Combatant Commanders Case Study

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Combatant Commanders (CCDRs) exercise command authority over assigned forces and given geographical area of responsibilities (AOR) in accordance with Unified Command Plan (UCP), and they are responsible to the President and SecDef for preparedness of their commands and performance of assigned missions. Today’s world is complex and it has been changing in many ways and with globalization these changes are faster and grooving in complexity. Globalization and constant competition for resources along with failed states and climate changes generate conditions for more intensive human migration and also make the contemporary environment more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Each of the U.S Unified Geographical Combatant Commanders …show more content…

The USCENTCOM AOR strategic environment is characterized by strong footprint of Violent Extreme Organizations (VEO), Iran remains the region’s primary state aggressor, with a strategy designed to undermine U.S. regional influence and that of our partners, also Russian influence grows, and it could threaten the United States’ long-standing relations with regional partners and external …show more content…

They should gain understanding and integration of joint and combined operations that different organizations and nations have different operating practices and principles, different services have developed different culture, vocabulary, and expectation for its members. In multinational operations, among military partners involved from different nations, and also within the U.S civilian departments and agencies, there often exist basic organizational culture and national culture differences and capacities. Those differences vary in structure and function of the military organization, personnel policies, services and programs, doctrine, operational planning, and working parameter. Furthermore, it is very important to understand culture the region’s cultures. The region has a rich cultural and political history and diversity, and various forms of government, ranging from absolute and constitutional monarchies to theocratic, parliamentary, and presidential republics. Misunderstanding of culture diversity could have negative effects to the building military operation tenants and harm unified action approach, and to the success of the mission and directly or indirectly impact operational

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