Unified Command Plan (UCP) RDML John Roberti Deputy Director for Strategy and Policy 16 Sep 2009 UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO

2 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO USC Title 10 USC Title 10, Sec 161: –Gives the President authority to establish combatant commands –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… –Recommend to the President, through the Secretary of Defense, any changes to such missions, responsibilities, and force structures as may be necessary The UCP is the implementation of Title 10 authority

3 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO 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 6 Geographic Commands Command Communication President Gen Renuart GEN Petraeus ADM Stavridis ADM Keating Gen Fraser ADM Olson Gen McNabb Gen Chilton Chairman JCS Chairman JCS SecDef 4 Functional Commands US Joint Forces Command Gen Mattis US Africa Command GEN Ward UCP: “Communications between the President or the Secretary (or their duly deputized alternates or successors) and the combatant commanders shall be transmitted through the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, unless otherwise directed.”

4 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO DOD is an organization that integrates Geographically across functions for joint warfighting Functionally across regions for global effectiveness The keys to organization success are: Clear responsibilities and commensurate authorities (  the UCP) Means to resolve priorities at the “intersections” (  “Synchronizing Planning”) Aligning the Combatant Commands GEOGRAPHICGEOGRAPHIC EUCOM NORTHCOM CENTCOM PACOM SOUTHCOM JFCOMJFCOM STRATCOMSTRATCOM TRANSCOMTRANSCOM SOCOMSOCOM F U N C T I O N A L AFRICOM

5 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO 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 Strategic Air Command established as first combatant command under JCS control 14 Dec 1946

6 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO History, last 6 years Assigned Joint Concept Development to JFCOM SPACECOM / STRATCOM merger Requirement for establishing SJFHQ-CE within each GCC Four new STRATCOM missions - Strike - Missile Defense - IO - C4ISR Seychelles to CENTCOM AOR Designation of JFCOM as Primary Joint Force Provider Stand up NORTHCOM JFCOM purely functional Designation of TRANSCOM as Distribution Process Owner Alaskan and Caribbean boundary changes 2002 All unsigned regions now assigned Lebanon and Syria to CENTCOM AOR Assigned SOCCOM lead in combating terrorist networks 2002 Ch Ch Ch-3 Assigned STRATCOM lead for CWMD efforts Assigned STRATCOM lead for DOD Global Info Grid Ops Designated SOCOM as SOF Joint Force Provider Designated TRANSCOM as Mobility Joint Force Provider 2008 Stand up AFRICOM

7 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO UCP 2008 Summary of Changes AFRICOM standup –AFRICOM/CENTCOM Maritime Boundary Cyberspace Mission (STRATCOM) Pandemic Influenza Mission (NORTHCOM) SSTR*, Humanitarian Assist’, and Disaster Relief (all CCDRs) Synchronizing Planning for: –Global Operations Against Terrorist Networks (SOCOM) –DOD Efforts ISO USG Response to Pandemic Influenza (NORTHCOM) –DOD CWMD Efforts (STRATCOM) –Global Missile Defense (STRATCOM) –Cyberspace Operations (STRATCOM) UCP Format –Improve Clarity of language *Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR)

8 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO UCP08 Map

9 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO Commenced JULY Completed DEC 2008 –6 Formal rounds of GOFO coordination –14 OPSDEPS and JCS decision tanks Informal OSD coordination throughout –Status brief provided to PDUSD(Policy) Formal USD-level coordination 50+ major issues addressed UCP08 Close Out Stats Extensive, highly collaborative effort involving OSD, CCDRs, JDIRs, and Service Chiefs

10 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO Business Rules: –Change Proposals via an Issue Development Paper  Better research, more standardization –Improved collaboration and transparency  Web based “Many-to-many” information exchange (SharePoint) –Enforce adjudication at the appropriate level  Sponsor will characterize strength of stakeholder equity Ex: 1, 2, 3, 4 star decision level –OSD engagement throughout while preserving CJCS statutory prerogative Approach to UCP 2010 Review

11 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO Arctic CENTCOM –India, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Armenia CYBERCOM Alaska Crosshatching IA Coordination Mutual Interest States Some Potential UCP 2010 Review Issues

12 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO DOD Synchronizer for Distribution Clarify JFCOM Responsibilities Identify Responsibility for Counter Threat Finance USKORCOM (2012 Transition) Vocabulary –“advocacy”, “lead combatant commanders”, “military matters” Some Potential UCP 2010 Review Issues

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14 UCLAS/FOUO FOUO DOS vs. DOD Areas of Responsibility