Operational Branch
used to employ forces and begins with the President
Administrative Branch
Used to recruit, organize, train, and equip forces.
combatant command
A combatant command (COCOM) is a command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander
Combat Support Agencies
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
National Security Age
Geographically Organized Combatant Commands (GCC)
US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) US Central Command (USCENTCOM) US European Command (USEUCOM) US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)
US Pacific Command (USPACOM)
US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)
Functionally Organized Combatant Commands (FCC
US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
US Africa Command (USAFRICOM
Stuttgart, Germany
US military relations with 53 African countries
NOT EGYPT
US Central Command (USCENTCOM)
MacDill AFB, Florida
US Central Command's AOR is the Middle East, Egypt, and Central Asia.
deters or defeats state and nonstate aggression,
US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)
Peterson AFB, Colorado
onducts homeland defense, civil support, and security cooperation to defend and secure the United States and its interests.
US Pacific Command (USPACOM)
Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii
half of the earth's surface, stretching from the waters off the west coast of the US to the western border of India and from Antarctica to the North Pole.
US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)
Miami, Florida
responsible for providing contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation for Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Cuba
US European Command (USEUCOM)
Stuttgart, Germany
all of Europe, large portions of Asia, parts of the Middle East and the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. The command is responsible for US military relations with NATO and 51 countries on two continents
US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
MacDill AFB, Florida
onducts several covert and clandestine missions, such as unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, psychological operations, civil affairs, direct action, counter-terrorism and war on drugs operation
US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
Scott AFB, Illinois
coordination of people and transportation assets to allow the US to project and sustain forces, whenever, wherever, and for as long as they are needed.
US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
Offutt AFB, Nebraska
space operations to include satellites, information warfare, missile defense,global command and control, ISR, US nuclear arsenal,
ACC
Air Combat Command
Air Combat Command
(MAJCOM),
Langley AFB, Virginia
organizes, trains, equips and deploys combat ready forces to support combatant commanders around the globe
AETC
Air Education and Training Command
Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
(MAJCOM),
Randolph AFB, Texas
develops/trains America's Airmen for tomorrow
AFGSC
Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)
Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)
(MAJCOM),
Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
newest command.
develops and provides combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations
AFMC
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)36
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
(MAJCOM),
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
delivers war-winning technology, acquisition support, sustainment, and expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter.
AFRC
Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)37
Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
(MAJCOM),
Robins AFB, Georgia
provides personnel to augment the active duty community to carry out the warfighting mission with approximately 14% of the total force
AFSPC
Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)
Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)
(MAJCOM),
Peterson AFB, Colorado
responsible for organizing, training, and equipping mission- ready space and cyberspace forces and capabilities for North American Aerospace Defense Command, US Strategic Command, and other combatant commands world-wide.
AMC
Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Air Mobility Command (AMC)
(MAJCOM),
Scott AFB, Illinois
provides airlift and aerial refueling for all of America's armed forces.
PACAF
Pacific Air Force (PACAF)
Pacific Air Force (PACAF)
(MAJCOM)
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
provides USPACOM integrated expeditionary Air Force capabilities to defend the homeland, promote stability, dissuade/deter aggression, and swiftly defeat enemies.
USAFE
US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
(MAJCOM)
Ramstein Air Base, Germany
executes the USEUCOM mission with forward-based air power to provide forces for global operations, ensure strategic access, assure allies, deter aggression and build partnerships.
AFSOC
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
(MAJCOM)
Hurlburt Field, Florida
US Special Operations Command for the readiness of Air Force special operations forces
The Department of the Army
principal land force and promotes national values and interests by conducting military engagement and security cooperation, deterring aggression and violence, and should deterrence fail, compelling enemy behavioral change or compliance.
The Department of the Navy
provide sea, land, air, space, and cyberspace forces, both combat and support, with the capabilities necessary to operate and support the other military services and joint forces.
The Coast Guard
During peacetime, the Coast Guard protects the maritime economy and environment, defends US maritime borders, and conducts search and rescue missions. They also provide port and waterway security, drug interdiction, migrant interdiction, marine safety, an