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Unified Commands

U.S. Southern Command.

USSOUTHCOM is responsible for command and control of U.S. military forces, contingency planning, and security cooperation across the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Read more about the background, mission, organization, components, budget, and primary challenges of SOUTHCOM in Defense Primer: U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), CRS IF13067, updated July 21, 2025.


Maps

Areas of Responsibility, Library of Congress, 2000.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3201r.ct002376/?r=-0.076,-0.035,1.111,0.864,0


News Articles

December 16, 2025, "What is a Combatant Command?", SOF News.

December 15, 2025, "Pentagon plan calls for major power shifts within U.S. military", The Washington Post.

May 31, 2025, "Abolish AFRICOM, Then Keep Going", by Justin Logan, The National Interest.

March 21, 2025, "Map Shows US Military Commands Targeted for DOGE Cuts", Newsweek.

October 22, 2024, "Better in Pairs: Divide the Indo-Pacific Theater in Half", by Tim Devine, Joint Force Quarterly, National Defense University Press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

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