FOUO 1 Combatant Commands and the Unified Command Plan RDML Frank C. Pandolfe Deputy Director for Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5) 11 September 2006 FOUO

2 CHAIRMAN JCS DEFENSE AGENCIES & FIELD ACTIVITIES Organization: Department of Defense PRESIDENT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OSD STAFF SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND EUROPEAN COMMAND TRANSPORTATION COMMAND PACIFIC COMMAND MILITARY DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES SERVICE CHIEFS JOINT FORCES COMMAND CENTRAL COMMAND SOUTHERN COMMAND SERVICE STAFFS & FORCES MILITARY DEPT. SECRETARIATS NORTHERN COMMAND STRATEGIC COMMAND JOINT STAFF

FOUO 3 Organization: Combatant Commands Organization: Combatant Commands US Southern Command US Pacific Command US Central Command US Special Operations Command US Northern Command US Strategic Command US European Command US Transportation Command Geographic Commands Command Communication PRESIDENT ADM Keating GEN Abizaid Gen Jones ADM Fallon GEN Craddock GEN Brown Gen Schwartz Gen Cartwright Chairman JCS Chairman JCS SecDef Functional Commands US Joint Forces Command Gen Smith

FOUO 4 Organization: Military Departments OSDOSD Secretary of the Army Secretary Secretary of the Air Force Secretary ARMY NAVY MARINES Chief of Naval Operations ADM Mullen Chief of Naval Operations ADM Mullen Chief of Staff of the Army Gen Schoomaker Chief of Staff of the Army Gen Schoomaker Commandant Marine Corps Gen Hagee Commandant Marine Corps Gen Hagee Secretary of the Navy Secretary AIR FORCE Forces assigned to Combatant Commands and their administration & support Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen Moseley Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen Moseley 9 Combatant Commands Secretary of Defense Chairman JCS Gen Pace Chairman JCS Gen Pace Train, Equip, Provide

FOUO 5 DOD is a MATRIX organization that integrates Geographically across functions for joint warfighting Functionally across regions for global effectiveness The keys to matrix organization success are: Clear responsibilities and commensurate authorities (  the UCP) Means to resolve priorities at the “intersections” (  “supported / supporting”) Effective coordination and communication (  SecDef, JS and CC-CC coord) Aligning the Combatant Commands GEOGRAPHICGEOGRAPHIC EUCOM NORTHCOM CENTCOM PACOM SOUTHCOM JFCOMJFCOM STRATCOMSTRATCOM TRANSCOMTRANSCOM SOCOMSOCOM F U N C T I O N A L Though not in UCP, Services are a third dimension of the matrix organization that UCP considers

FOUO 6 Unified Command Plan Purpose: Establishes the missions and responsibilities for commanders of combatant commands and establishes their general geographic areas of responsibility Signed by the President Directs all communications between the President or the Secretary of Defense and combatant commanders to be transmitted through the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff unless otherwise directed

FOUO 7 USC Title 10 USC Title 10, Sec 161 directs the Chairman to periodically review (not less often than every two years) the missions, responsibilities (including geographic boundaries), and force structure of each combatant command; and recommend to the President, through the Secretary of Defense, any changes to such missions, responsibilities, and force structures as may be necessary. The Unified Command Plan is the vehicle by which this is accomplished

FOUO 8 History Established STRATCOM Established USEUCOM DOD Reorganization Act - SECDEF Direction of CINCs - CINCs Perform Missions Goldwater-Nichols Act 1993 LANTCOM became USACOM Established STRICOM CARIBCOM became SOUTHCOM 1972 STRICOM became REDCOM Established SPACECOM RDJTF under REDCOM RDJTF became CENTCOM Nunn-Cohen Act Established SOCOM 1987 Established TRANSCOM National Security Act Service Secretaries become SecDef Executive Agents -- PACOM, EUCOM, LANTCOM, and CARIBCOM with Service Chiefs as JCS Executive Agents USACOM / SOUTHCOM AOR Shift FSU Newly Independent States Assigned 1999 USACOM became JFCOM 2002 Established NORTHCOM and assigned all regions of the globe -- SPACECOM and STRATCOM merged into new STRATCOM Strategic Air Command established as first combatant command under JCS control 14 Dec 1946 JFCOM purely functional Four new STRATCOM missions 2004 SOCOM lead against terrorists; JFCOM JFP

FOUO 9 Common Combatant Command Responsibilities UCP Missions –Deter attacks against US –Carry out assigned missions / conducting military operations –Direct subordinate commands –Force Protection –Certifying readiness of HQ to perform as JTF –Providing trained and ready forces –Planning, conducting, assessing security cooperation activities

FOUO 10 Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) Responsibilities UCP Missions –Evacuation / Protection of US citizens –Military representation to national / international agencies –Single POC on military matters within AOR –COCOM of security assistance organizations in time of war –COCOM of US peacekeeping forces –POC for Combating WMD activities and missions in AOR –Force protection for all US military forces in AOR –Recovery of astronauts / space vehicles –Establishing and maintaining a Standing Joint Force Headquarters – Core Element (SJFHQ-CE)

FOUO 11 Specific GCC Responsibilities USNORTHCOM –Provide Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) –Provide assistance to GCCs on consequence management operations in response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive incidents outside CONUS –Serve as Commander North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) USPACOM –Provide DSCA –Conduct Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) and force protection in Russian Federation east of 100 o E USSOUTHCOM –Provide DSCA –Defend Panama Canal and Panama Canal area

FOUO 12 UCP Map

FOUO 13 JFCOM Unique Responsibilities UCP Missions –Leading Joint Concept Development and Experimentation (CDE) –Serving as lead Joint Force Integrator –Serving as lead agent for Joint Force Training –Leading development of joint readiness standards for staffs and headquarters –Serving as Primary Joint Force Provider

FOUO 14 SOCOM Unique Responsibilities UCP Missions –Serving as Special Operations Forces Joint Force Provider –Training of and developer of strategy, doctrine, and tactics for SOF –Integrating / coordinating DOD PSYOP capabilities –Serving as lead for planning, synchronizing, and executing global ops against terrorist networks –Exercising command and control of selected special operations missions

FOUO 15 STRATCOM Unique Responsibilities UCP Missions –Primary responsibility for strategic nuclear forces –Providing integrated global strike planning and C2 –Exercising C2 of selected global strike missions –Developing desired characteristics and capabilities, advocating, planning and conducting space operations –Planning, integrating and coordinating global missile defense –Planning, integrating and coordinating intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in support of global ops –Tasking and coordinating C4ISR capabilities –Integrating and coordinating DOD info ops, computer network attack, computer network defense, electronic warfare, psychological ops, and military deception

FOUO 16 STRATCOM Unique Responsibilities (con’t) UCP Missions –Planning, integrating and coordinating DOD global network operations by directing Global Information Grid (GIG) ops and defense –Serving as lead for integrating and synchronizing DOD Combating WMD efforts

FOUO 17 TRANSCOM Unique Responsibilities UCP Missions –Providing transportation, terminal management and aerial refueling to support global deployment of US forces –Serving as the Mobility Joint Force Provider –Providing DOD global patient movement –Serving as Distribution Process Owner

FOUO 18 Changes made in UCP 2006

FOUO 19 Change: Placed entire Aleutian Islands chain in USNORTHCOM AOR USNORTHCOM/USPACOM Boundary Approved boundary change Rationale: Consolidate all responsibilities pertaining to the defense of Alaska under one combatant commander Impact: No change in forces assignment for either USNORTHCOM or USPACOM

FOUO 20 USNORTHCOM/USSOUTHCOM Boundary –i.e., planning/executing operations through the range of military operations (counter-narcotics, NEO, humanitarian relief, etc.) Impact: USSOUTHCOM gained DSCA mission for PR and USVI. Approved boundary change Change: Placed Cuba, The Bahamas, Puerto Rico (PR), US Virgin Islands (USVI) in USSOUTHCOM AOR to consolidate all major offshore islands in single AOR. Rationale: USSOUTHCOM previously responsible for contingency planning, operations, security cooperation, and force protection for The Bahamas and Cuba. Change provides responsibility for “normal operations”:

FOUO 21 Change: Strengthen USTRANSCOM’s role as DPO Goal: Reinforce USTRANSCOM’s authority to synchronize and align DOD-wide end-to-end distribution Rationale: –Further DOD transformation by expanding USTRANSCOM responsibilities from “strategic distribution” to “end-to-end” distribution –Improve strategic and operational responsiveness –Strengthen planning and execution USTRANSCOM Distribution Process Owner (DPO) UCP 2006 Language: USTRANSCOM’s unique responsibilities include: “Serving as the Distribution Process Owner, including: (a) Coordinating and overseeing the DOD distribution system to provide interoperability, synchronization, and alignment of DOD wide, end-to-end distribution. (b) Developing and implementing distribution process improvements that enhance the Defense Logistics and Global Supply Chain Management System.”

FOUO 22 Change: Assigned USSOCOM and USTRANSCOM as Joint Force Providers (JFPs) Goal: Improve the Global Force Management process Rationale: –USSOCOM/USTRANSCOM gain increased visibility and oversight of respective forces –Complements USJFCOM’s role as Primary JFP Joint Force Providers – USSOCOM and USTRANSCOM SOCOM UCP 2006 Language: Unique responsibilities include: “Serving as the Special Operations Forces Joint Force Provider, including: (a) Providing combat-ready special operations forces to other combatant commands when and as directed. (b) Identifying and recommending global joint sourcing solutions, in coordination with the Services and other combatant commanders, from all special operations forces and capabilities. (c) Supervising implementation of sourcing decisions.” TRANSCOM UCP 2006 Language: Unique responsibilities include: “Serving as the Mobility Joint Force Provider, including: (a) Identifying and recommending global joint sourcing solutions, in coordination with the Services and other combatant commanders, from all mobility forces and capabilities to the Chairman. (b) Supervising implementation of sourcing decisions.”

FOUO 23 USSTRATCOM Combating WMD (CbtWMD) Change: Assigned USSTRATCOM as DOD lead for Combating WMD Goal: Align UCP with SecDef January 2005 memo directing USSTRATCOM to lead DOD in combating WMD efforts Rationale: Unify DOD efforts for Combating WMD under single combatant commander UCP 2006 language: Unique responsibilities include: “Serving as lead combatant commander for integrating and synchronizing DOD CbtWMD efforts, including: (a) Planning, integrating and synchronizing DOD CbtWMD efforts with the efforts of other US government agencies, as directed. (b) Integrating USSTRATCOM’s global missions to support combatant command and defense agency efforts in combating WMD. (c) In coordination with USJFCOM, develop and make recommendations to the Chairman regarding joint force integration, exercises and training for CbtWMD. (d) Responsible to the Chairman for identifying and assessing readiness of US capabilities, adequacy of partner capabilities, and capabilities of potential adversaries. (e) In coordination with the Chairman, advocating combating WMD capabilities of all combatant commanders. (f) Supporting geographic combatant commands and USSOCOM for CbtWMD planning and execution. (g) Providing military representation to US national and international agencies for CbtWMD matters related to US and multinational campaigns, as directed. (h) Providing the single military point of contact for CbtWMD in space.”

FOUO 24 USSTRATCOM Global Network Operations(GNO) Change: Assigned DOD Global Network Operations (GNO) as a USSTRATCOM mission area Goal: Place Global Information Grid (GIG) network operations and defense under single commander Rationale: –UCP 2004 addresses Computer Network Attack/Defense (CNA/CND), but not network operations –June 2004 SecDef memo assigns USSTRATCOM authority and responsibility for “global network operations and defense” UCP 2006 Language: Unique responsibilities include: “Planning, integrating and coordinating DOD global network operations by directing Global Information Grid operations and defense and identifying and advocating these desired characteristics and capabilities.”

FOUO 25 Modified USELEMNORAD Language Change: Provide USNORTHCOM authority to use USELEMNORAD forces for non-NORAD unilateral missions. Goal: –Provide CDR USNORTHCOM the ability to rapidly respond to air defense threats and execute air defense missions. Rationale: UCP 2002 established USNORTHCOM. UCP 2004 removed USELEMNORAD as the instrument through which US air defense forces were employed in a unilateral action. However, UCP 2004 did not provide USNORTHCOM with authority to employ US forces in this same type of mission. UCP 2006 Language: “As the senior US officer assigned to NORAD, CDRUSNORTHCOM is designated as CDRUSELEMNORAD. US forces made available for NORAD are assigned or attached to CDRUSELEMNORAD IAW section 162 of title 10 and may be utilized by CDRUSNORTHCOM for US unilateral, non-NORAD operations.”

FOUO 26 Questions?