Space Command: SPACECOM was disbanded 1/10/2002, and its responsibilities and activities were transferred to the U.S. Strategic Command. SPACECOM has responsibility over all U.S. activities and forces in space, including the monitoring of foreign space activities. In 1999, SPACECOM was also assigned responsibility for DoD computer network defense---monitoring and attempting to stop cyber intrusions.
The Army, Navy and Air Force Space Commands are the principal components of SPACECOM.
Special Operations Command: SOCOM directs U.S. special forces activities throughout the world through the subordinate commanders of the geographic operational commands. SOCOM differs from the other unified commands in that it has major budget planning and manpower responsibilities that are similar to those of the military services.
Its component commands, with published numbers of assigned personnel are: Air Force Special Operations (11,600); Army Special Operations (29,400); Naval Special Operations (6,300); Marine Corps Detachment (86). The Marine Corps component was only established 20/6/2003. Previously, the USMC shunned the formation of a special operations component, believing that any Marine unit is capable of such operations. Indeed, all deploying Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) are Special Operations Capable, hence MEU(SOC).
Strategic Command: All U.S. land-based and sea-based strategic forces are assigned to STRATCOM. The Air Force’s Strategic Air Command (SAC) was abolished in 1992, and the majority of its resources were assigned to STRATCOM. Also incorporated into the Strategic Command was the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff (JSTPS). A multiservice agency the planned targeting of U.S. strategic weapons as well as U.S. Navy SSBN operations. On 1/10/2002, U.S. SPACECOM was disbanded and its responsibilities and activities were transferred to Strategic Command.
STRATCOM became the defacto command and control entity for all U.S. strategy forces and assumed control of military space operations, computer network operations, information operations. strategic warning and intelligence assessments and strategic planning.
Components include the newly established Air Force Strategic Command, and Navy Task Forces 134 and 144 (Pacific and Atlantic Fleet submarine forces).
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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