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United States Central Command
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theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the broader Middle East
Key facts
- Founded
- January 1, 1983 , (43 years, 5 months ago)
- Country
- United States of America
- Type
- Unified combatant command
- Role
- Geographic combatant command
- Part of
- United States Department of Defense
- Headquarters
- MacDill Air Force Base , Florida , U.S.
- Motto
- Persistent Excellence
- Engagements
- Gulf War , Iraq War (2003–2011), War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) , Operation Inherent Resolve , 2026 Iran War
- Website
- www.centcom.mil
- Commander
- Admiral Brad Cooper , USN
- Deputy commander
- Lieutenant General Patrick Frank , USA
- Senior enlisted leader
- Fleet Master Chief Lateef Compton, USN
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1983
- Location
- Macdill Air Force Base, United States
- Also known as
- U.S. Central Command
- Status
- Active
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Encyclopedic overview
The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF).
Its area of responsibility (AOR) includes the Middle East (including Egypt in Africa), Central Asia and parts of South Asia. The command has been the main American presence in many military operations, including the Persian Gulf War's Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the war in Afghanistan, as well as the Iraq War from 2003 to 2011. As of 2015, CENTCOM forces were deployed primarily in Afghanistan under the auspices of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, which was itself part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission (from 2015 to 2021), and in Iraq and Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve since 2014 in supporting and advise-and-assist roles.
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