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

C

O

M

S

T

R

A

T

C

O

M

T

R

A

N

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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