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United States Central Command (CENTCOM) is the joint armed forces command responsible for American military operations in the Middle East, East Africa, and Central Asia. Along with PACOM (Pacific Command) and EUCOM (European Command), CENTCOM helps coordinate the efforts of the American armed forces —the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Special Forces—in battle theaters across the planet. While the Pacific and European Commands have been relatively tranquil over the last two decades, CENTCOM has led U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Somalia.
The acting Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central Command is Lieutentant General Martin Dempsey, who succeeded the post upon the resignation of Admiral William Fallon. General David Petraeus, currently serving as the top U.S. Commander in Iraq, has been recruited to replace Fallon, possibly as early as Fall of 2008.
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- Established: 1983
- First commander: General Robert C. Kingston
- Commander in First Gulf War: General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
- Commanders in Second Gulf War: General Tommy R. Franks, John P. Abizaid, William J. Fallon, Martin Dempsey
- Notable CENTCOM operations: Operation Desert Storm, Operation Restore Hope, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Gulf Coast Live Veterans Day: CENTCOM: A handful of military leaders who are members of the Inte.. http://bit.ly/jxJ2Y
@wgcu | November 10, 2009 03:48 PM -
@JohnDallas Yes that part certainly was a fail, but shouldn't push people away from looking at the CENTCOM stuff, et al.
@KyleFlaherty | November 10, 2009 03:03 PM -
"We know it was a foreign country. We don’t know which one."~Jim Lewis on breach of the US CENTCOM http://j.mp/3GaQKR
@eric_andersen | November 09, 2009 02:26 PM -
RT @michaelargast: Lewis:hackers, probably foreign spies, penetrated CENTCOM in Nov. 2008- probably with thumb drives - http://bit.ly/3vtxbH
@ChetWisniewski | November 09, 2009 03:54 AM
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