Improving the Unified Command Plan For the 21st Century

Abstract

The existing Unified Command Plan (UCP) structure is not optimized to execute the National Security Strategy for the 21th Century. The UCP should be modified to better align the available military resources to the tasks assigned. Future political and budgetary constraints will probably lead to more continental U.S. (CONUS) basing of forces. The standing Joint Task Force concept should be used more to provide warfighter forces and peacekeeping forces to Regional Commanders in Chiefs (CINCs) to accomplish National Security Strategy (NSS) tasks. The Regional CINCs will remain vital to promoting U.S. engagement policies throughout the world.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377501

Entities

People

  • Robert C. Barnes

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.