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The current unified combatant commands are:

CENTCOM: Central Command has the area responsibility for the Middle East (not including Israel, Lebanon and Syria); Southwest Asia (Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan), the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, Northwest Africa (Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan), and the Central Asian states of the former Soviet Union (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan).
Service components of CENTCOM include Air Forces; Army Force; Marine Forces, Naval Forces (including the Fifth Fleet) and Special Operations Forces.

EUCOM: European Command’s area of responsibility includes all of western Europe, portions of the Middle East (Israel, Lebanon, Syria), the Western Slavic and Caucasus states of the former Soviet Union (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine), most of Africa and the Mediterranean.

Service components of EUCOM are: Air Forces Europe; Army Europe, Naval Forces Europe (including the Sixth Fleet) and Special Operations Forces.

JFCOM: Joint Forces Command has geographic responsibility for the North and South Atlantic areas, less the Caribbean and the South American coastal areas. JFCOM Commander is also NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, one of two major NATO military commands, with responsibility for NATO operations in the North Atlantic area.

Joint Forces Command, which replaced USACOM, is the largest U.S. unified command, with responsibility for the readiness of most military forces within the continental U.S. Its principal mission is to develop joint force “packages” of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps components that can be rapidly deployed to overseas areas and operate effectively. Due to this concept, major service commands in the U.S. report to JFCOM for training and deployment. JFCOM remains the unified or operational command for the Atlantic Fleet, as well as responsible for its readiness and training.

Service components of JFCOM are: Air Force, Atlantic Fleet (including the Second Fleet); Army Forces Command, Marine Forces (II Marine Expeditionary Force) and Special Operations Forces.