Unified Command Plan (UCP) Unified Command Plan (UCP)
RDML John RobertiDeputy Director for Strategy and Policy
16 Sep 2009
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UCLAS/FOUO
USC Title 10
USC Title 10, Sec 161:– Gives the President authority to establish combatant
commands
– Directs the Chairman to periodically review (not less often than every two years) the missions, responsibilities (including geographic boundaries), and force structure of each combatant command…
– Recommend to the President, through the Secretary of Defense, any changes to such missions, responsibilities, and force structures as may be necessary
The UCP is the implementation of Title 10 authority
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UCLAS/FOUO Organization: Combatant Commands
US Southern Command
US Pacific
Command
US Central Command
US US Special Special
Operations Operations CommandCommand
US Northern
Command
US US Strategic Strategic
CommandCommand
US European Command
US US Transportation Transportation
CommandCommand
6 Geographic Commands6 Geographic Commands
Command
Communication
PresidentPresident
Gen Renuart
GEN Petraeus
ADM Stavridis
ADM Keating
Gen FraserADM Olson
Gen McNabbGen Chilton
Chairman JCS
Chairman JCS
SecDefSecDef
4 Functional Commands 4 Functional Commands
US US Joint Forces Joint Forces CommandCommand
Gen Mattis
JO TNI
S TA FFCH IE FS OF
US Africa
Command
GEN Ward
UCP: “Communications between the President or the Secretary (or their duly deputized alternates or successors) and the combatant commanders shall be transmitted through the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, unless otherwise directed.”
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UCLAS/FOUO
DOD is an organization that integrates • Geographically across functions for joint warfighting• Functionally across regions for global effectiveness
The keys to organization success are:• Clear responsibilities and commensurate authorities ( the UCP)• Means to resolve priorities at the “intersections” ( “Synchronizing Planning”)
Aligning the Combatant Commands
GEOGRAPHIC
EUCOM
NORTHCOM
CENTCOM
PACOM
SOUTHCOM
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F U N C T I O N A L
AFRICOM
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UCLAS/FOUO History
194719471952
1958
1980
1954
1985
19921992
Established STRATCOM
Established USEUCOM DOD Reorganization Act
- SECDEF Direction of CINCs
- CINCs Perform Missions
Goldwater-Nichols Act
19931993LANTCOM became USACOM
19621963Established STRICOM
CARIBCOM became SOUTHCOM1972STRICOM became REDCOM
1983
19861986Established SPACECOM
RDJTF under REDCOM
RDJTF became CENTCOM
Nunn-Cohen Act
Established SOCOM
19871987
Established TRANSCOM
National Security Act
Service Secretaries becomeSecDef Executive Agents
-- PACOM, EUCOM, LANTCOM, and CARIBCOM with Service Chiefs as JCS Executive Agents
1995199519981998
USACOM / SOUTHCOM AOR Shift
FSU Newly Independent
States Assigned 19991999USACOM became JFCOM 20022002
Strategic Air Commandestablished as first combatant command under JCS control
14 Dec 1946
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UCLAS/FOUOHistory, last 6 years
2004
2006
Assigned Joint Concept Development to JFCOM
SPACECOM / STRATCOM merger
Requirement for establishing
SJFHQ-CE within each GCC
Four new STRATCOM missions
- Strike
- Missile Defense
- IO
- C4ISR
Seychelles to CENTCOM AOR
Designation of JFCOM as
Primary Joint Force Provider
Stand up NORTHCOM
JFCOM purely functional
Designation of TRANSCOM
as Distribution Process Owner
Alaskan and Caribbean boundary changes
2002All unsigned regions now assigned
Lebanon and Syria to CENTCOM AOR
Assigned SOCCOM lead in combating terrorist networks
2002 Ch-12002 Ch-2
2002 Ch-3
Assigned STRATCOM lead
for CWMD efforts
Assigned STRATCOM lead
for DOD Global Info Grid Ops
Designated SOCOM as SOFJoint Force Provider
Designated TRANSCOM as Mobility Joint Force Provider2008
Stand up AFRICOM
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UCLAS/FOUO
UCP 2008 Summary of Changes
AFRICOM standup
– AFRICOM/CENTCOM Maritime Boundary
Cyberspace Mission (STRATCOM)
Pandemic Influenza Mission (NORTHCOM)
SSTR*, Humanitarian Assist’, and Disaster Relief (all CCDRs)
Synchronizing Planning for:
– Global Operations Against Terrorist Networks (SOCOM)
– DOD Efforts ISO USG Response to Pandemic Influenza (NORTHCOM)
– DOD CWMD Efforts (STRATCOM)
– Global Missile Defense (STRATCOM)
– Cyberspace Operations (STRATCOM)
UCP Format
– Improve Clarity of language
*Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR)
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UCLAS/FOUOUCP08 Map
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UCLAS/FOUO
Commenced JULY 2007---- Completed DEC 2008– 6 Formal rounds of GOFO coordination– 14 OPSDEPS and JCS decision tanks
Informal OSD coordination throughout– Status brief provided to PDUSD(Policy)
Formal USD-level coordination
50+ major issues addressed
UCP08 Close Out Stats
Extensive, highly collaborative effort involving OSD, CCDRs, JDIRs, and Service Chiefs
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UCLAS/FOUO
Business Rules:– Change Proposals via an Issue Development Paper
Better research, more standardization
– Improved collaboration and transparency Web based “Many-to-many” information exchange (SharePoint)
– Enforce adjudication at the appropriate level Sponsor will characterize strength of stakeholder equity
• Ex: 1, 2, 3, 4 star decision level
– OSD engagement throughout while preserving CJCS statutory prerogative
Approach to UCP 2010 Review
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UCLAS/FOUO
Arctic
CENTCOM– India, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Armenia
CYBERCOM
Alaska Crosshatching
IA Coordination
Mutual Interest States
Some Potential UCP 2010 Review Issues
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UCLAS/FOUO
DOD Synchronizer for Distribution
Clarify JFCOM Responsibilities
Identify Responsibility for Counter Threat Finance
USKORCOM (2012 Transition)
Vocabulary– “advocacy”, “lead combatant commanders”, “military matters”
Some Potential UCP 2010 Review Issues
Questions?Questions?
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UCLAS/FOUO
DOS vs. DOD Areas of ResponsibilityDOS vs. DOD Areas of Responsibility