SecDef and with the advice and assistance of the CJCS
COCOM's
a number of DoD agencies that provide combat support or combat service support to joint forces
combat support agencies (CSAs).
examples include DIA, DLA, DISA, NGA, NSA
responsible for US military relations with 53 African countries
USAFRICOM
AOR is the Middle East, Egypt, and Central Asia.
USCENTCOM
covers almost one-fifth of the planet, including all of Europe, large portions of Asia, parts of the Middle East and the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. The command is responsible for US military relations with NATO and 51 countries on two continents with a total population of close to a billion people.
USEUCOM
conducts homeland defense, civil support, and security cooperation to defend and secure the United States and its interests.
USNORTHCOM
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.
USPACOM
responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation for Central and South America, the Caribbean
USSOUTHCOM
primarily responsible for providing mission-ready joint-capable forces and supporting the development and integration of joint, interagency, and multinational capabilities to meet the present and future operational needs of the joint force.
USJFCOM
charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Commands of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States Armed Forces.
USSOCOM
tasked with 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
USTRANSCOM
charged with space operations (such as military satellites), information operations (such as information warfare), missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, global strike and strategic deterrence (the United States nuclear arsenal), and combating weapons of mass destruction
USSTRATCOM
organizes, trains, equips and deploys combat ready forces to support combatant commanders around the globe. Additionally, provides the air component headquarters to US Northern, Southern and Central commands and supports the in-place air components of US European and Pacific commands. also provides air defense forces to North American Aerospace Defense Command
ACC
responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the Air Force‘s three intercontinental ballistic missile wings, two B-52 Stratofortress wings and the only B-2 Spirit wing. The three weapons systems make up two-thirds of the nation‘s strategic nuclear triad by providing the land-based and airborne nuclear deterrent forces;
develops and provides combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations—safe, secure, effective—to support the President of the United States and combatant commanders
AFGSC
delivers war-winning technology, acquisition support, sustainment and expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter.
conducts research, development, and test and evaluation, and provides acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war
AFMC
provides the Air Force about 20 percent of its capability with only about 4 percent of the total Air Force budget, while spanning a wide variety of missions. It conducts fixed-wing aerial spray missions, flies hurricane hunter missions for the National Weather Service, and is administratively responsible for the Air Force‘s individual mobilization augmentee program
AFRC
responsible for organizing, training, and equipping mission-ready space and cyberspace forces and capabilities for North American Aerospace Defense Command, US Strategic Command, and other combatant commands world-wide
AFSPC
provides airlift and aerial refueling for all of America‘s armed forces. They also provide aeromedical evacuation and Global Reach Laydown (GRL). GRL strategy uses resources from various organizations and brings them together to form those deployed organizations required to achieve the specific objectives of any particular mobility operation.
has many special-duty and operational support aircraft and plays a crucial role in providing humanitarian support at home and around the world
AMC
integrated expeditionary Air Force capabilities to defend the homeland, promote stability, dissuade/deter aggression, and swiftly defeat enemies;
also conducts multinational exercises and hosts international exchange events to foster partnerships for regional security and stability
PACAF
executes the US European Command mission with forward-based air power to provide forces for global operations, ensure strategic access, assure allies, deter aggression and build partnerships
USAFE
mission areas include shaping and stability operations; battlefield air operations; information operations; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; specialized air and space mobility; precision engagement and agile combat support
AFSOC