Accession Number:

AD1166545

Title:

United States Central Command

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

Congressional Research Service

Personal Author(s):

• McInnis, Kathleen J.
• McGarry, Brendan W.

Report Date:

2022-03-30

Pagination or Media Count:

3

Abstract:

United States Central Command CENTCOM has command authority over U.S. forces in the Middle East and WestCentral Asia. CENTCOM was formally established by the Department of Defense DOD on January 1, 1983. Its area of responsibility AOR comprises Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates UAE,Oman, Yemen, Israel, Iran, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. CENTCOM is headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base AFB in Tampa, FL.

Descriptors:

• united states central command
• warfare
• air force
• congress
• department of defense
• middle east
• terrorism
• terrorists
• unified combatant commands
• national security
• united states european command
• security
• united states
• united states government
• central asia
• governments
• military operations

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]