Africom at 5 years: The Maturation of a New U.S. Combatant Command

Abstract

(The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), the newest of the six U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) geographic combatant commands (CCMDs), was created in 2007 amid great controversy in both Africa and the United States over its location and mission. Over the last 5 years, AFRICOM has matured greatly, overcome much of the initial resistance from African stakeholders, and addressed most U.S. interagency concerns about the Command s size and proper role within the U.S. national security/foreign policy community. AFRICOM is a CCMD Plus, because it also has: 1) a broader soft power mandate aimed at building a stable security environment; and, 2) a relatively larger personnel contingent from other U.S. Government agencies. The Letor Paper is divided into five parts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA583521

Entities

People

  • David E. Brown

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Relations
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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