The Defense Department's 11 unified combatant commands each comprise units from multiple U.S. military service branches. They are assigned areas of responsibility based on geography or function. The ...

“For the United States to ... Closing geographic commands introduces political risk, as some nations could feel the U.S. has deprioritized them. It also leaves combatant commanders with large ...

The United States ... of the combatant commands should be re-examined, Eaglen said in the past “everything has been just additive.” Questions weren’t asked about the relevance of geography ...

Vowell is also the deputy commanding general for J5/strategy plans and policy of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), one of six geographic combatant commands defined by the ...

Missions have included a dynamic targeting exercise over the Baltic Sea with Nato F-35s, and a live weapons drop with Finnish F/A-18 Hornets, according to the US Air Force. The bombers were also ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote ...