Strategic Plan
About CENTCOM
U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) was established Jan. 1, 1983. As its name implies, USCENTCOM covers the "central" area of the globe located between the European, Africa and Indo-Pacific Commands.
CENTCOM’s AOR (AREA-OF-RESPONSIBILITY) covers 21 nations in the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the strategic waterways that surround them.
Plan submitted by:
Owen Ambur
Prior to the 2008 UCP, CENTCOM had seven African nations in its AOR. When AFRICOM was established, all but Egypt were transferred from CENTCOM to AFRICOM. Nations in the CENTCOM AOR share borders with nations in the AFRICOM, EUCOM and INDO-PACOM AORs.
Analysis
Competitive Environment
Competitors
U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) was established Jan. 1, 1983. As its name implies, USCENTCOM covers the "central" area of the globe located between the European, Africa and Indo-Pacific Commands.
Direction
Vision
Regional security and stability
Mission
To direct and enable military operations and activities with allies and partners to increase regional security and stability in support of enduring U.S. interests.
Values
Stability
Security
Partnership
Goals
Iran
Goal Statement: Deter Iran
The long-term challenges we face in the CENTCOM AOR are the destabilizing and escalatory actions of the Iranian regime. The Iranian regime’s quest for nuclear weapons, coupled with its hegemonic ambitions, misbehavior, and threats to the United States and its regional partners have been consistent elements of its policy for decades. Deterring Iran from its destructive and destabilizing activities in the military domain underpins everything we do, and is CENTCOM’s top priority. Until such a time as the regime in Tehran decides to be a responsible member of the international community, CENTCOM must work to establish and maintain military deterrence with Iran, notably within the context of the ongoing economic and diplomatic maximum pressure campaign.
Objectives:
- Will
- Posture
- Capability
Afghanistan
Goal Statement: Negotiate Resolution of the Conflict in Afghanistan
All wars must have a political end. Reconciliation between the Taliban and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan represents the best option for bringing the 18-year-long fight in Afghanistan to a favorable conclusion, while meeting long-term U.S. security requirements.
Objectives:
- Terrorist Attacks
- Military Assistance
ISIS
Goal Statement: Maintain Defeat-ISIS Campaign in Syria and Iraq
Similar to Afghanistan, most of the U.S. intelligence community predicts that without sustained pressure levied against it, ISIS has the potential to reconstitute in Iraq and Syria in short order, beyond the current capabilities of the U.S. to neutralize it without a capable, partnered ground force.
Objectives:
- Iraq
- Turkey, SDF & Russia
Unmanned Aircraft
Goal Statement: Counter the UAS Threat
Countering the UAS Threat. ~ In the aggregate, the U.S. maintains air dominance across the AOR but lacks a comprehensive joint solution to counter the growing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) threat. Inexpensive and easy to proliferate, UASs provide adversaries the operational ability to surveil, target, and attack U.S. and partner facilities, providing the means to engage in mass-casualty or large-scale, critical infrastructure attacks with cheap, off-the-shelf technology while affording deniability and a disproportionately high return on investment.
Objectives:
- Science & Technology
- Networks
IDPs & Refugees
Goal Statement: Counter the weaponization of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees.
Weaponization of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Refugees.
Objectives:
- SDF Detention Facilities
- Repatriations
- Prisons
- Stability & Security
- SIVs
- Guard Forces