4C. Military Command Structure

Question 1

U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Answer 1

Headquarters:
1. MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Functional

Question 2

U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)

Answer 2

Headquarters:
1. Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

Operations:
1. Deter & detect strategic attacks

Functions:

1. Nuclear Capabilities
2. Space operations
3. Global Strike
4. Joint EM Spectrum ops
5. Global Missile Defense

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Functional

Question 3

U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)

Answer 3

Headquarters:
1. Miami, Florida

Area of Responsibility:

1. South of Mexico
2. Central & South America
3. The Caribbean Sea

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Geographic

Question 4

U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)

Answer 4

Headquarters:
1. Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii

AOR:

1. West OCONUS to West India
2. Antarctica to Aleutian Islands

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Geographic

Question 5

U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)

Answer 5

Headquarters:
Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado

Functions:

1. Civil Support
2. Homeland Security

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Geographic

Question 6

U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)

Answer 6

Headquarters:
1. Fort Meade, Maryland

Functions:
1. Cyberspace superiority

Question 7

U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)

Answer 7

Headquarters:
1. Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany

Functions:

1. Security defense needs of Europe, Middle East, Eurasia
2. Works closely with NATO

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Geographic

Question 8

U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)

Answer 8

Headquarters:
1. MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

AOR:

1. Middle East
2. Northern Africa
3. Central Asia

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Geographic

Question 9

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)

Answer 9

Headquarters:
1. Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany

AOR:

1. African Nations
2. Africa Union
3. African regional security organizations

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Geographic

Question 10

Functional Combatant Commands

Answer 10

Operations:

1. World-wide
2. Across geographic boundaries

Question 11

U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)

Answer 11

Headquarters:
1. Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Unified Combatant Command:
1. Functional

Question 12

Geographic Combatant Commands

Answer 12

Operations:

1. Clearly delineated AOR
2. Distinctive regional military focus

Question 13

Unified Combatant Commands

Answer 13

Quantity:
1. 11

Mission:
1. Broad, continuing

Organization:
1. Composed of forces from two or more military dept

Established By:

1. POTUS
2. CJCS
3. Secdef

Question 14

U.S. Space Command (USSC)

Answer 14

Operations:

1. Deliver space combat power
2. Conducts operations to space

Question 15

The Unified Command Plan

Answer 15

Author:
1. Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)

Purpose:
1. Assigns missions, planning, training, AORs, etc. to combatant commands

Reviewed & Updated:
1. Every 2 years

Authority:
1. Congress (by constitutional authority)

Question 16

Commander of Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR)

Answer 16

Selected By:

1. Secretary of the Air Force

Question 17

Combined Commands

Answer 17

Multinational Commands:

1. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
2. Combined Forces Command Korea
3. Allied Command Operations

Operating Terms:

1. Treaty, alliance, or bilateral agreement between nations
2. Binational or multinational agreements