Unified_Command_Plan

Unified Command Plan (UCP)

Presidential document establishing combatant commands, their missions, geographic/functional responsibilities, and force assignments. Updated approximately every two years.

Current Combatant Commands (11)

Geographic Combatant Commands (GCCs)

Command	AOR	HQ
USINDOPACOM	Indo-Pacific	Camp Smith, HI
USEUCOM	Europe	Stuttgart, Germany
USCENTCOM	Middle East/Central Asia	MacDill AFB, FL
USAFRICOM	Africa	Stuttgart, Germany
USSOUTHCOM	Central/South America	Doral, FL
USNORTHCOM	North America	Peterson SFB, CO

Functional Combatant Commands (FCCs)

Command	Function	HQ
USSOCOM	Special Operations	MacDill AFB, FL
USSTRATCOM	Strategic Deterrence/Nuclear	Offutt AFB, NE
USTRANSCOM	Global Mobility	Scott AFB, IL
USCYBERCOM	Cyberspace Operations	Fort Meade, MD
USSPACECOM	Space Operations	Peterson SFB, CO

Command Relationships

graph TD
    POTUS[President] --> SecDef[Secretary of Defense]
    SecDef --> GCC1[Geographic COCOMs]
    SecDef --> FCC1[Functional COCOMs]
    GCC1 --> SCC[Service Component Commands]
    GCC1 --> JTF[Joint Task Forces]
    FCC1 --> TSC[Theater Special Ops Commands]

See Also

• Goldwater_Nichols_Act | Title_10_USC | COCOM_Structure