United States Central Command

Abstract

United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has command authority over U.S. forces in the Middle East and West/Central 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 2022
Accession Number
AD1166545

Entities

People

  • Brendan W. Mcgarry
  • Kathleen J. McInnis

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Air Force
  • Central Asia
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Middle East
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security