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b. U.S. Southern Command

General John R. Galvin, USA (USCINCSOUTH) commands the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) which is responsible for all of Central and South America except for Mexico which is not assigned to any of the operational commands. Responsibility for the water areas adjacent to USSOUTHCOM is assigned to the U.S. Atlantic Command. Among USSOUTHCOM's missions is defense of the Panama Canal. USSOUTHCOM, headquartered at Quarry Heights, Republic of Panama, has three subordinate Service component commands as shown in Chart 5-3.

c. U.S. Readiness Command

The U.S. Readiness Command (USREDCOM) has no specific area of the world as its responsibility. USREDCOM today is responsible for managing mobilization and deployment of reinforcements to overseas commands, developing joint doctrine, and conducting joint exercises. USCINCRED, General Fred K. Mahaffey, USA, is "double hatted" as the Director of the Joint Deployment Agency (JDA). USREDCOM and JDA are headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. USREDCOM has Army and Air Force component commands as shown in Chart 5-4.

d. U.S. Central Command

The U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) was formally established in January 1983. This command is a direct response to President Carter's Southwest Asia doctrine, enunciated in his State of the Union Address in January 1980:

Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.

With headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, USCENTCOM, commanded by General Robert C. Kingston, USA (USCINCCENT), has responsibility for Southwest Asia and those African nations bordering on the Red Sea and comprising generally the Horn of Africa. USCENTCOM grew out of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) established by President Carter in reaction to the policy put forth in his State of the Union address. The RDJTF was originally subordinate to USREDCOM. The former USCINCRED, General Volney Warner, USA, took exception to the decision to establish the new Central Command arguing that if USCENTCOM were established, USREDCOM should be disestablished. General Warner elected to retire to express his disagreement with the decision.

The command relationships of USCINCCENT and his three Service component commands are shown in Chart 5-5.

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