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00:14:22 2 Structure
00:18:36 2.1 War planning
00:20:17 3 Geographic scope
00:22:43 4 Commanders
00:23:30 4.1 Unit decorations
00:24:00 5 See also



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SUMMARY
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The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF).
The CENTCOM Area of Responsibility includes the Middle East, including Egypt in Africa, and Central Asia, most notably Afghanistan and Iraq. The command has been the main American presence in many military operations, including the Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm, 1991), the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War (2003–2011). As of 2015, CENTCOM forces are deployed primarily in Afghanistan (Operation Freedom's Sentinel, part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission, 2015–present), Iraq and Syria (Operation Inherent Resolve, 2014–present) in supporting and advise-and-assist roles.
As of 28 March 2019, CENTCOM's commander is General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., U.S. Marine Corps.
Of all six American regional unified combatant commands, CENTCOM is among the three with headquarters outside its area of operations (the other two being USAFRICOM and USSOUTHCOM). CENTCOM's main headquarters is located at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida. A forward headquarters was established in 2002 at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar, which in 2009 transitioned to a forward headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.