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| Website | http://www.centcom.mil/ |
| Established | January 01, 1983 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Modified | Scott³ July 11, 2008 12:45am |
| Description |
United States Central Command
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) is a theater-level Unified
Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983
under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense. It was originally
conceived of as the Rapid Deployment Forces.
Its area of responsibility is in the Middle East, East Africa and Central Asia.
CENTCOM has been the main American presence in many military operations,
including the Gulf War, the United States war in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War.
Forces from CENTCOM currently are deployed primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan
in combat roles and have bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab
Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, Djibouti and central Asia in support roles.
CENTCOM forces have also been deployed in Jordan, and Saudi Arabia in the
past, although no substantial forces are based in those countries as of 2005.
Of the six American regional unified commands, CENTCOM is one of two
regional unified commands whose headquarters are not within its area of
operations. It is at MacDill AFB, in Tampa, FL, although a forward headquarters
has been established at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar to serve American strategic
interests of the Iraq region. (The other such regional unified command is U.S.
Southern Command, currently based in Miami, Florida.)
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